{"id":2832,"date":"2015-01-28T00:16:38","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T07:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=2832"},"modified":"2015-01-28T00:16:38","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T07:16:38","slug":"lets-have-a-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/lets-have-a-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#039;s have A Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Celebrating 20 Years of Road To California\" href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/celebrating-20-years-of-road-to-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A 20<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary <\/a>deserves a special celebration. And that\u2019s exactly what occurred on opening day of Road to California 2015.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-2015-20th-anniversary-show\/lets-have-a-parade\/attachment\/band\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2835\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2835\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Band.jpg\" alt=\"Band\" width=\"760\" height=\"829\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At precisely 12:00 noon, the <a title=\"Starting Road With A Salute To Veterans\" href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-to-california\/starting-road-with-a-salute-to-veterans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colony High School Drumline<\/a> (the official band of Road to California) led a parade through the Ontario Convention Exhibit Hall that included Road\u2019s Founder, Carolyn Reese; Matt Reese, Road\u2019s Manager; the Mayor of Ontario, Paul Leon; and representatives from San Bernardino County Supervisor Curt Hagman; Assemblyman Freddie Rodriguez; and Senator Connie Leyva. \u00a0Also marching in the parade were <a title=\"Road 2015 Faculty Spotlight: Meet this Dynamic Father-Daughter Quilting Duo, John Flynn And Kate Flynn Nichols\" href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/faculty\/road-2015-faculty-spotlight-meet-this-dynamic-father-daughter-quilting-duo-john-flynn-and-kate-flynn-nichols\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Flynn<\/a> and <a title=\"At Sea With Deb Roberts\u2019 Tours And World Of Quilts Travel\" href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/cruising-with-road-to-california\/at-sea-with-deb-roberts-tours-and-world-of-quilts-travel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anita Shackelford<\/a>, two of the first judges for Road; the <a title=\"Five Special Vendors\" href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/vendors\/five-special-vendors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">five vendors<\/a> who have been with Road for the past 20 years, and <a title=\"Meet Fairy Earnest: 20 Years of Road to California Quilt Entries\" href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-2015-20th-anniversary-show\/meet-fairy-earnest-20-years-of-road-to-california-quilt-entries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fairy Earnest<\/a>, who has had a quilt entered each of the 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The parade ended in the front of the hall where a podium was set up and a short program took place. Each of the dignitaries presented Carolyn and Road to California a certificate of recognition.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-2015-20th-anniversary-show\/lets-have-a-parade\/attachment\/mayor-presentation\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2837\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2837\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mayor-presentation.jpg\" alt=\"Mayor presentation\" width=\"656\" height=\"433\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After, Carolyn and Matt gave each of the 20 year participants, yellow roses in recognition of their long and committed involvement with the show. <a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-2015-20th-anniversary-show\/lets-have-a-parade\/attachment\/flowers\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2838\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2838\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flowers.jpg\" alt=\"Flowers\" width=\"658\" height=\"343\" \/><\/a>The celebration concluded with confetti being shot in the air. A festive ending to a festive occasion.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-2015-20th-anniversary-show\/lets-have-a-parade\/attachment\/confetti2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2836\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2836\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Confetti2.jpg\" alt=\"Confetti2\" width=\"660\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the special celebration, Carolyn remarked, \u201cI have been blessed to be able to work in a great industry since 1981. Thanks to all the suppliers, the sales reps, employees, and customers who worked with mother and I in The Fabric Patch days. \u00a0Road to California is another blessing. Special thanks to my family, friends, and employees for all your hard work. You, the customer, also deserves A BIG THANK YOU for without you, none of this would have happened. The quilting world is a great community!!!!\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-2015-20th-anniversary-show\/lets-have-a-parade\/attachment\/carolyn-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2839\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2839\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Carolyn1.jpg\" alt=\"Carolyn\" width=\"725\" height=\"669\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What a terrific way to start out the 2015 20<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary Show.<\/p>\n\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[28],"tags":[231,266,877,890],"class_list":["post-2832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-road-2015-20th-anniversary-show","tag-celebration","tag-colony-high-school","tag-parade","tag-paul-leon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Band.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}