Almond growers from Stanislaus County will promote the food far and wide via the Tournament of Roses Parade.

Blue Diamond Growers once again has a float in the nationally televised event on New Year’s Day in Pasadena.

The parade also will include the Merced County Sheriff Posse, one of the equestrian entries, and a music teacher from Winton marching in a 270-member band.

The 133rd annual parade will start at 8 a.m. Saturday. It will air live on ABC, NBC, Univision, the Hallmark Channel and RFDTV.

As usual, the floats will be lavishly decorated with flowers. The parade is a lead-up to college football’s Rose Bowl, pitting Utah against Ohio State at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Blue Diamond processes almonds at its Sacramento headquarters and at plants in Salida and Turlock. The grower-members riding the float include the Yamamoto, Gemperle and Mailloux families from Stanislaus County and the Lewis/Rohwer family from Chico.

The Merced County Sheriff Posse will ride in rhinestone-studded uniforms and sterling silver saddles.

“In addition to their beautiful horses and tack, the posse performs many community service activities in the Merced and surrounding areas,” the parade program says.

Keston Finney of Winton Middle School will play alto saxophone in a group made up entirely of school band directors in the United States and Mexico.

“We Teach Music. We Teach Life” is the theme for this entry. It is sponsored by the Ohio-based Michael D. Sewell Memorial Foundation, which supports music education.

Though Los Angeles County continues to see rising COVID-19 infection numbers fueled by the Omicron variant, Pasadena city leaders and Tournament of Roses officials on Monday once again assured the public that the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl still have the green light, the Pasadena Star-News reported.