Festival Events Schedule
7-10a.m. Kiwanis Club Pancake Breakfast
10:30a.m. Festival of Balloons Opening Ceremony
11a.m. Fourth of July Festival of Balloons Parade
12 to 4p.m. Food at Garfield Park
12:30 to 3p.m. Games and Activities at Garfield Park
5:30p.m. Bleacher seating and field seating opens at South Pasadena High School for Fireworks Show.
6 to 8:45p.m. Music, announcement of parade winners, acknowledgement of poster contest winners, performance by drum line.
8:50p.m. Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts Color Guard and Flag Salute, followed by Star Spangled Banner with fireworks.
9p.m. Fireworks show begins.
Fourth of July Parade Lineup 2018
- Fly Over by Foothill Air Support Team (FAST) 11:00 a.m. South Pasadena Police Department
- Boy Scout Troop 139 – Color Guard
- 3 Minuteman Band Directed by Howard Crawford
- 4 UNCLE SAM: Michael Sanford
- GRAND MARSHALS Jill Reddy (Arroyo Vista) and Chris Bengford Holy Family 5A Holy Family Church
- SPUSD Superintendent Geoff Yantz
- 7 School Board Members: President Jon Primuth, Board Clerk Dr. Suzie Abajian, Board Members Dr. Michele Kipke, Julie Giulioni, Elisabeth Eilers
- South Pasadena Mayor – Dr. Richard Schneider and wife Pauline
- Kiwanis Club President Henry Wong
- Festival of Balloons Poster Winners Isole Kim, Zoe Wong, Clare M
- Police Chief Art Miller and wife Linda with PD mascot “Justice”
- South Pasadena Police and Fire Neighborhood Watch /Community Emergency Response Team
- City of South Pasadena Public Works Department
- SPEF South Pasadena Educational Foundation (s)
- South Pasadena Review: Editor Harry Yadav, Associate Publisher Nancy Lem, Asst. Editor Steve Whitmore, Contributor Henry Main
- South Pasadenan Online News and Lifestyle Publication
- Bill Cullinane-Oneonta Foundation President Foundation Scholarship Winners Kate Ba, Bethany Chen, Natalie Terhune
- South Pasadena Beautiful
- South Pasadena Mayor Pro Tem Marina Khubesrian
- Boy Scout Troop 342-Troop Leader Lynn Tran
- South Pasadena Juggling Club
- South Pasadena TOR Rose Parade Float Chassis
- Cub Scout Pack 7 – Pack Leader Sean Malatesta
- Council Member Bob Joe
- AYSO Region 214 Youth Soccer League
- WISPPA – Women Involved in South Pasadena Political Action
- Oneonta Cooperative Nursery School
- South Pasadena Rotary Club – President Charles R. Wiggington Sr.
- Council Member Michael Cacciotti
- City Manager Stephanie Wolfe
- South Pasadena Girl Scouts Service Unit 420 – Scout Master Lillian Chang
- Kenny Owens-Dr. Detail PhD
- South Pasadena City Clerk – Evelyn G. Zneimer
- South Pasadena DUDES
- South Pasadena Public Library Summer Reading Program
- SPUSD Dual Immersion Language Program
- Girl Scout Troop 5591-Troop Leader Ginger Lewis
- Alzheimer’s Association California Southland TBD
- City Treasurer Gary Pia
- South Pasadena/San Marino YMCA
- Oneonta Congressional Churc
—- Santa Anita ‘A’s – Ford Model ‘A’ Classic Car Entries
42. 1930 Pick up – Owner John Speilman
43. 1931 Coupe – Owners John and Carol Emanuelli
44. 1931 Coupe – Owner Gary Weber
45. 1929 Model A Business Coupe – Owner Cliff Mount
46. 1930 Town Sedan – Owner Rick and Carolyn Phillips
47. 1930 Coupe – Owner Pat and Martha Utter
48. 1930 four door Sedan – Owner Albert Robles
49. 1930 Roadster Paul and Mary Hould
50. 1920 Pick up Truck – Owner Tom Johnson
51. 1929 Police Paddy Wagon – Owner Wilbert Smith
52. State Senator Anthony Portantino
53. Citizen’s United to Save South Pasadena-No on 710
54. South Pasadena Little League, Alberto Ocon President
55. Cub Scout Pack 139
56. Indivisible South Pasadena
57. Congresswoman Judy Chu
58. Arroyo Seco Stables and Riding Club
59. Kelly Margrave, Charlies Coffee, Daughter of FOB founding member David Margrave
60. South Pasadena Kinesthetic Kids & South Pasadena Christian Fellowship
61. South Pasadena Fire Department Fire Chief Paul Riddle
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