PASADENA, CALIF. - DECEMBER 28: Do you ever get the feeling someone is watching you? Beneath the scuba diver Toni Solano, center, of Moorpark is working on Honda’s float “Our Hope for the Future,” in Pasadena, Calif. on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019. Volunteers are busy working on the floats for the 2020 Rose Parade at the Rosemont Pavilion in Pasadena. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
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Rose Parade float volunteers are the real stars

Volunteers make last-minute preparations on Rose Parade floats.

Honda float preparations for Rose Parade

Under the watchful eye of a scuba diver, Toni Solano works on Honda’s “Our Hope for the Future” float Saturday.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Amber Bach and her grandmother Liz Wassink

Amber Bach, 11, of Brea, left, and her grandmother Liz Wassink, 67, of Coupeville, Wash., cut flowers together for a Rose Parade float.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Paul Sims works on the Honda float

Paul Sims, 63, of Lakeview Terrace gets on his back to work on the Honda “Our Hope for the Future” float for the Rose Parade.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Frances Loyd works on Cal Poly universities' float

Frances Loyd, 76, of Lindsay, Calif., works on Cal Poly universities’ “Aquatic Aspirations” float for the Rose Parade.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Jan Barham and Claire Glidden work on the Honda float

Jan Barham, center, and Claire Glidden work on the Honda “Our Hope for the Future” float for the Rose Parade.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Joy Wang works on the Honda float

Joy Wang, 16, from Walnut, Calif., works on the Honda “Our Hope for the Future” float for the Rose Parade.   (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Ruby Carrier and Robert Gutierrez work on the Amazon Studios' float

Ruby Carrier, 51, left, of Lafayette, Colo., and Robert Gutierrez, 49, of Camarillo work on the Amazon Studios’ Rose Parade float entry to promote the upcoming release of “Troop Zero.”   (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Marney Kincaid works on the Cal Poly universities' float

Marney Kincaid of Fair Oaks, Calif., glues light blue delphinium petals onto a fish that will be placed on the Cal Poly universities’ “Aqatic Asperations” float for the Rose Parade.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Honda float

Scaffolding surrounds Honda’s float “Our Hope for the Future.”  (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times)

Cal Poly float

Volunteers work on the Cal Poly “Aquatic Aspirations” float.  (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times)

Jeremy King work on Cal Poly float

Jeremy Kinney, 36, glues lentils onto the Cal Poly “Aquatic Aspirations” float.  (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times)

Cindy Dice work on Cal Poly float

Cindy Dice, 27, of Rancho Cucamonga CA cleans up while working on the Cal Poly “Aqatic Asperations” float.  (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times)

Marney Kincaid work on Cal Poly float

Marney Kincaid of Fair Oaks, CA, adds final touches by gluing light blue delphinium peddles onto a fish that will be placed on the Cal Poly “Aquatic Aspirations” float.  (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times)

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