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The Tournament of Roses Parade, better known as the Rose Parade, is “America’s New Year Celebration”, a festival of flower-covered floats, marching bands, equestrians and a college football game on New Year’s Day (but moved to Monday if New Year’s Day falls on a Sunday), produced by the non-profit Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association. A 55-foot-long float dedicated to the 40th president features a 26-foot-high bald eagle and 11 black-and-white photographs of Reagan, which will be decorated with onion seeds, poppy seeds and crushed sweet rice.
The front of the 9/11 float honors victims of the hijacked United 93 flight, the middle remembers the Pentagon and the rear depicts New York City.
According to the Tournament of Roses Association, the first parade was staged in 1890 by members of Pasadena’s Valley Hunt Club — former residents of the East and Midwest eager to showcase the Southland’s mild winter weather.
One of the LA TV stations, KTLA, plays the Rose Parade over & over again. All day long. So…you can just have it on & catch bits & pieces of it as the day progresses…and sit & watch once if you want to.
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