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Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena
Susan Helene Kramer
This annual
event is sometimes called "The Rose Parade". The floats are not just
ordinary constructions, rather they are covered in
flowers, as the name lets us know. Even if you can’t be in Pasadena, California,
in person to see the floats, there is national and international television
coverage.
A
little history: January 1, 1890 saw the first parade. Of course a production of
flowered covered floats is very expensive, so in the past it has been financed
by the Rose Bowl College Football Game.
Currently
Honda sponsors the parade, which you will notice in the video of the parade
floats on the offsite link below.
An interesting fact is that
the Rose Parade is never held on Sundays. If January first falls on a Sunday
the parade date is moved to January second.
Year
after year the parade follows the same dependable five and a half mile route in
Pasadena, beginning at 8 A.M. on Ellis Street, heading north on South Orange
Grove Boulevard to Colorado Boulevard, and finishing at Pasadena High School.
If
you are traveling from out of town here are driving directions to Pasadena:
From north of Los Angeles take the Rt. 101 freeway south, pass by the Rt. 405
interchange and continue east on Rt. 134 to Pasadena. From San Diego and points
south, go north on Rt. 405 and then take Rt. 110 north to Pasadena. (1)
The
parade includes more than 40 floats, following a different theme each year.
Also in the parade are equestrian displays. Marching bands from far and wide are
invited to participate, with great honor given to being selected for the
Tournament of Roses Honor Band. There is a sequence of videos of past parade
floats to click on at the foot of the Tournament of Roses information page
listed in the next paragraph.
Marching
bands inspire me the most of all the offerings, but that is certainly a
personal preference - perhaps since I play several musical instruments I feel
most in-tune with them.
Many
people camp out ahead of time on the sidewalk along the parade route, but if
you want tickets to sit in one of the several grand stands go to the information page.
Source:
(1)
Rand
McNally Road Atlas for driving route.
Article by Susan Helene Kramer
Copyright 2012-2015 Susan Helene Kramer
Santa Barbara, California USA
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Published by Creations in Consciousness
email susan@susankramer.com
web site http://www.susankramer.com