Playful Pandamomium gives Rain Bird Corp. Sweepstakes Trophy win at Tournament of Roses Parade

Rain Bird Corp.'s Sweepstakes Trophy winning float, Playful Pandamomiun, makes its way down Colorado Boulevard as part of the 2005 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif. on New Year's Day.

PASADENA, Calif.-Rain Bird Corp was awarded the Tournament of Roses Sweepstakes Trophy on Jan. 1 in recognition of their 2005 entry, ?EUR??,,????'??Playful Pandamonium.?EUR??,,????'?? The Sweepstakes Trophy is awarded to the most beautiful float in the parade as determined by a panel of judges. The win marks Rain Bird's ninth consecutive Tournament of Roses Parade award, and its sixth Sweepstakes Trophy in its nine years of participation in the parade.

This year's winning float depicted a magnificent family of giant panda bears crunching on fresh bamboo culled from a mist-shrouded forest given life by an adjacent stream. With eight cascading waterfalls and 24 high-pressure misting nozzles, that used over 1500 gallons of recycled water, the 55-foot long, 30-foot high float continued Rain Bird's tradition of saluting the earth's most precious resource - water.

Playful Pandamomium highlighted the company's vision for the Intelligent Use of Water, a worldwide commitment to furthering environmental preservation through water conservation, and a focal point that has served as the key message for each of Rain Bird's past award-winning float entries.