It floats quietly on the water, unable to sing sweet songs like most other birds.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

But the parade is most famous for its motorized floats.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

Tens of thousands of people, waving brightly colored fans or flowers, surrounded the floats or marched on their own.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

Hundreds of thousands of people will line the streets of Pasadena to see the flower-covered floats, marching bands and equestrian units.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

We've worked on 10 or 12 floats, so we know basically how to go about this,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

Thirty-nine elaborate parade floats will celebrate a variety of themes, from the bicentennial of the war for Mexican independence to American major league baseball.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

Floats celebrating developments in areas such as agriculture, industry and science followed the military procession.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

"We're helping to get all the stuff ready to go on the floats.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

"Oil floats on water, and so you get the buoyancy or lift.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21