Roses. . . But No Rose Parade

COVID 19 was the cause for no 2021 Rose Parade. Thinking that people would be missing this annual event, we thought recognizing this celebration with sharing some roses would be an appropriate gesture.

It just isn’t New Year’s Day without beautiful red roses.

Thanks to Chris Lofthouse and Phoenix Floats for donating 300 long stem red roses to make people smile on New Years Day. Thanks to Ian Finlay for the idea of distributing beautiful roses to our citizens.

3 Duarte City Council Members and 2 Duarte School Board Members shared long stem red roses and bottles of water along the Duarte Bike Trail on New Years Day. People appreciated that we hadn’t forgotten to celebrate one of our long standing So Cal traditions of the Rose Parade, cancelled due to COVID 19. Thanks to Jody Schulz, Bryan Urias, Reyna Diaz and James Finlay for their help in distribution.

One of our workers passes out one of the red roses to a walker on the bike path.