42nd Annual Rowland Heights Buckboard Parade and Festival
Final Call for Parade Entries This Friday for October 18 Event
ROWLAND HEIGHTS, CA – OCTOBER 6, 2014 – Don’t miss the opportunity to appear in this year’s 42nd Annual Buckboard Days Parade and Festival on Saturday, October 18, 2014 in Rowland Heights! The parade is co-organized by the Rowland Heights Chinese Association and the Rowland Heights Community Coordinating Council. The final deadline to appear in the Buckboard Parade is this Friday, October 10, 2014. Parade applications can be found at www.buckboarddaysparade.org and emailed to [email protected]. (*Or Download below!) There is no parade entry fee for community organizations and individuals. There is a $50 fee for each commercial or business application.
The parade will feature a variety of local school bands and student performance groups, community organizations, equestrian groups, floats and the Wells Fargo Stage Coach. (See sample of participants to date below). The theme for this year’s parade is “Nature in Our Own Backyard” and local environmental scientist and educator/Rowland Unified School District Parent Kimo Morris, Ph.D., is this year’s Parade Grand Marshal. The parade begins at 9 a.m. at the corner of Nogales and Colima and will conclude at Rowland Heights County Park.
Following the parade will be a Family Festival at Rowland Heights County Park from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. with more than 45 booths offering handmade arts and crafts, food, community information and services organized by the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation.
The Hacienda Heights Kiwanis will be sponsoring a pancake breakfast before the parade, starting at 7 a.m. Come early and enjoy breakfast at the Bell Memorial Church parking lot on Nogales near the corner of Colima (1747 Nogales St, Rowland Heights). Breakfast is $5 per person.
Parade Co-Chairs are Rachel Fung, Rowland Heights Chinese Association and John Grant, Rowland Heights Community Coordinating Council.
If Your Organization is Missing from the List Below – It’s Not Too Late to Sign Up! www.buckboarddaysparade.org
Buckboard Parade Entries To Date
| 1953 PACKARD CLIPPER DELUXE - AUTOMOBILE SEDAN |
| A+ PLUMBING |
| ALVARADO MARCHING MATADORS |
| AMERICAN YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION REGION 215 |
| BELL MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 100 YEAR CELEBRATION |
| BERNARDO YORBA MIDDLE SCHOOL "MARCHING MATADORS" |
| BOBS TOWING |
| CHINESE KUNG FU |
| DAZZLER DOLLS |
| EXPLORER COLOR GUARD |
| FRIENDS OF ROWLAND UNIFIED SCHOOLS FOUNDATION |
| GIANO GLADIATOR BAND & COLORGUARD |
| GRAND MARSHAL, KIMO MORRIS AND FAMILY |
| HERMANOS BANUELOS CHARRO TEAM |
| INFINITI Q60 CONVERTIBLE |
| JELLICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
| KAYPA (Korean American Youth Performing Arts) |
| KOREAN TRADITIONAL BAND |
| LA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION 145 |
| MARK PARK CHEETAZ |
| MEALS ON WHEELS |
| MT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES |
| OBREGON & BELVEDERE PARK |
| OUR FUTURE IS GROWING IN OUR SCHOOLS AND BACKYARDS |
| PETTING ZOO AMBASSDOR |
| PUENTE HILLS GIRL SCOUTS |
| PUENTE HILLS MALL |
| REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - SAN GABRIEL VALLEY |
| ROWLAND HEIGHTS CHINESE ASSOCIATION |
| ROWLAND HEIGHTS COMMUNITY COORDINATING COUNCIL |
| ROWLAND HEIGHTS LIBRARY |
| ROWLAND HEIGHTS TAI CHI EXERCISE GROUP |
| ROWLAND HIGH SCHOOL RAIDER EDUCATION FOUNDATION |
| ROWLAND HIGH SCHOOL RAIDER REGIMENT |
| ROWLAND PEP SQUAD |
| ROWLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT |
| ROWLAND WATER DISTRICT |
| S.K. TAE KWON DO ROWLAND HEIGHTS |
| SAN ANGELO PARK |
| SENATOR BOB HUFF |
| SENIOR PATHFINDERS |
| SHAOLIN TEMPLE CULTRAL CENTER |
| STC FOUNDATION |
| SUNSHINE PARK CHEER TEAM (THE JEWELZ) |
| WELLS FARGO STAGECOACH |
| WHITTIER HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER |
BUCKBOARD DAYS PARADE SPONSORS: Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe, Los Angeles Parks & Recreation, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and California Highway Patrol, First General Bank, Aera Energy, LLC, Southern California Edison, Henry Woo Architects, Rowland Water District, Walnut Valley Water, Southlands Christian Schools, Advanced Martial Arts, SK Taekwondo School, and the Shaolin Temple Cultural Center.