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Youthful Artist Designs Magical Float

by Jan Reed

Charles Meier has designed the last three award-winning floats for the Sierra Madre Rose Float Assn., in addition to this year's float, "Bollywood Dreams"

"Bollywood Dreams"

 

You've never seen anything like it. It is the Rose Float Association's 2009 design that will leave the Float Barn late Dec. 31 to appear in the Tournament of Roses Parade on Jan. 1, 2009.

 

Charles Meier designed this remarkable float, hoping that it will garner another award as have the last three floats he designed for Sierra Madre.

 

"Rather than constructing a predictable Hollywood or Broadway float, Sierra Madre will pay tribute to the Indian film industry," Meier explained.

 

'Bollywood' is the nickname for Hindi cinema, a portmanteau of Bombay and Hollywood...These films are famous for their romantic storylines and eye-popping musical production numbers...This is a classic wedding scene," Meier said. He stated that members of the Sierra Madre Volunteer Fire Dept. will carry the "diholi" (Indian bridal carriage) and that the main float that carries the groom will follow behind.

 

This float is twice as large as last year's entry, measuring a total of 100 feet in length and featuring thousands upon thousands of flowers, of course.

 

Meier designed his first float in South Pasadena at age 13. Later, he designed two other award-winning floats for the same city. Then he took time out to earn a B.A. degree from Wheaton College in Illinois and received his M.A. in Shakespeare Studies from the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-on-Avon in the United Kingdom. He resides in Pasadena and has ties to Sierra Madre as a member of Sierra Madre Congregational Church.

 

The Sierra Madre Rose Float Association, an all-volunteer organization, needs help desperately to finish this grand undertaking, and Meier beseeches all volunteers to assist in the cause. There is a daily work schedule at the Rose Float Barn on E. Sierra Madre Blvd.

 

From now until Christmas, workers will be busy every day from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. And from Dec. 26 through Dec. 30, hours are from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. No decorating will take place on Dec. 31 "because we are required to be completely finished for the final judging that day."

 

Tournament of Roses judges will visit the finished float on Dec. 31 at about 10:45 a.m., and Meier urges the local community to be there to support the gigantic effort.

 

He concluded, "We are putting everything we have into this year's design in an effort to create one of the magnificent floats in the parade. It is our hope that 'Bollywood Dreams' will be a legitimate contender for the Tournament's top awards."

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