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  • 'Little float that could' comes up winner

    01/02/2005 10:08:35 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 3 replies · 578+ views
    Valley Press ^ | on Sunday, January 2, 2005 | NICOLE JACOB
    PASADENA - The Rose Parade float that almost wasn't came through in fine fashion Saturday, not only representing the Antelope Valley as it made its way down the famed Colorado Boulevard parade route, but by also grabbing the Princess Trophy for most beautiful small float, under 35 feet. Float organizers speculated that perhaps it had something to do with the luck and charisma of a few of its riders who had already won a coveted prize in their own field: aerospace designer Burt Rutan and pilot-astronauts Michael Melvill and Brian Binnie of SpaceShipOne fame. "We're just ecstatic," said Mary Rainwater,...