Buckboard Days Parade Video 1

Buckboard Days Parade Video 2

Congratulations on winning an award at our Buckboard Days Parade on Saturday, October 20, 2012.  In case you were not present to accept your award, We will be delivering it to you soon.

Below is a list of our winners:

Awards 2012 Buckboard Parade

Band Category

High School 1^st Place  – Rowland High School

Middle School 1^st Place – Giano intermediate school

Elementary School 1^st Place – RUSD Elementary intermediate band

Commercial Category

1^st Place -  The skate connect

2^nd Place -  Educational Tiny Tot Train

3^rd Place  - A+ Plumbing

Float / Theme Category

1^st Place - STC Management/STC Center

2^nd Place  - Miss Taiwan World

Costume Category

1st Place -  Plum Crazy Ladies of Rowland Heights

2nd Place - Bassett Park Bobcats

3rd Place – Joy of learning Academy

Antique Automobile Category

1^st Place -  Puente Hills Hyundai & Queen Plum Crazy Lady

2^nd Place -  Bell Memorial Church

3^rdPlace -  Theo Seely 1929 Flatbed Truck

Equestrian Category

1^st Place  -  Wells Fargo Stage Coach

 2^nd Place  - Hermanos Banuelos Charro Team

Rowland Heights Buckboard Days Parade, October 20, 2012  
"A Diverse Community United in Service"

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2012 Buckboard Day Parade

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.

Grand Marshal Essay and Parade Theme Winners

Congratulations to the

Grand Marshal Essay and Parade Theme Winner

This year the Rowland Heights Buckboard Days Parade and Festival will be on October 20, 2012.
Early this year the Parade Committee made the decision to reach out to high school seniors at Nogales High, Rowland High, Santana, and Southland's Christian School.  The task was for them to nominate someone who makes Rowland Heights a better place to live, and then write an essay telling about their nominee, explaining why the person was selected, then giving examples of what the nominee had done to be selected. 

The Parade Committee's second request was for theme suggestions for the parade.

CONGRATULATIONS on a job well done go to:
The winning Grand Marshal essay writer was Jasper Luong, Rowland High School senior, who nominated Teacher/ASB Adviser, Leslie Phillips, who does outstanding work for the community.   Jasper will receive 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 committee made the decision to highlight "Educational Institutions" for this year's parade.  Dr. Ott (District Superintendent), Leslie Phillips (winning essay nominee for Grand Marshal) and Glenn Duncan (Southland's Christian School) will be symbolizing "Educational Institutions" in Rowland Heights.   Because all three students will be away at college on October 20, regretfully, none can be in the parade.

The parade theme selected for this year combined two school suggestions:
“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.

Teri Malkin was chair of the essay and theme selection committee.
Sue Ann Tai of the Rowland Heights Chinese Association and Lynne Ebenkamp of the Rowland Heights Community Coordinating Council are co-chairs of the parade this year.

Grand Marshal Nomination Essay Contest for Seniors (Deadline April 8, 2012)

Seniors from Nogales, Roland, Santana and Southlands Christian High Schools are invited to submit a maximum on page typed essay nominating a member of the Rowland Heights Community to be Grand Marshal for the 2012 Buckboard Days Parade - Saturday, October 20, 2012. In your essay, you are to explain why you selected this individual and give examples of what your nominee has done to make Rowland Heights a better place to live.

Your nominee might be one of the following or an individual with a different contribution: a purple heart recipient (a soldier, who was wounded in battle), a coach, someone who has been like a second parent to children in the community, someone who makes the community more beautiful or safer, a community volunteer such as a "Meals on Wheels driver", a Board member, a teacher, counselor or Principal, a member of a charitable organization such as Scouts, Lions, Kiwanis, Rotary, someone who runs an after school program, a community leader, someone active in the PTA, or even an exceptional teen.

On a cover page please type your name, school, English teacher, phone number, email and home address. In a second paragraph, please write your nominee's name, phone number, email and address. We need this information so that we can contact your nominee and you if yours is the winning essay. Pleas also put your NAME in the upper left hand corner of your essay, in case it gets separated from the cover letter.

The winner will ride in the Buckboard Days Parade with the Grand Marshal AND receive $250.


Please email your essays to: buckboardparade@hotmail.com by April 8, 2012

Theme Contest for Buckboard Days Parade 2012 (Deadline March 30, 2012)

Seniors at the three high schools in Rowland Unified (Rowland, Nogales, Santana) and Southlands Christian School will be selecting the theme of this year’s Buckboard Days Parade – held Saturday, October 20, 2012.

Each school can submit two themes to buckboardparade@hotmail.com before March 30, 2012. ASB will notify seniors, collect their suggestions, narrow the list down to two themes and submit their two choices to the Buckboard Days Parade Committee by e-mail before the deadline. The Buckboard Days Parade Committee will then select the final choice from the eight options.

Please email your two theme ideas to: buckboardparade@hotmail.com by March 30, 2012