Even before the entries rolled by for Wednesday’s 136th Rose Parade, you saw them: the award-winning banner holders from local Boys and Girl Scout troops in the Los Angeles area. All of these well-rehearsed and conditioned sign holders have earned Scouting’s highest honors, the Eagle Award, for members of the Boy Scouts of the Greater Los Angeles Council, and Gold Award for the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles. Among this year’s troop: Caroline Kelly of La Canada Flintridge, sister to Rose Princess Kate Kelly. Both sisters earned their Gold Award status this year, and fittingly, Caroline will be one of the banner holders for the Royal Court. Both are students at La Canada High School. Another pair of sisters is Adrianna and Josieanna Procida of Whittier. Both first-timers to this parade duty, Josieanna pushed her younger sister, who uses a wheelchair. Adrianna has hypermobility EDS as well as chronic heart condition and lung disease. Both trained for their 5.5-mile march down Colorado Boulevard, even though Adrianna says “she doesn’t have an athletic bone in my body. But to know I am one of many amazing girls that are able to represent Girl Scouts makes me so proud. Not only proud of my accomplishments, but the accomplishments of every girl walking next to me.” Adrianna Procida waves at her mother Dunia from the Rose Parade route as she and her sister Josieanna holds a banner at the 136th Rose Parade. (Photo courtesy of Dunia Procida) She of course includes her sister in that number. Josieanna said making friends with other Scouts is a balm to tired feet and aching arms, and sharing the Rose Parade experience with her sister is “such a monumental thing for both of us.” To prepare, all banner holders build endurance, keep hydrated in the days before Jan. 1, endure a four-hour practice and break in their regulation black shoes, said Deanne Moore of the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles. This is the Tournament of Roses Scout Troop’s 58th year in the parade. “Blisters are the No. 1 enemy, but the White Suiters bring us Band-Aids, and everything works out well in the end,” Moore said. “It’s an honor and they make great friendships.” Related Articles News | Rose Parade 2025: 136th edition draws largest crowds since pre-pandemic News | It’s time to smell the roses! Rose Parade’s Floatfest has begun News | At Rose Parade’s ever-so-relaxed final stretch, it’s a whole different vibe News | Top moments from Rose Parade 2025 that had people talking News | Rose Parade 2025: 605 All-Star Band embraces freeway namesake in this year’s uniforms