Rosalia float will debut

Rosalia Community Float & Royalty Association is proud to announce the debut of its 2018 community float. The float theme for this year is “Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax.”

Come see the whimsical, colorful float featuring Miss Rosalia, Sydney Van Dyke, and Princesses Daphne Jacobs, Jillian Bruce and C’aira Murray, riding among the Truffula Trees, the Unless Rock, dancing Humming-Fish and the bear-like Bar-ba-loots. The Lorax, who “speaks for the trees,” is reminding us of the warning of the Unless Rock: “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not!” The story, first released in 1971, addresses economic and environmental issues that are just as important today.

Miss Rosalia royalty will take their first ride on the float that they designed and built with the help of family and friends at 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 12, in front of Whole in the Wall Pizza. Keely Campbell, owner of Whole in the Wall Pizza, is donating a percentage of her sales for the day to the association to help cover the costs of building the float and the scholarships the Miss Rosalia and Mr. RHS courts will receive.