The US Chinese Dance Association / Huaxing Arts Group's float was a set of three arches, each hung with a Chinese paper lantern. Women in traditional dress stood on the float and smiled at the bleacher audience.

A classic old garbage collection truck was decorated with Chinese paper lanterns to form a float.

The Tsingtao beer float was shaped like a Chinese home and surrounded by cut-out flowers and dragon heads.

The Presidio Knolls School offered several mini-floats, each decorated with balloons and each pulled by a man in an Elvis costume. Each float carried young children.

The Lucky chain of supermarkets used a giant, motorized shopping cart as one of its floats.

The front of the Bank Of America float resembled disembarkation steps from an airliner.