New Mexico to have float in Rose Parade

New Mexico Float

A sketch of the float via The Albuquerque Journal.

Additional information from AP via The New Mexican:

New Mexico’s float in the Tournament of Roses parade will feature a familiar lineup: Indian artists, flamenco dancers, a Buffalo Soldier, Smokey Bear — and Gov. Bill Richardson [and his wife].

… the 55-foot-long flatbed trailer with more than 30,000 roses will carry a depiction of the plaza at Old Mesilla flanked by artisans representing Navajo, Apache and Pueblo Indians displaying their wares against scenery ranging from high desert to alpine forest.

The $165,000 cost of the float will be offset by $25,000 apiece from the Santa Fe Opera and the Albuquerque Tricentennial, and $10,000 each from Acoma Pueblo and the Pueblo Indian Cultural Center…