2012 Buckboard Day Parade
Rowland Heights Chinese Association & the Rowland
Heights Community Coordinating Council will again be organizing this year’s
Buckboard Parade. It will be held
Saturday, October 20, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. As joint co-hosts of this annual
community event, the RHCA & RHCCC are looking for sponsors, participants,
and volunteers to make this year's parade the best one yet.
The parade theme selected for this year is:
“A Diverse Community United in Service”
and will salute role models in our community who help to make Rowland Heights a
wonderful place to work, live, and go to school. This outstanding community
event will give everyone the chance to celebrate various schools, youth groups,
bands, community clubs and organizations, equestrian units, floats, classic
cars, and business contributions to our community.
This year the parade will highlight "Educational
Institutions". Dr. Ott (District Superintendent), Leslie Phillips
(winning essay nominee for Grand Marshal) and Glenn Duncan (Southlands
Christian School) will be symbolizing "Educational Institutions" in
Rowland Heights. Regrettably, because all three of the winning
essay students will be away at college on October 20, they will not be able to
participate in the parade.
This year the Hacienda Heights Kiwanis
and Walnut Valley Rotary will be jointly sponsoring a Pancake Breakfast at
7a.m. preceeding the Parade. Come early
and have breakfast with us at the Bell Memorial Church (parking lot), on
Nogales near Colima.
The parade route will on start on Nogales Avenue south of Colima Road
proceeding north, turn east (right) on Colima Road, turn north (left) on Banida
Avenue, and conclude at Rowland Heights County Park, to be followed by a
community festival organized by the Rowland Council PTA and the Los Angeles
County Department of Parks and Recreation.
Parties interested in sponsorship, parade participation, staff volunteering,
etc should send an email to
buckboardparade@hotmail.com.
CONGRATULATIONS to:
The winning Grand Marshal essay writer
-- Jasper Luong, Rowland High School senior, who nominated Teacher/ASB
Adviser, Leslie Phillips, who does outstanding work for the
community. Jasper will received a $250 prize from the Parade
committee;
second place Grand Marshal essay was
from Derrick Mar, Rowland High School senior, who nominated
teacher/coach, Gordon Hamlow;
third place Grand Marshal essay was
from Jian-Sen Wu, Rowland High School senior .who nominated teacher, Kelli
Reese.
The
parade theme selected for this year is:
“A Diverse Community United in Service”
and will salute role models in our community who help to make Rowland Heights a
wonderful place to work, live, and go to school. This outstanding community
event will give everyone the chance to celebrate various schools, youth groups,
bands, community clubs and organizations, equestrian units, floats, classic
cars, and business contributions to our community.
This year the parade will highlight "Educational
Institutions". Dr. Ott (District Superintendent), Leslie Phillips
(winning essay nominee for Grand Marshal) and Glenn Duncan (Southlands
Christian School) will be symbolizing "Educational Institutions" in
Rowland Heights. Regrettably, because all three of the winning
essay students will be away at college on October 20, they will not be able to
participate in the parade.