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38 STEPHANIE AND BOB
The Dodgers’ Vin Scully’s life has been a dream
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The duo heads the KTLA broadcast of the parade
13 PRINCESSES PAST Members of the Royal Court of 1953 still have a strong bond
14 THE ROYAL COURT The 2014 Queen and Court are living their dreams
The first Game was nearly the last
80 HIGHLIGHTS Memorable moments from the first 99 Rose Bowl Games
82 GAME PREVIEW Michigan State vs. Stanford
84 THE COACHES The strategies for game day
86 GRAND FINALE Darqueze Dennard has gone from recruit
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Viewer’s guide to the 125th parade: the bands, horses and fantastic floats
30 VALLEY HUNT CLUB & HORSES The group that started it all, and equestrian entrants
36 MUSIC MAKERS The bands are on the march
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88 IN THE MOMENT Tyler Gaffney is taking nothing for granted in the upcoming game.
90 ROSE BOWL ROSTER: MICHIGAN STATE 91 ROSE BOWL ROSTER: STANFORD 92 BY THE NUMBERS: MICHIGAN STATE 93 BY THE NUMBERS: STANFORD
8 FROM THE EDITOR We’re celebrating 20 years of magazines devoted to the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game
72 SHINDLER’S LIST Eating early in Pasadena: Dining critic Merrill Shindler has recommendations for breakfast and lunch
68 IF THOSE WALLS COULD TALK... The Wrigley Mansion at 100 years old
94 INSIDER Larry Wilson’s musings about the anniversary years of the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl Game.
96 SKYGAZER Mike Roy tells us what we can look forward to seeing in the night skies in 2014
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Catherine Gaugh, Editor
“Presenting The Rose: A magazine so special, it’s only published once a year.” Those words appeared on a colorful brochure this newspaper company printed in 1993, announcing that a new magazine was coming that would preview the Jan. 1, 1994 Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game. The magazine, it read, would “showcase a variety of background articles on what it takes to present this great spectacular event,” including Tournament committees, how the Royal Court and Grand Marshal are selected, float design and construction, and include details about the Game, the Royal Court and the Grand Marshal. And here we are, 20 years later, sending the 20th anniversary edition of Pasadena’s Rose Magazine to the press, which previews the Jan. 1, 2014 Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game. Our newest edition — which actually is our 21st issue — showcases the Tournament’s rich history and its fancy digs on Orange Grove Boulevard, as well as the parade lineup of floats, equestrian units and bands, along with interviews with members of the Royal Court, longtime Tournament volunteers, and Grand Marshal Vin Scully. Times have changed, but the aims of
the Rose magazine have stayed on track. I think of it as a continuing tradition. Before anyone thought about putting together a magazine, the local Pasadena newspapers had been covering the yearly celebration from the beginning, in 1890 for the parade, and 1902 for the football game. For perhaps 100 of those years, the Pasadena Star-News devoted a full newspaper page to the event that readers could pull out and take with them. Assembling a magazine was a different thing, something new to newspaper folks, but the first Rose had everything it needed. In subsequent years, we’ve tweaked things from time to time, as the various designs of the covers shown here demonstrate. With experience, we got better at organization and design, but we’ve stayed true to the basic mission here. Borrowing from that 1993 brochure, we are, in the 20th anniversary issue, showcasing a variety of background articles on what it takes to present this great spectacular event, and give credit to the people who make it happen. We hope you enjoy this 20th anniversary issue; and please look for us next year.
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64 seasons — and counting — as the voice of the Dodgers Grand Marshal Vin Scully
‘My life has been the fulfillment of a dream’
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Vin Scully, the 2014 parade’s grand marshal, also will be celebrating his 65th season as the voice of the L.A. Dodgers, who made it to the National League Championship Series last October.
Series last October. Scully, who turned 86 on Nov. 29, discussed this latest honor, as well as all that goes into it: Question: Is it true that part of the requirements for this honor is having to grow all new rose bushes in your garden? Answer: (Laughing) Absolutely. And my wife Sandi will take care of all that. She’s the chancellor of agriculture. We do have a lot of roses and she loves taking care of them. It’s a very happy scene. Q: So what are the official duties, other than to be in
Pasadena in the middle of the night, find the right car and make sure you have a cup of warm chocolate? A: Really, the only job qualifications are that you have to be alive and be able to wave. So far, so good. Oh, it’s not just showing up for the parade, as you may well imagine. There are a lot of appearances, lunches, media groupings. At first, I may have been reluctant to accept all that. I’m not much for being in a parade, and maybe instinctively I shied away from it. But the more I thought about
it, it is a rather prestigious moment and, gee, if I turned it down, it would probably hurt a lot of people’s feelings. I didn’t want to do that. It goes back to the old line about squeezing the juice out of life before life squeezes the juice out of you. This is the perfect moment to meet a lot of nice people, to see what’s going on, see the inner workings. I’m now excited and thrilled to be part of it. I know one thing that’s important are the numbers attached to this one — 125th parade, the 100th Rose Bowl.
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The one and only time Vin Scully floated down Colorado Boulevard was six years ago, atop a Dodgersthemed work of art that marked the 50th anniversary of the team arriving in Southern California. All the rich blue colors came from ribbon irises and scissored statice, accented with white mums, red carnations and 1,500 bird of paradise stems to boot. “Really, it felt as if I was a little kid back in New York, and my father had the 20 cents on a Sunday to take the Fifth Avenue ride on the bus — the one that had no top,” said Scully, who was joined on the float by players, former manager Tommy Lasorda, and even Dodger Stadium organist Nancy Bea Hefley. “We made that turn onto Colorado, and to me it was like going down the middle of the Grand Canyon with all the people in the bleachers on either side. The impact was overwhelming. It took my breath away.” When the Dodgers’ Baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster is escorted back down the main route of the 125th Rose Parade on Jan. 1, it’ll be of much grander proportions. Scully, the 2014 parade’s grand marshal, also will be celebrating his upcoming season as the voice of the Dodgers, who made it to the National League Championship
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Don Newcombe, left, former Dodgers pitcher, and Vin Scully wave at the crowd from the Dodgers float in the 2008 Rose Parade.
That gets you pumped up. The numbers here are just as important as if you’re in baseball and you’re hitting .299 and trying to get to .300. Q: When you think of the Rose Parade theme — “Dreams Come True” — what comes to mind from your experiences? A: My life has been the fulfillment of a dream. I wrote for the nuns an essay when I was 8 years old on what I wanted to be when I grew up. The boys were all about being policemen and firemen and doctors and lawyers, while the girls were about nursing or ballet dancers or becoming mothers. There was no TV and just a few things on the radio, maybe a Saturday afternoon football game between Ohio State and Notre Dame. So when I said I wanted to be a sports announcer, that was way out in left field. So when I eventually got that job with the Dodgers, in December of 1950, when I was 23, it really was the fulfillment of a dream just 15 years later. That’s rather remarkable in itself. I have a great deal to be thankful for. Q: In 1966, you broadcast the Rose Parade for ABC with actress Elizabeth Montgomery. You had been doing game shows and other sports for the networks at the time, but that must have felt like a whole new experience for you. A: What I carry around in my mental book from that is, first, Elizabeth was the queen of television at that time on “Bewitched,” and she was the sweetest person, both feet on the ground, so wonderful.
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Vin Scully, seen here with his wife, Sandi, turned 86 on Nov. 29.
But I enjoyed doing more research. There was one float from China with all these dragons on it, and that piqued my curiosity. “Why is it that we always talk about dragons and China?” There was one person at the network so impressed with all that extra research that she asked if she could have my notebook for a future broadcast. I probably should have kept it as a memento, but I just gave it away. Q: Can you believe how detailed and
mechanically advanced these floats have become over the years? A: Some of the floats that have won all kinds of awards in the past, I’m kind of flabbergasted at what they’re able to do with them. Q: Part of the job is to also flip the coin before kickoff at the Rose Bowl. Did you ever want to broadcast a Rose Bowl Game? A: No, not really. I think I’ve only been to one game — when UCLA played Minnesota (in 1962). I was asked to be the toastmaster for the Rose Bowl lunch, and Bruins coach Bill Barnes was there and all his players. I think I went to the game for a little while, but didn’t stay the whole time. Q: How do you envision the experience of being the grand marshal? A: I don’t expect to be on camera much, just give one big wave and that’ll do it, right? It’s not as if I’ll be jumping from one float to another like Groucho Marx (laughing). Q: Just as long as you take the time to stop and smell the roses, right? A: Every day of my life I do that, for sure. R
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I remember that morning we had all this ice water on the ground, and I’m sure her feet were freezing, but she never complained. We got to the platform to do the broadcast, and maybe it was eight steps to get up there, and all of the sudden she stopped and froze. I said, “What’s wrong?” She said, “I have a terrible fear of heights.” And this wasn’t very high. I’d done golf tournaments where we’d climb a tower maybe 20 feet high. This might have only been 8 feet off the ground. So I said, “OK, walk behind me, put your face into the small of my back and put your arms around me.” Which wasn’t a bad assignment for me (laughing). She hugged me for dear life as she negotiated the steps with her eyes closed, we got to the table, sat down, turned toward the open space, and we were all OK. That’s the last thing any of us thought would happen just moments before going on the air. But for some reason, she was bewitched by heights. As for the parade, the fun part was doing the research. They gave us this large binder that had all the floats described in them.
60years of friendship
Still royal sisters six decades later
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THE TOURNAMENT OF ROSES QUEEN AND COURT COMMITTEE MEMBERS have no way of knowing if the seven young ladies they name Rose Queen or Rose Princesses each year will get along. In selecting the Rose Court for the 1953 Rose Parade, the choice was serendipitous. Sixty years later, most of the women on the court remain friends and catch up for lunch about twice a year. The ladies give credit to their queen, Leah Feland Cullen, for organizing the get togethers over the years, ensuring the group stayed in touch. “The fact is we all became kind of like sisters,” Cullen said recently during one of the bi-annual luncheons at the San Gabriel Country Club over salad, iced teas and dessert. On the table was a framed black and white photo of the women 60 years earlier in mint green off-the-shoulder ball gowns with white satin gloves. Cullen was wearing a cape, holding a bouquet of red roses and adorned with a crown. The women have been through marriages, divorces, remarriages, the births of children and grandchildren, new jobs and more. They reminisced over the differences in the Rose Court selection process between now and 60 years ago. For example, committee members came to their homes to tell the seven chosen young women they were part of the court, instead of at a public event at the Tournament House. Judith Ryan, then Judy
Royal court princess Judith Roberts Ryan, left, Queen Leah Feland Cullen, center, and Royal court princess Nancy Snyder meet at a luncheon of the 1953 Rose Parade Royal Court at the San Gabriel Country Club.
Roberts, remembers she was in her pajamas when the Tournament of Roses committee members came to tell her she would be a princess. “There they were, 10 men in my living room,” Ryan said. Also back then, the young women of John Muir High School, then John Muir Junior College, and Pasadena Community College were required to try out for the court as part of their physical education class requirements. Hundreds of young women gathered at the Rose Bowl for the audition, Cullen said. Nancy Snyder said she probably wouldn’t have even tried out if it wasn’t required. In fact, she and a friend were
about to sneak out of the tryouts, until TofR committee member Ernie Smith stopped them and told them to go back. “Nowadays the girls in kindergarten dream about it,” said Snyder. “It was not something we aspired to,” said Ryan. The ladies talked about the outfits they got to wear, including a charcoal suit that each of them continued to wear years later. Cullen and Princess Diane Armstrong still have their mint green coronation dresses. Snyder said her dress turned into a dress-up costume for her children. The women insist that they all truly get along and after
spending an hour or so with them, you feel like they would tell you if it was different. Sandy (Gillman) Wilner couldn’t make the most recent lunch. One of the princesses died several years ago and another moved to the East Coast and has lost touch. “We lucked out that we got along as good as we did,” said Armstrong. Cullen had some advice for the current queen and six princesses as their reign is culminating: Record every moment. “Keep track of every single thing,” she said, pointing to her cell phone. “Because it’s so easily forgotten.” R
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Meet the 96th Rose Queen
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During the past few weeks, every time Ana Marie Acosta was riding in one of the Tournament of Roses mini-vans back to the Tournament House after an event, she peeked behind her shoulder as the van turned left onto Orange Grove, and Colorado Boulevard was in full view. “Oh my God, it’s going to be full of people,” she said, speaking of Jan. 1 when about 500,000 people will line the street to view the 125th Rose Parade. Not only that, all those people will be looking at her, the Rose Queen, as she rides a float with members of her Royal Court. “I can’t even wait,” the 17-year-old Polytechnic student said. “I get chills whenever I talk about it.” Acosta, an Altadena resident, grew up wanting to be Rose Queen and her mother has proof. Sarah Acosta saved photographs of young Ana posing with Rose Queens throughout the years, just in case this moment came. “It really was a dream come true,” said Sarah Acosta, playing on the theme of this year’s parade, “Dreams Come True.” Queen Ana has loved posing for pictures with young girls at different events the Royal Court has attended over the past few weeks. Not that long ago, she was the little girl wanting to meet the queen and princesses. “Now, every time I take a picture with a little girl, I think maybe in 10 years she’s going to come back and show me this picture,” Ana said. Ana is proud to be a “Poly girl.” She is the first person from her school to be Rose Queen since 1995. When she was selected as one of the seven members of the Royal Court, her friends prepared a photo slideshow for the school’s morning assembly and presented Queen Ana with a crown and flowers. “Getting to show off Poly has been a lot of fun for me,” Acosta said. “They’re really rooting for me.” Acosta was dressed in a red blouse and black riding trousers, with tall boots and a string of pearls for a recent interview at the Tournament House.
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Rose Queen Ana Marie Acosta and her court have high tea at the Pasadena Senior Center.
She is an avid horseback rider and twotime captain of her school’s equestrian team. Acosta said she was drawn to the sport inspired by her late grandfather who owned a ranch in Cuba. “Getting to ride has been a connection to him that I didn’t have after he died,” she said. The self-described Rose Court team captain has a game plan to tackle to the grueling schedule the day of the parade, which will have her being picked up from her home around 1 or 2 a.m. “I plan to take a lot of naps,” she said. Acosta loves watching the ball drop in New York’s Times Square on television, so she doesn’t want to miss the New Year’s Eve tradition. “I might fall asleep while they do my hair,” she said, laughing. Balancing Tournament duties on top of school work, college applications and extra-curricular activities has been a challenge and has sometimes meant Acosta has been up until 3:30 a.m. every day to get everything done. “If you look at what I’ve done in the past, I’ve always been that kid who wants to do 10 things at once,” she said. The queen and royal princesses will often designate a room in the Tournament
House as the “study room” where they do homework in between training or preparations for their next event. But soon, talking and laughing will ensue, and within 30 minutes of one room being designated the “study room,” another room will be designated as a quiet place for school work. Acosta says there is no rivalry between the six princesses and the queen. “We’re really new sisters to each other because we spend so much time together,” she said. “It happened so fast. I already love them for who they are.” While Queen Ana will be relishing in her moment in the spotlight during the parade, the 100th Rose Bowl Game will be less familiar territory. She doesn’t know much about football, but hopes some of her friends will give her a crash course. “So I know what’s going on,” she said. Acosta, who hopes to study medicine, likely at an East Coast school next year, said the Rose Court experience has connected her to Pasadena in a unique way. “When you get involved in something in Pasadena, it lasts,” she said. “It’s been nice seeing that and seeing how much pride everybody has in the city.” R
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Pomp and circumstance that their titles might suggest aside, the members of the 2014 Tournament of Roses Royal Court are at times just a silly bunch of girls, who often sing together in the Tournament of Roses mini-vans as they are being driven from event to event. “We’re all very different, but I think we’re all jokesters,” said Ana Marie Acosta, who was named Rose Queen out of a group of seven princesses. “We’re always joking around and singing in the vans, making jokes. We’re a very animated group.” Close to 1,000 young women, and some young men, auditioned for one of seven spots on the Royal Court in September. The judges narrowed the field to 30 finalists, and after extensive interviews, evaluations, training sessions and outings with the Tournament of Roses Queen and Court Committee, the six Rose Princesses and Rose Queen were selected in October. The seven young women have bonded in the past few weeks during the nearly 100 appearances the group has made leading up to the 125th Rose Parade on Jan. 1. The selection process officially kicked off this summer, but for many of the princesses, the dream of sitting atop the queen and court float as it travels down Colorado Boulevard began much earlier.
Princess Sarah Elizabeth Hansen, 19 A sophomore at Pasadena Community College, Princess Sarah hopes to study communications and dance at UCLA or UC Berkeley. She plays the ukulele and teaches preschool at Pasadena Foursquare Church. “Going out into the community is something I’ve done and something that’s really important to me,” said Princess Sarah. “So to be able to do it on this platform is amazing.”
Princess Kayla Diyana Johnson-Granberry, 17
The Pasadena High School senior has been playing the piano since she was 8 years old. She likes to play by ear and enjoys playing Adele’s “Someone Like You.” Her high school’s student body cabinet has been cheering her on all the way from the 30 finalists to her selection as a princess. “I had to really find myself throughout this process,” said Princess Kayla. “You had to find yourself in order to present yourself to the judges. That was the main thing that surprised me, because I didn’t think I would have to reflect so much.”
Princess Jamie Ann Kwong, 17 Princess Jamie is a senior at La Salle High School and lives in Pasadena. She is the president of her school’s National Honors Society. Her biggest dream is to be the American ambassador to France. She said she hasn’t been to France yet, but wants to live there one day and eat baguettes.
Princess Katherine Diane Lipp, 17 Princess Katherine lives in La Cañada Flintridge and attends La Cañada High School. She has participated in the school pep squad and volunteered with Brother’s Helpers, which delivers food and supplies to shelters in Los Angeles.
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Out of all the duties that go along with being a Rose Princess, she is most looking forward to the parade. “I always watched the parade, sitting on Colorado Boulevard, it was an exciting thing to watch,” she said. “So I feel really blessed to be part of it now.”
Princess Elyssia Hadi Widjaja, 17 Princess Elyssia is a senior at San Marino High School and lives in San Marino. She is captain of her school’s speech and debate team and hopes to study broadcast journalism, business, communication and/ or public relations. “I’ve been blessed with the ability to speak in front of people and not be very nervous,” she said.
Princess Elizabeth Katie Woolf, 17 Princess Elizabeth lives in La Cañada Flintridge and is a senior at La Cañada High School. She tutors secondgraders at La Cañada Elementary School, is her school’s 2014 yearbook editor and co-captain of the varsity song squad. She volunteers at Pasadena’s Elizabeth House, a women’s shelter. “To hear my name called, I’ll never forget that moment,” said Princess Elizabeth. “I never thought in a million years that I could even make it this far.” R
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Burbank submitted its first float to the 25th Rose Parade in 1914. “Goddess of Plenty” featured a dragon head, below, and a giant cornucopia filled with Burbank-grown fruits and vegetables.
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A century after Burbank joined the Rose Parade, the city celebrates the abundance of floats it has produced since “Goddess of Plenty.” Burbank’s first float in the 25th Rose Parade in 1914 featured an ornate dragon head and a giant cornucopia filled with Burbankgrown fruits and vegetables, including sweet potatoes, pumpkins and squash. Some of the city’s floats are fused with their own American history. After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Burbank couldn’t finish its 1942 float, said Erik Andersen, Burbank Tournament of Roses Association historian. “The money that was going to go to the flowers was used for a truck and food and coffee to the military personnel that were stationed in Burbank,” Andersen said.
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A century of city pride South Pasadena and Glendale also have long history in the Rose Parade Story by Zen Vuong Photos courtesy of Burbank Tournament of Roses Association
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“If (the city) couldn’t be in the parade, that was a great way of allocating the money.” The 2014 float, “Lights ... Camera ... Action!” will be the city’s 82nd entry; it skipped some years. Burbank’s float is one of six self-built entries — constructed and decorated entirely by volunteers — in the 125th Rose Parade. The event will showcase 46 floats under the “Dreams Come True” theme. “Burbank has such a huge film history,” Andersen said. “We wanted to pay homage to that history. “You talk about dreams coming true. When you watch a movie, you can do anything, from E.T. visiting planet Earth to seeing spectacles.” South Pasadena claims the oldest self-built float. The small town (population 25,000) has entered 122 consecutive floats, said Chris Colburn, South Pasadena Tournament of Roses spokesman. For its 123rd float, it will enter “Intergalactic Vacation.” The floats are a city tradition and a “labor of love,” said Colburn, 39. His group is a dying breed, he added. “I started working on floats at 8 years old in 1982,” he said. “Back in the ’80s, I think there were 10 self-built floats. And we’re down to six now. We’re the last of the Mohicans, so to say.” Although Glendale no longer submits self-built floats, it also claims a high point in the 2014 Rose Parade. Glendale will submit its 100th entry, “Let’s Be Neighbors” on Jan. 1. To commemorate the occasion, Glendale Mayor Dave Weaver said the city has budgeted $150,000 for the 18 | ROSE | PARADE 2014
John F. Kennedy visited Burbank’s John Burroughs High School’s prom on June 7, 1963. The short speech he gave there was the seed that spawned “The President Goes to the Prom,” Burbank’s 1964 float. The float ended up being a memorial float because of Kennedy’s assassination.
float, which is $50,000 more than usual. “So many things drop by the wayside. It’s important to keep something that has lasted 100 years,” said Weaver, 74. “It’s a float in the parade, and it’s a very marketable tool seen by billions of households. People pay millions of dollars in advertising to get even 30 seconds during the Super Bowl. To get that for $150,000 is pretty good marketing.” Some floats will be remembered for the mark they leave on people’s lives. Fifty years ago, Burbank paid homage to President John F. Kennedy with “The President Goes to the Prom.”
The Burbank Tournament of Roses Association intended to depict the city’s brief contact with Kennedy when it chose this design for the Jan. 1, 1964 parade. Five months after the float design was approved, Kennedy was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963. So Burbank’s float ended up being a memorial to the first president who embraced the use of television as a communication tool. The theme for the 1964 float was inspired by events that began when the Democratic Party booked a banquet hall at the Beverly Hilton Hotel for June 7, 1963, for a campaign fundraising event.
The event grew larger than the hall could accommodate, so the hotel eyed the much larger Grand Ballroom, which had already been reserved for two years by Burbank’s John Burroughs High School for its senior prom. The class of 1963 had 500 students, so a large room was needed. Hotel management told the school a couple of weeks before the prom that it would have to hold the event somewhere else. The seniors complained loud enough that the protests were covered by the local press. That prompted Kennedy to have the party organizers take the smaller room or change the date of the fundraiser. The party decided to book several smaller rooms in the hotel that the President would visit throughout the evening. The high school kids were ecstatic: They would have their dream prom. So they sent a telegram to Kennedy, inviting him to stop by. It was a “since you’re going to be there, why don’t you swing on by” type of invitation. They didn’t know that he would take them up on the offer, Andersen said. In Kennedy’s speech at the prom, he joked about how the high schoolers had a better room than he did and how on some days he’d rather be a senior at John Burroughs High School than be the President. “We want to thank you very much for letting us have the small room upstairs and to tell you that we wish you the best of success,” Kennedy said to the roomful of teens. “All that this country is, all that it hopes to be, is right in this room tonight.” R To hear a tape of the President’s remarks at the prom, go to www.burbankrosefloat.com/ history/1964/1964Float.html.
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The Donate Life float in the Rose Parade is perhaps the most emotionally moving entry in the event. Organ, eye and tissue donors and recipients will be riding on and walking alongside the float, proving that this gift changes not only a person’s life, but the lives of many around them. Donate Life America (www.donatelife.net) is a coalition of national organizations and state teams that work to increase organ, eye and tissue donation by motivating people to register as donors. It has had a float in the Rose Parade since 2004 as a visible part of its awareness campaign. Each year a list of recipients and donors are selected to participate in the parade. Meet a few of those people for whom this year’s theme, “Dreams Come True,” is a reality.
Anna Maria Villalobos Whittier resident Anna Maria Villalobos knows pain. She has suffered with rheumatoid arthritis since she was in her 20s and it eventually destroyed the cartilage in her hips, causing bone to rub on bone. Her knees were deteriorated as well, so walking became a chore. Between 2002 and 2011, Villalobos had 20 | ROSE | PARADE 2014
her hips and knees replaced, aided by bone and tissue donations. Now, at age 58, she is on the go. “I almost can run. I walk a lot and before, I could hardly take a few steps. Now I can walk everywhere,” Villalobos said in Spanish through interpreter Elena de la Cruz of Donate Life America. Villalobos is moved to tears as she states how tissue donation can give people a better quality of life and how thankful she is to her donors. Today, she is a volunteer for OneLegacy, an organ, eye and tissue recovery organization based in Los Angeles that has coordinated the building of the Donate Life float by Phoenix Decorating Co. “My dream is to be on the float. I still cannot believe that I’m riding on the float,” Villalobos said. Riding the float for Villalobos is not only an honor for herself, but a way to honor her son, Moises Barrios, who in his early 30s was diagnosed with kidney failure. Starting in 2003, Barrios was on dialysis for nine years. He received a kidney transplant, but died a year later. Villalobos will be holding his photograph on New Year’s Day.
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Sharon Runner Sharon Runner, 59, of Sacramento, is a former state senator and assembly member representing the Lancaster, Palmdale and Antelope Valley areas. She is also on the Sierra Donor Services Advisory Board and the legislative committee for the Scleroderma Foundation. At age 30, Runner was diagnosed with a form of systemic sclerosis. She did well until age 52, when she began to have breathing issues, first while hiking and not much later, climbing stairs. A pulmonary function test showed that Runner had lost 60 percent of her lung capacity. She spent five years on the lung transplant list, working despite her health as she waited. “I wasn’t very qualified for getting lungs because if you can still work and participate and do all the things you do and still survive, there’s a fine line between needing them and being too sick to get them,” Runner said. It was will that kept Runner going and when she received new lungs, she realized how poor her lung function had been. But it wasn’t all roses. After recovering from surgery, she returned to the hospital with fluid around her heart. There she died and was resuscitated. The doctors put Runner into a coma so she could heal. She woke up on Mother’s Day, her family gathered around her, and she was unaware of what had happened. “I’m blessed that I can continue to live and spend each day doing what I feel is important,” Runner said. Runner has become involved working to promote organ donor awareness and services, including aiding in legislation to allow people to sign up to be donors when they get their driver’s licenses and pushing for the creation of a Donate Life license plate.
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John Cervantes John Cervantes, 46, of Chino had problems with his kidneys almost his entire life, but that didn’t stop him from pursuing his dream of becoming a police officer. Still, there have been many bumps in the road. In 1992 Cervantes was experiencing one of his many bouts of kidney stones and was given medicine to dissolve them. One of the side effects of the treatment was kidney failure, and his right kidney stopped working.
Michael Cervantes, left, donated his kidney to his brother John Cervantes, right.
Cervantes eventually stabilized, but after a severe infection in 2009 he was placed on dialysis and advised to look into transplant options. His brother, Michael Cervantes, had previously stated he would give him a kidney and was still open to the idea. “All along, my brother said, ‘If you need a kidney, it’s going to come from me.’ He made the decision,” John Cervantes said. In March of this year he had the transplant and he said the change was “amazing.” Gone were the headaches and fatigue, which increased as his kidney function decreased. “(The transplant) is a dream come true. For 20-plus years I’ve been struggling and always wondering when is that day going to come (when I have to start dialysis),” Cervantes said. “It gave me a second chance at life. On March 11, I received a fresh start. I could do everything I was doing and even more.”
Craig Hostert At 55, Craig Hostert, a Fullerton resident and CFO of Parkwest General Contractors, is all about change, especially if it spurs you to do something for others. Hostert had an autoimmune disease when he got married in 1984. He became ill shortly after the wedding, and went to a series of doctors until finally one decided to do a kidney biopsy. “He said, ‘You’re going to go into complete renal failure within 10 years,’ ” Hostert said. In 1996, Hostert started dialysis and waited for a transplant opportunity. His older brother was a perfect match, but was rejected as a donor due to his borderline high blood pressure. Hostert’s wife, Kathleen, tested and matched. Her kidney lasted 14 years in
Hostert and then stopped working suddenly, so he found himself on dialysis again. His son, Justin, then a senior in college, offered to help. “It’s a lot more complicated than just saying that (I want to donate) — there has to be all kinds of biological and physiological matches that happen before someone can give you a kidney,” Hostert recalls telling his son. But father and son matched and the transplant was done laparoscopically. “The first time around, it changed my life in the way that Kathleen and I felt that this was our calling to do something about it, so we started the walk,” Hostert said. Wanting to give something back in appreciation of all Craig Hostert received, his family spent seven months planning a walk to raise funds for transplants. The Donate Life Run/Walk Family Festival (www.donatelifeoc.org) was held in 2003; 1,500 people attended and it raised $25,000. Since then it has grown into one of the largest gatherings to promote organ donation in the country. Last year, 12,000 people attended and it raised just under $500,000. The next run/walk is set for April 26 at Cal State Fullerton. Kathleen Hostert has traded in her teaching career to work for OneLegacy. “(OneLegacy) always says that we save lives, and I always say they don’t, they save families,” siad Craig Hostert. “An organ transplant doesn’t just change that person’s life, it changes your entire family,” Craig Hostert said.
Debbie Morgan Up until 17 years ago, Riverside resident Debbie Morgan lived the wild life. “I was a party girl. I always said I would quit drinking when I was 40, but when I got to 40, a week after my birthday party, God intervened in my life,” Morgan said. It was 1996. Morgan’s husband came home to find her very ill and rushed her to the hospital, where she collapsed and went into a coma in the waiting room. Diagnosed with end-stage liver disease from alcoholinduced cirrhosis, she was in the hospital for nine days. “I was pretty close to death when I went in,” Morgan said. “When I got out, my desire to drink had left me. I always say it was a blessing because it changed my life and got me back on the right track. I was able to
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appreciate so many things.” Morgan had to attend Alcoholics Anonymous for a year before she could be referred for a liver transplant. Once on the list, she had regular scans and a spot was discovered on her liver, but it took nearly two years to confirm it was a cancerous tumor. In March 2008, Morgan had a liver transplant. Throughout her illness, she got involved with and ran several support groups including an Alcoholics Anonymous group for transplant patients at Riverside Community Hospital. She went on to become involved with OneLegacy and the United Organ Transplant Association, which offers support group meetings in the Inland Empire and the High Desert, as well as provides education, emotional support and assistance with social services for post-organ-transplant patients. She also became an ambassador for Donate Life. “Growing up, I was always the shy one, but now that I had a passion, you couldn’t shut me up. I was out speaking at events and helping leading the support groups,” Morgan said. Morgan, an accountant, is now the president of United Organ Transplant Association and a regional lead for OneLegacy. In addition, she serves as the president of Team SoCal Transplant Games (www.teamsocaltransplantgames.org), a national Olympic-style competition for recipients, living donors and their families that is held every two years. The next gathering is in Houston in July. Morgan states that one organ donor can help eight people and a tissue donation helps as many as 50 people. She finds that many donor families are very passionate about their loved one’s gifts. “You’re saving so many lives,” Morgan said. “The donor families, when their loved 22 | ROSE | PARADE 2014
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one is passing away, it gives a reason and helps them to heal. There was a purpose for their loved ones, to be able to save so many lives or help so many people.” Morgan’s wild-child energy has been replaced with an appreciation for life and a devotion to reach out to others. “The biggest dream is to be able to get a second chance at life and so I got that,” Morgan said. “When you’re that close to death and someone is so generous to give you their loved one’s organs when they’re going through such a tragedy and to save someone’s life, it’s a dream come true for me. It took a while for me to need my transplant, but when I did need it, it was there for me.”
Karen Willis Living donors are often relatives, spouses and close friends, but there are those who give to complete strangers. Karen Willis of Northridge, a married financial consultant with two daughters, gave one of her kidneys to someone she had never met. “It was on my bucket list to do something great, something substantial for someone else that I didn’t know. A pay-it-forward kind of giving,” Willis said. For many years, Willis had been looking to do something meaningful. She had always been healthy, so she decided to help someone else get healthy. Researching online led Willis to the idea of kidney donation. “One of the reasons I liked giving a kidney was that it was health related, but more important was the idea of ‘The Chain,’ ” Willis said. The Chain is the name given to a linked series of donors and recipients. If a person ill with kidney disease knows of a healthy person who is not a match, but willing to
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donate on their behalf, they can sign up as a pair with an organization, such as the National Kidney Registry. From there, the two will be matched with other donors and recipients as needed, creating a transplant chain. When an altruistic donor appears, a chain is created and as many as 60 people can be helped. Willis’ donation approval took a year and during this time she had a multitude of tests, revealing she had gallstones. She had to have gallbladder surgery before giving her kidney. It was a blessing in disguise. In July 2012, Willis finally gave away her kidney. “I was determined to do this and I knew that I would be fine. The chances of something going wrong, although they existed, were very, very small. The chances of me helping this person were very high,” Willis said. “If I wasn’t part of The Chain, I probably would have changed my life very little.” But in addition to continuing on with her life, Willis has a new friend. After the surgery, she met her recipient, Joe Felix. He also has two daughters and, because of Willis, more energy to do things with them. Felix and Willis chat every few months, catching up on the events in their lives. As for The Chain, Felix’s ex-wife gave a kidney on his behalf to a man in need in Boston, whose wife donated her kidney to someone else. “If you can help someone fulfill their dream, you are going to get as much back as the person that you helped,” Willis said. “And if you can give someone their health, there’s nothing better. R “The Chain,” a documentary about Willis, her gift and the people whose lives it changed, can be seen at www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdgaQikU-hY.
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1st year in the Rose Parade the warrens come home
eHarmony’s love float Love will fill the air all along the Rose Parade route this New Year’s Day. And so will Grammy-award winner Natalie Cole’s voice as she sings some of her love songs on eHarmony’s first float, themed “Everlasting Love.” She may include some from her recently released Spanish album, ‘Natalie Cole en Espanol’ and of course the famous “This Will Be,” which has been the theme song for the online dating site. “Natalie has always sang in our commercials,” said Dr. Neil Clark Warren, founder and CEO of eHarmony. “She’s a wonderful person.” Natalie will croon paradegoers with a few songs as seven couples matched by eHarmony ride the float, and hopefully inspire others to give love, and the website, a chance. “We picked the couples for special reasons. They have great stories,” said Warren. “They will represent different factors. One couple is over 80 years old.” The float also will include the first couple the company knows of, that met on eHarmony and married, all the way from Texas. “Their greatest dream is they found the love of their life,” said Warren about all the couples and tying in the 2013 parade theme, “Dreams Come True.”
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“We picked the couples for special reasons. They have great stories,” said Dr. Neil Clark Warren, founder and CEO of eHarmony. “They will represent different factors. One couple is over 80 years old.”
“I’m interested in matching people for a lifetime,” he added. Warren estimates 565,000 marriages have resulted from eHarmony connections since its beginning in 2000. “We get invited to almost every wedding,” said Warren. “We’ve only attended a few. I cry, I get sentimental when I hear couple’s stories.” For Warren and the company, the float entry is not only a dream, but a coming home. Warren had a private therapy practice in Pasadena for 40 years. He and Marilynn, his wife of 54 years, lived in and raised their three daughters in San Marino and Pasadena for more than two decades. The Crown City was also
the first home to the online dating site before relocating to the beaches of Santa Monica. “We love Pasadena,” said Warren. “This is a very special Rose Parade and it’s a special time for us.” “It’s terribly exciting (to be in the parade),” said Marilynn, who also works in the company. “eHarmony is for everyone. To find someone that’s a match, we hope that is inspiring.” Warren served as a professor and then dean of Fuller Theological Seminary’s Graduate School of Psychology for years. His road to helping people was paved long ago. He originally went into ministry to help people, but found his true calling in another direction. “It was natural for me to go into psychology,” he said. Warren found himself helping couples. He researched and wrote several articles and books on relationships and finding the right partner. “If you want to marry someone for a lifetime, you have to have respect for them, find someone whose character you admire, trust and be stimulated by them intellectually,” said Warren. Warren said one of the keys to happiness is choosing the right person to marry. “You get that wrong, it’s a mess,” he said.
“You get that right, it’s heaven.” Warren draws on his own marriage and that of his parents, who were married for 70 years. “I felt so good about myself around (Marilynn,)” he recalls of meeting his wife. “That’s the secret.” His father even remarried in his 90s with Warren’s encouragement about a year after his mother died. Warren retired from the company in 2007 but returned in 2012 as its chief executive officer. He and Marilynn retired to Maine but were drawn back when he didn’t like the direction the company was going. “We love this company more (than retirement),” said Warren. “My wife tells me, ‘just be happy you don’t have to play golf’. That’s an empty life for me.” Now Warren, celebrating his 80th birthday, is revived and ready to keep the company moving forward. eHarmony is currently working on launching a relationship site to help people make friends. “There’s a lot of loneliness,” said Warren. “Forty percent of Americans don’t have a close confidant. We want to start matching friends.” And hopefully making more dreams come true. R
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As dreamy as floats are on the Rose Parade route each year, they do not come straight out of dreams. This year, four professional float-building companies are producing 40 of the 46 floats gliding down Colorado Boulevard on Jan. 1. Each with their own take on the parade theme, “Dreams Come True.” The remaining six floats are built entirely by volunteers from the sponsoring organizations. Pasadena-based Phoenix Decorating Co. has won the most awards with 230 trophies out of the 713 it has built over its 32 years in business. Phoenix is producing 20 floats this year. Fiesta Parade Floats prides itself in having the best prize rate at 65 percent, president Tim Estes
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The art of floating said. Fiesta is the second-largest builder, producing 13 entries this year. During its 27 years in the industry, the Irwindale-based company has built 280 floats, earning 176 awards. Azusa-based Artistic Entertainment Services has been in the industry for 34 years, garnering about 128 awards in that time, said spokeswoman Andrea Zepeda. It has five floats in this year’s parade.
The smallest float builder is Paradiso Parade Floats, which claims a 100 percent award rate — but that’s because the company just started last year and submitted only one entry: San Gabriel’s centennial float, which won the Director’s Trophy for outstanding artistic merit in design and floral presentation. This year, Irwindale-based Paradiso is hoping to go two-fortwo for both its clients.
PARADISO PARADE FLOATS Paradiso’s Creative Director Charles Meier, 35, holds the title for the youngest designer in Rose Parade history. Meier worked on his first design in South Pasadena in 1992 when he was just 13. Meier has entered 10 more floats in the parade since then. He founded Paradiso with former Charisma Floats’ owners Katie and Matthew Rodriguez after the 25-year-old Charisma went out of business. Paradiso has 25 employees. Meier has the tenacity to pay attention to details, Paradiso spokeswoman Gwen Robertson said. She remembered working with him in the middle of the night on Sierra Madre’s
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“Bollywood Dreams” float for the 2009 parade. “We were in the pouring rain, decorating outside,” Robertson said. “I was decorating the head of the bird. Charles said, ‘The eye needs a glint. It needs three pulverized grains, not four.’” He was right, she said. Four looked messy, but three made the perfect glint. Counting his two entries for the 2014 parade, Meier has designed a total of 13 floats, Robertson notes. At Paradiso, he works with a team on each float from start to finish. “Paradiso is a boutique float builder. And what that means is that we specialize in offering a very high quality product and a very personal experience,” Meier said. “It’s very important to us that we make sure that every one of our floats is very unique and a beautiful entry in the parade. To that end, our goal is to build a handful of really outstanding floats.”
AES Artistic Entertainment Services distinguishes itself from the “floral pageant” look common to other floats, designer John Ramirez said. “I tend to like floats which have a kind of
cartoon-y feel, to make people laugh,” he said. “I look for trying to tell a story when I’m designing a float, and to have that happen in one image is sometimes difficult. But that’s the challenge and fun of designing a Rose Parade float.” Because the company’s president Craig Bugajski has an entertainment background and has been in the Rose Parade business since he was a teenager, Ramirez said AES floats bring showtime to the New Year. “We like to have a singular element on the float that everyone remembers and to have a big show that goes around the float so that it is an event and not just another float in the parade,” Ramirez added.
FIESTA PARADE FLOATS Fiesta considers itself a boutique builder. The company chooses not to have too many clients so as not to downgrade quality, president Tim Estes said. It has also won the Rose Parade Sweepstakes Trophy — the biggest prize in the parade — for 20 consecutive years. “Due to our overall prize winning rate, we have to have all of our floats look
outstanding,” Estes said. “A prize-winning float gets two to three times the amount of media coverage, so our clients get more out of their investment.”
PHOENIX DECORATING COMPANY Phoenix has the largest number of floats. “For more than 20 years now, we’ve built more than half the parade,” said company spokesman Brian Dancel. “The best part of being with Phoenix is we have a variety of designers that are able to cater to what our clients like. In addition to that, the social media aspect has gotten larger over the last couple of years. We’ve basically mastered the art of revealing our floats.” Contrary to what some people might think, the Rose Parade isn’t a three-month time investment or a one-day reveal, Dancel said. Phoenix uses social media outlets such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to keep audiences “enthralled, basically all year long,” he added. “We are the innovators in that,” Dancel said. “There is no one else that has taken that time and attention.” R
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All the floats in the Rose Parade are special, but some of them receive special accolades in the form of a trophy. Three judges are selected by the Tournament of Roses Judging Committee each year to review the floats and score them in a series of categories over two sessions while they are being decorated. The winners are announced prior to the parade. But the big question for parade viewers could be — what are the trophies for? Some of the trophy names are obvious, while others have an air of mystery. Here are the 24 trophies that are to be awarded in the 125th Rose Parade: Sweepstakes Trophy: Most beautiful entry. Animation Trophy: Best display of animation. Craftsman Trophy: Outstanding
Isabella Coleman won numerous trophies in the Rose Parade.
showmanship and dramatic impact for a float more than 55 feet in length. Longer floats tend to be corporate-sponsored. Crown City Innovation Trophy: Best use of imagination and innovation to advance the art of float design. Director’s Trophy: Outstanding artistic merit in design and floral presentation. Extraordinaire Trophy: Most spectacular entry. Fantasy Trophy: Best display of fantasy and imagination.
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Founder’s Trophy: Most beautiful entry built and decorated by volunteers from the sponsoring community or organization. Governor’s Trophy: Best depiction of life in California. Grand Marshal’s Trophy: Most creative concept and design. Bob Hope Humor Trophy: Most comical and amusing. International Trophy: Most beautiful entry from outside the United States. Isabella Coleman Trophy: Best presentation of color and color harmony. Judge’s Special Trophy: Outstanding showmanship and dramatic impact. Lathrop K. Leishman Trophy: Most beautiful entry from a noncommercial sponsor. Mayor’s Trophy: Most outstanding city entry. National Trophy: Best depiction
of life in the United States. Past Presidents’ Trophy: Most innovative use of both floral and non-floral materials. President’s Trophy: Most effective use and presentation of flowers. Princesses’ Trophy: Most beautiful entry less than 35 feet in length. The shorter floats tend to be built by volunteers with no corporate backing. Queen’s Trophy: Best use of roses. Theme Trophy: Best presentation of the Rose Parade theme. The 2014 theme is “Dreams Come True.” Tournament Special Trophy: Exceptional merit in multiple classifications. Tournament Volunteers’ Trophy: Best floral design of parade theme less than 35 feet in length. This honors the people who work on smaller floats. R
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125 years of the Valley Hunt Club
The club that started it all
There were a lot more horses then... The stagecoach might seem a historic relic to most, but it still has a very real presence and significance for the annual Rose Parade. It was the original chassis for the parade floats. When the Rose Parade first made its way down Colorado Boulevard on Jan. 1, 1890, there were no elaborate floats with moving parts that can barely limbo below the streetlights. There were only horse-drawn carriages decorated with flowers, viewed by 250 spectators at 25 cents a ticket. The parade was founded by the Valley Hunt Club, a
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Top, the Valley Hunt Club Hitch & Riders walk the route during the 122nd Rose Parade. Above, club members on horseback in 1918.
hunting and fishing social club that came out of the 1880s Southern California land boom. The parade was an effort to show off the city
of Pasadena and celebrate the new year in a “grand” fashion. Charles F. Holder, who coined the name Tournament of Roses, was inspired by the flower
festival in Nice, France. “The original time was just a group of neighbors who wanted to celebrate the new year in a decent fashion,” club member Carl Cooper said. “It probably had two functions, one of which was just to have a good time and to get together, and the other was to really try to promote Pasadena as a beautiful place to be on New Year’s Day, without six inches of snow.” The club’s entry on Jan. 1 will be an 1868 park drag carriage provided by the Leyendekker family of Visalia. The family has provided the carriages for the club’s Rose
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Parade entry since 1983, Cooper said. In addition to the Valley Hunt Club’s entry in the parade each year, the spirit of the original parade lives on, said Jeannette Morales Collier, Tournament of Roses committee services coordinator. “The Rose Parade itself was founded by the Valley Hunt Club, so our history is very deeply rooted in our equestrian units, as the parade started with horse carriages decorated with fresh flowers,” Collier said. “Our equestrian units continue the tradition.” The Valley Hunt Club was the first, but it is not the only group with a long tradition of Rose Parade participation. Other veteran equestrian groups include the New Buffalo Soldiers, the Spirit of the West Riders, Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament, the Martinez Family and the Budweiser Clydesdales. This will be the 59th parade for the Budweiser Clydesdales, who are back this year after a two-year hiatus. In an unprecedented move, they will pull a float carrying Tournament of Roses President R. Scott Jenkins. Doug Bousselot, supervisor for the East Coast Budweiser Clydesdales hitch, said the
group is happy to be back in the parade this year to continue a long-standing tradition for the horses and for families across the nation. “It’s a holiday and a lot of families are together, and there are grandparents who remember the Budweiser Clydesdales in the parade or in their hometown,” Bousselot said. “It’s almost like some traditions that each and every family has during the holidays that kind of bonds the older generation with the younger.” Benny Martinez, who will ride in his 32nd parade on Jan. 1, said the parade’s equestrian groups, mixed in with the elaborate floats, also provide a unique feel that takes viewers back to a simpler era. “Back in the olden days, there were no cars or motor vehicles,” Martinez said. “The only means of transportation were horses and I kind of miss those days. “I just imagine how it could have been to travel across the U.S. on horseback. That’s one of the reasons I think horses are important in the Rose Parade. It brings back memories when things were more simple.” R
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125 years of horses in the Rose Parade
Bucky marched for 26 years July 3 was a sad day for members of the Long Beach Mounted Police. One of their own, a horse named Bucky, was badly injured in a trailer accident on Interstate 10 near Blythe and had to be euthanized. The 30-year-old horse was being transported to be part of the Prescott Frontier Days parade when the accident occurred. Bucky was born Mr. Right Stuff in 1983 and was a 2-year old when he marched in his first Rose Parade. He is believed to have held the record for having been in more Rose Parades than any other horse. — Linda Fields Gold
A tradition of horses From the beginning, horses pulled the early parade “floats” — carriages decorated with flowers. Motorized floats
became a part of the parade in 1901, but they were moved to the rear of the parade so as not to scare the horses. By 1920, motorized floats powered by electric motors and gas engines had taken the parade over completely. Horses were still allowed, but they weren’t hauling the floats around anymore. — Tournament of Roses
16 entries feature horses Six members of the U.S. Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard will be riding wild mustangs that were adopted through the Bureau of Land Management’s Adopt a Horse and Burro Program. The Budweiser Clydesdales are back after a few years off; this will be the team’s 58th appearance, this time pulling a 12-ton gloriously restored red, white and gold beer wagon with the Tournament of Roses President R. Scott Jenkins and family aboard. The combined Los Angeles Police
Metropolitan Division Mounted Platoon and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Mounted Enforcement Detail will be led by Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck, on an appaloosa named Whitewater, and Sheriff Lee Baca on Ringo, a paint-Belgian cross. The Martinez Family will ride various breeds of horses on hand-stitched Mexican saddles. Other equestrian groups include the All-American Cowgirl Chicks, Calizona Appaloosa Horse Club, Hermanos Bañuelos Charro Team, Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament, the new Buffalo Soldiers, the combined Los Angeles Police Metropolitan Division Mounted Platoon and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Mounted Enforcement Detail, The Norco Cowgirls Rodeo Drill Team, the Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry, Scripps Miramar Saddlebreds, Spirit of the West Riders, the War Horse Foundation, Wells Fargo and the Valley Hunt Club. — Linda Fields Gold
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95 years of the Salvation Army band
Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band performs during the 124th Rose Parade.
The Salvation Army and Pasadena City College deserve to toot their own horns. For 95 of the parade’s 125 years, The Salvation Army Tournament of Roses Band has participated in the event, the longest stint by any marching band. The Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band has the second-longest tenure, with its 84th appearance scheduled for Jan. 1. Only four marching bands are guaranteed a coveted spot in the Rose Parade yearly — The Salvation Army, PCC, the U.S.
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“It’s kind of an urban legend that a long, long time ago there was a parade that had a torrential downpour, and we (The Salvation Army) were the only band to finish.” — Kevin Larsson Marine Corps (marching for at least 80 years) and the Los Angeles Unified School District All District High School Honor Band (marching in its 41st parade Jan. 1). “It’s mostly historical,” said Carol Pfaffmann, chairwoman of the music committee for the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association. “They’ve been doing this for a very, very long time.” The Salvation Army marching band members are usually products of earlier generations who were introduced to music by their parents, according to Kevin Larsson, marching band director since 2001. His parents were officers in The Salvation Army and started him playing brass instruments when he was 7 years old. He joined the band in 1998 to march in the 1999 parade. “It’s kind of an urban legend that a long, long time ago there was a parade that had
a torrential downpour, and we were the only band to finish,” Larsson said. Since 1930, PCC has been the only marching band allowed to sport the official Tournament of Roses logo on its uniforms, and the only marching band allowed to play what it wants, according to Kyle Luck, PCC band director. In the late 1970s, the PCC band formed the Herald Trumpets, which marches in front of the Rose Queen’s float. “It’s a great honor for us,” Luck said. Other than the four annual participants, bands are picked by the Tournament’s music committee members, who aim for a sampling of bands from across the globe. “It’s a long process. I think the most interesting thing that’s happened recently is the Internet,” Pfaffmann said. “I think it’s easier for the bands to apply and easier for us to search out and consider new and possibly different bands.” For the ones that are selected, the road
to Pasadena begins with securing funds for travel and housing, which can take up to a year, said Bill Flinn, Tournament of Roses executive director. “According to where they are, it’s a significant amount of dollars to travel here, be housed here,” Flinn said. PCC’s marching band does a lot of conditioning to prepare for the parade. It clocks 25 miles in marching rehearsal, most of it at Dodger Stadium. “Going to Dodger Stadium can be strenuous, so by the time we get to the parade, it’s easier,” Luck said. After nearly a century, little has changed in The Salvation’s Army’s participation. “Maybe the arrangements have changed a little bit, but for sure, the message has stayed the same,” Larsson said. “When we play ‘Stand Up for Jesus’ in front of millions of people, it’s a way to proclaim good news.” R
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67th year KTLA will broadcast the Rose Parade Story by Adam Poulisse
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Every New Year’s Eve on Orange Grove Boulevard, there it sits. It’s not a festive, flowery float — it’s the KTLA news van, which in one form or another has been a staple in the Rose Parade landscape since the Los Angeles-based station gave the world its first televised broadcast of the festivities in 1947. A camera attached to the modern van soars high above the heads of the groundlings to give millions of viewers across the world prime viewing of the floats, horses and marching bands as they pour onto Colorado Boulevard. Competitors never tread on KTLA’s position, which is somewhat of a trophy for being the first TV station to broadcast the parade. KTLA also holds the title of the longest continuing TV coverage of the parade. “We have the best camera position, and we’ve never given up that position since starting in 1947,” said Joe Quasarano, executive producer of Rose Parade coverage at KTLA. “Other stations would kill to get our camera positions.” January’s parade will mark the 67th consecutive year KTLA has aired the 125-year-old tradition. The inaugural 1947 broadcast was the idea of Klaus Landsberg, a refugee from Hitler’s Germany who was KTLA’s first manager and engineer. At the time, musical shows were all the rage, Quasarano said. “He just wanted to do live events,” Quasarano said. “There was no tape back then. And he
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picked the Rose Parade.” Back then, KTLA was an experimental station called W6XYZ. On Jan. 22, 1947, just three weeks after the first broadcast of the Rose Parade, it became KTLA, the first commercial TV station to broadcast west of the Mississippi River. Since then, KTLA has continued to trailblaze. It was the first to televise the parade in stereo and the first to offer a Spanish simulcast. The 1999 parade was the first HD telecast. KTLA’s parade coverage overwhelmed competing broadcasts on KABC, KNBC, Hallmark Channel and HGTV in 2013, according to Los Angeles Nielsen ratings. KTLA’s telecast ranked first with a 16.3 household rating, followed by 2.5 for KABC, 1.9 for KNBC, 0.4 for Hallmark and 0.3 for HGTV. “The key here is that unlike the other network stations, we do not put any commercials in the live broadcast,” Quasarano said about the ratings. “We show the entire parade. I think
that has a lot to do with it.” However, KTLA replays the parade throughout the day with commercials. What started as two small, black-and-white cameras used for the 1947 telecast has grown into 16 KTLA camera operators peppered throughout the parade paths. One of those cameras is always pointed at hosts Stephanie Edwards, 70, and Bob Eubanks, 75, who provide commentary for the telecasts from high above the parade ground. “When that camera comes on, and it’s live television, and there are that many people watching, I’m not nervous, I’m excited,” Eubanks said. “I can’t wait for it to start.” Eubanks was hired to host the parade in 1979. He hosted with actresses Barbara Feldon (the “Get Smart” TV series) and Jayne Kennedy (“Body and Soul”) before Edwards joined in 1982. Despite being replaced in the seat next to Eubanks in 2006 and 2007, Edwards has been part of the broadcast commentary every year. “I’ve been grateful for the
work,” Edwards said. “The way I’ve changed most, especially as I grow older, is I grow increasingly warmed by the entire experience. I’m more cynical about a lot of things, but I’m less cynical about what this parade means to people who love it so much.” While most people are celebrating into the wee hours of New Year’s Day, Edwards goes to bed around 8 p.m. to get up at 2:30 a.m. to prepare for the parade, she said. Edwards and Eubanks spend about a week studying scripts with information about each entry, from the floats to the bands, and the horse units to the officials. “There are always surprises,” Edwards said. Surprises? “One year, a horse bolted for a moment, but was lovingly reunited with the rest,” Edwards said. And there was the time “a man from a far distant country” was scheduled to display his talent for singing two notes at a time. “As it turned out, he was on a horse, barely dressed,” Edwards said. “He did not sing at all.” Eubanks remembers the first time B-2 stealth bombers flew over and “gave us all goosebumps,” he said. The floats every year have that effect, too, he said. “I think the Rose Parade has changed some people’s lives,” Eubanks said. “To be part of that is something special.” R
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United States Air Force Thunderbirds Flyover The official air demonstration team of the U.S. Air Force celebrated its 60th year in 2013. The flyover will be the first official public performance since the Thunderbirds were grounded in April due to the sequester.
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Wells Fargo’s Opening Show Five independently powered satellite units featuring music and dancers represent iconic moments in history and those who, in following their dreams, altered the course of history: the Model T era with Henry Ford and ragtime music; Charles Lindbergh’s first transatlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis, and jazz and flapper dancers; Rosie the Riveter and the 1940s big band sound; Neil Armstrong walking on the moon and 1960s rock ’n’ roll; and the digital age represented by a DJ spinning on top of a circuit board with hip-hop music and dancers.
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Vin Scully The voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers will ride in a 1950 Oldsmobile 98 Coupe Convertible, owned by Dave and Louise Munyon and decorated by FTD.
*The Tournament of Roses might make late changes in the parade lineup. Float renderings and parade order courtesy of Tournament of Roses
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Spirit of the West Riders Phil Spangenberger’s equestrian entry represents the men and women of the Old West from about 1840 to 1920. The group was originally formed for the 1991 Rose Parade.
9 Let’s Be Neighbors City of Glendale
American Honda’s 300-foot-long float depicts historic and traditional forms of transportation. The float also will feature two large video screens as cameras capture fans along the route and project them onto the screens.
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U.S. Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard Six Marines will be riding wild mustangs from the Bureau of Land Management’s Adopt a Horse and Burro Program. These riders make up the only remaining mounted color guard in today’s Marine Corps and have been leading the Rose Parade since 1986.
U.S. Marine Corps West Coast Composite Band This 106-member band is composed of musicians from the 1st Marine Division Band at Camp Pendleton, the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Band at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, and Marine Band San Diego.
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Marking Glendale’s 100th parade appearance, the float features several of the city’s native inhabitants including the California mule deer, red-tailed hawk, coyote, North American raccoon, striped skunk, western gray squirrel, American goldfinch and the California black bear, all dreaming to live in harmony with the city’s human residents.
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Hawai’i All State Marching Band Na Koa Ali’i This 366-member band consists of musicians from 40 state schools. Their attire include black pants with knee-length ‘ili hau (a wrapped skirt) and a longsleeved Kaumana-print aloha custom shirt. Each member will be adorned with green fern haku-style head lei, as well as fern leis on the wrists.
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Once again, Dole’s entry arouses all the senses. Nested in the lush backdrop of tropical flowers is a procession of lifelike camels, bedecked in floral jewels, carrying elaborately decorated Howdahs laden with treasures of gold, precious gems, tapestries of woven silk and rich fragrant spices.
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Tournament of Roses President R. Scott Jenkins and family sit atop the red, white and gold 1903 Studebaker-built beer wagon pulled by the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales. Jenkins is joined by wife Cindy, daughters Lindsay and Courtney, son-inlaw Garrett, his mother, Phyllis, and in-laws Sherm and Marge. This is the first year the Clydesdales, in their 58th appearance, will not be pulling a float.
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Studious owls represent different aspects of education on this float dedicated to teachers. As part of the insurance company’s recently launched Thank a Million Teachers initiative, the float recognizes every teacher for the dreams they help inspire. This festival of lanterns illuminates how dreams are inspired by the compassion, courage and life-changing experiences of organ, eye and tissue donors and recipients. The lanterns illuminate 30 riders – organ and tissue transplant recipients – and 12 living kidney donors walking on foot to demonstrate their vitality post-donation.
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Sierra Madre Rose Float Association
Catching the Big One
Three lady fishermen are out for a little fun and fishing when they get the catch of a lifetime. The Sierra Madre Princesses ride as the lady fishermen. This year’s float is dedicated to longtime friend and volunteer Doug, who died in 2013. The all-volunteer association has been a part of the parade since 1917.
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Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School Marching Band This 219-member ensemble – wearing Columbia blue, navy and silver, including a baby blue shako and plume to represent the Bluebonnets of Texas – hail from one of the youngest schools in San Antonio.
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Wells Fargo Equestrian Wells Fargo’s history in California goes back to the Gold Rush days. The first Pasadena branch opened in April 1885 on Fair Oaks Avenue. While the original stagecoaches were from the Abbott-Downing Co. of New Hampshire, those are now in museums and replicas are used for public appearances.
18 Connecting Cultures, Delivering Dreams Singpoli Group
The Pasadena-based small businesses’ entry depicts a dream scene inspired by Chinese legend, featuring the “tianma” or “heavenly steeds” that soar over rooftops and lush gardens. Tianma are eastern counterparts of the western Pegasus.
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Pasadena City College Herald Trumpets This team of nine trumpeters and a percussionist have introduced the Royal Court since the 1970s. More than 70 high school trumpeters and 30 snare musicians from Southern California auditioned for the ensemble.
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The goal of this unit is to educate the public about the contributions of black men on the frontier of the American West. This organization recreates the lives and deeds of Company H, Tenth Regiment of the United States Cavalry, between 1867 through World War I.
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The 96th Tournament of Roses Rose Queen Ana Marie Acosta and the six princesses of Royal Court ride in a beautifully decorated float featuring more than 6,000 roses.
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Liberty High School Grenadier Band This 249-piece band from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was established in 1926 but didn’t make an appearance in the Rose Parade until 2009. This year’s group features 27 students who had a sibling march in the band’s first appearance. And eight students had family members march in previous Rose Parades with other high school bands from Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley.
An escape by Shasta, Gunnar, Gypsy, Morgan and Winston is an adventure for these dogs aboard a 1930s truck belonging to dogcatcher Steve. Five members of the association paid a donation for naming the dogs after their mascots, past and present.
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Nagoya Minami High School Green Band All the way from Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, this 127-piece band’s motto, “The Sound of Nagoya Minami Resounds in the Heart,” encourages them in their daily practice to inject every sound and ordinary activity with feeling in order to create music that reaches the hearts of audiences.
25 Turning Hope & Dreams into Reality City of Hope
In the city’s 123rd entry in the parade, the float features a whimsical interpretation of a childhood dream of going to outer space. A family is posing for a photo op with an alien photographer on a hoverboard with the earth in the distant background. The main float will be joined by a satellite float that will represent a 1950s style rocket ship towing a teardrop trailer. This float features three “The Wishing Trees” that can be found on campus at the world renowned hospital that celebrated 100 years in 2013. The trees are a place where patients, visitors and well wishers may place their wish on a tag for the world to see.
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Dobyns-Bennett High School Marching Indian Band This 350-member band from Kingsport, Tennessee, performed at the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Parade and is appearing in the Rose Parade for the third time.
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Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament These pure Spanish stallions, also known as Andalusians, were originally bred for royalty in the 11th century. They are now born and raised at the Medieval Times Chapel Creek Ranch in Sanger, Texas. Andalusians have been used for many purposes, including bull fights and carrying riders into battle. Their beautiful heads reflect their noble heritage.
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The Los Angeles wine company celebrates an inaugural parade appearance and the new year with a grand disco party featuring Grammy-winning KC and The Sunshine Band performing live from an oversized floral bus.
30 Working Together for Safer Communities K9s4Cops
Welcome to a backyard and edible dream garden overflowing with vegetables, fruits and flowers in this float – all set next to a dream outdoor kitchen and social area. The float theme illustrates the notion that when edibles and plants are grown, so are stronger connections, healthier outlooks, greater purpose and more imagination.
33 The nonprofit dedicates its inaugural Rose Parade float to the heroic law enforcement K9 units across America and to the men and women who serve and protect their communities. Sitting atop a bed of roses is a larger-thanlife K9 that resembles the group’s mascot, a king shepherd, Johnny Cash. Founder Kristi Schiller and her family will be joined by selected officers and deputies with their K9s by their side.
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Valley Hunt Club Traditional hunt attire is worn by members of this Pasadena group that first appeared in the Rose Parade in 1890. The handsome steeds are Fresians, their ancestors originally from a province in the Netherlands, but these huge beauties were bred and raised in Visalia. They will be hitched to an 1868 C.P. Kimball and Company Park Drag Carriage.
34 Bridging Children’s Dreams Kiwanis International
With 125 years of serving the community, the 190-piece Pasadena Tabernacle Band is celebrating its 120th birthday this year and its 94th Rose Parade appearance. Also taking part this year is a guest Salvation Army youth band from Southern Australia.
This will be the Spartans’ fifth Rose Bowl appearance.
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This organization gives youth a bridge to help them reach their dreams and keep them on the right path. The international Kiwanis president is a bridge builder, and that is the theme for the year. “Bridging Children’s Dreams” is a scene taken out of the forest. A bridge crosses over a creek and leads to a mount that houses majestic trees.
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This group of eight to 12 horsewomen, riding American Paint or quarter horses, is out to have fun, build friendships, continue to improve and excel in horsemanship and to represent Norco as Horsetown USA. They were formed in 2008 and practice twice weekly under the direction of Mychon Bowen.
This 235-member band is the official band of the Tournament of Roses and has appeared in every Rose Parade since 1930. The band will perform a special arrangement of this year’s opening production music along with “When You Wish Upon a Star,” and the famous British march “Colonel Bogey.”
Mayor of Pasadena, Bill Bogaard Mayor Bogaard and his wife, Claire, and their grandchildren, Cristina, Elisabeth, Jeremiah, Jon Slava and Liesl, ride a 1913 Moreland Hose Wagon, owned and restored by Burbank Firefighters Muster and Historical Club. The wagon served L.A. County Fire until 1923 and was the Warner Bros. Studios fire engine for 12 years. Following behind is Pasadena Fire’s own 1909 Seagrave Chemical Engine, affectionately known as the “Old Rig.”
38 Loving Dreams … Adopt a Shelter Pet Beverly Hills Pet Care Foundation
Rotating floral-graphs depict shelter pets awaiting adoption making dreams come true for them and their “forever” families. Set in a rose garden filled with joyful hearts and bursting with love, dreams do come true for those who adopt shelter pets. Trees intertwine an arbor to support rotating colorful 6-foot by 8-foot-tall floral-graphs of an adorable puppy, kitten, dog and cat looking for their “forever” homes.
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42 First Steps to Total Health Kaiser Permanente
A giant cheese and relish platter is transformed into a bustling cityscape with 40-foot-tall “cheese-scrapers” erected upon grand blue-and-white bowls that are connected via a grand cheese-carved suspension bridge with olive-topped trusses. At the front of the float, an olive “helicopter” circles a tower of cheese. Driving alongside the giant platter is a “pickle car,” complete with crackers, cheese and olives wheels. Mr. Stork is joyfully making special deliveries on New Year’s morning. Having just tucked in three flourishing babies into a rocking cradle, he is headed to his next delivery.
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Martinez Family This will be the 32nd appearance of the Martinez family, riding in traditional Charro attire. The horses are various breeds, including Andalusians, Friesian, palominos and quarter horses. The group uses handstitched Mexican saddles with silver horns and the women ride side-saddle.
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Stanford University Cardinal This West Coast team makes a back-to-back appearance in the Rose Bowl. The school’s history with the game dates to the first one, which was played in 1902.
Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band
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CITY OF ALHAMBRA
It would be a child’s dream come true to have a monster truck with a real monster aboard. In the city’s 86th Rose Parade entry, the 17-foot-tall float features a larger-than-life monster truck with four multi-colored monsters excited about their ride down Colorado Boulevard.
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The float celebrates two milestones: American Youth Soccer Organization’s 50th anniversary and the city’s historic landmark of 100 years since its first Rose Parade float entry in 1914. Cobi Jones, a former USA and L.A. Galaxy soccer star who started as an AYSO player, will be joined by a current AYSO player and parent aboard the float. The famed Futboleros will perform soccer tricks alongside the float.
The 14 horses representing the War Horse Foundation are “four-footed ambassadors of history,” especially military history. They, and the organization, help educate the public about famous cavalry regiments throughout the world. Different outfits signify different units from the past. Most of the horses are Arabians, but other breeds are used as appropriate.
The Tournament of Roses honors the latest Rose Bowl Hall of Fame inductees, riding in a 1939 Cadillac Convertible Coupe. This Cadillac, representing the Art Deco period, has been restored by owners Loren and Shawna Burch.
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Westfield High School Marching Bulldogs This 275-piece band from Chantilly, Virginia, is a multicultural group, featuring a combination of 15 cultural backgrounds. The students work together to bridge any gaps and differences to make the making of music its fundamental mission.
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Hermanos Bañuelos Charro Team The Chino-based group is composed of brothers, cousins and friends who are professional Mexican charros. Their mission is to promote horsemanship, animal welfare, and the opportunity for children and adults to experience horses. Each of the 13 horses is owned by his rider and the costumes are authentic for charro riders.
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Dreams will come true for the newly crowned season 5 winner, Tessanne Chin, as she performs an original song during the parade aboard a float that brings the experience of NBC’s hit series “The Voice” to life – from the spinning “I Want You” chair to the massive hand grasping the mic.
CAL POLY UNIVERSITIES
A young brother and sister sail the mighty seas of their imagination in search of their dream, a bountiful treasure. A bed is their sturdy ship and their toys and pets are magical creatures. Students from the Pomona and San Luis Obispo campuses design, build, engineer, finance and decorate their own entry.
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Harlem Globetrotters Bucket Blakes, Stretch Middleton, Flight Time Lang, Slick Willie Shaw and Wun “The Shot� Versher will entertain with their ball-handling wizardry and basketball artistry. The Original Harlem Globetrotters are celebrating their 88th consecutive year entertaining fans.
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This float showcases the beautiful lush landscape, native statues and architecture of Indonesia. An orangutan playfully hangs off of trees in the back, while two vibrantly hued red and yellow birds of paradise perch atop the lush landscape and two Komodo dragons sit at the front of the float.
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Rosemount High School Marching Band This 208-member band from Rosemount, Minnesota, toured San Juan and Ponce in Puerto Rico in early 2013. They performed with Banda Escolar De Guayanilla, who marched in the 2012 Rose Parade.
Teddy bears are a symbol of comfort and love, especially to children including patients receiving care at any of the 23 Shriners Hospitals for Children locations. Love to the rescue comes to life through the representation of the Teddy bear with a cape. The Teddy bear is also wearing a fez, which represents Shriners International, the fraternity that founded and continues to operate the health care system.
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Downey Rose Float Association
This self-built float features a ballroom playing on the classic fairytale, Cinderella and the glass slipper. Miss Downey Jessica Aguirre and princesses Parisa Geshti, Taly Argueta, Ada Hernandez and Jessica Mendez ride aboard.
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Scripps Miramar Saddlebreds Nine horses will appear in this unit, headed by ranch owner Michele Macfarlane. The opulent costumes will represent the Year of the Horse in the 12-year cycle of the Asian Zodiac.
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The airline’s 27th entry features seven hot air balloons rising over the mountains of Taiwan. Each balloon depicts “hopes” and “dreams” rising into the new year. The heart-shaped balloon includes collages with images from Taiwanese culture, and represents the Taiwan Tourism Bureau.
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Glendora Tartan Band and Pageantry Making their ninth appearance, this 181-piece band from the east San Gabriel Valley will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their first Rose Parade performance in 1964. The band has been wearing Royal Stewart Plaid since the school opened in 1959.
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This 244-member band from Carmel, Indiana (pronounced CAR-muhl not Car-MEL like the Northern California city), has performed throughout the country and overseas in London, Vienna and Amsterdam.
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Dillon the Villain, having stolen the train from town, after tying Melodrama Melody, our heroine, to the tracks, has the deed to the ranch but now wants to carry out his revenge. On his trusty steed, Cassidy, Duke is riding to the rescue of his lady love, Melody. Choo Choo Charlie, the engineer, is trying furiously to catch Dillon. Director, producer and writer Garry Marshall looks on from his chair.
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The company’s first Rose Parade float offers a playful pun on the company’s stock in trade. It features a trio of fun-loving extraterrestrials steering a gigantic spacecraft through the streets of Pasadena. There’s more than meets the eye to this inventive design, which includes a surprise that will be revealed on New Year’s Day.
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Homewood Patriot Band This 320-piece group hails from Homewood, Alabama. Anna Laura Burton has been the volunteer uniform lady since 1972. The 84 year old inspects all the uniforms to make sure they fit each student perfectly.
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This club, which celebrates the appaloosa horse, was formed in 1953. Appaloosas are known for their leopard-spotted hides, and have been shown in artwork from ancient Greece. The American strain was developed by the Nez Perce people of the Pacific Northwest.
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Los Angeles Unified School District, All District High School Honor Band This 360-member band, comprised of high school musicians from throughout the district, has been a part of the Rose Parade since 1972. More than 3,000 LAUSD students have volunteered their time and energy to create this unique sound ensemble of brass and percussion.
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This float begins with a candy cane crossing that leads onto a bridge of candy cane railroad tracks. Atop the tracks is a sweet train made of anything a sweet tooth could desire – candy canes, lollipops, cupcakes, ice cream cones, jelly beans and a gingerbread man.
City of Los Angeles
In Los Angeles’ 116th consecutive Rose Parade entry, the city’s diversity comes to life in the ethnic enclaves of Olvera Street, Chinatown and Watts. The space shuttle Endeavour, now at the California Science Center, leads the float. A pillar that is topped with the Griffith Observatory, a mural of the Walt Disney Concert Hall and mural of Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant.
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Los Angeles Police Metropolitan Division Mounted Platoon / Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Mounted Enforcement Detail L.A. Police Chief Charlie Beck, on an appaloosa named Whitewater, and Sheriff Lee Baca on Ringo, a paintBelgian cross, will lead this group of 28 officers of both law enforcement agencies.
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Banda de Música Herberto López Colegio José Daniel Crespo This is the first trip to the United States for more than 90 percent of the members of this 258-piece band, made up of secondary students from Chitré, Herrera, Republic of Panamá. The dancers wear skirts and headdresses representing the folklore and Panamanian culture.
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Nine-time Grammy winner Natalie Cole will sing her hit and the online dating site’s theme song, “This Will Be.” Cole will be joined by seven couples who all met through eHarmony. Last year’s Farmers “Love Float” couple, Nicole Angelillo and Gerald Sapienza, who were married during the parade, also met on eHarmony.
Wide-eyed with wonder, a little boy dives beneath a swirling, cresting wave, where all of his ocean dreams come true as he discovers the colorful Sea of Surprises. The SeaWorld float, encompassing all forms of sea life, is a festive tribute to SeaWorld’s 50th birthday celebration.
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This 200-piece band from New Orleans has performed for a pope, eight presidents and in several parades and television events. Before 1968, all the Mardi Gras parades were segregated. The Marching 100 was the first African-American Band to march in an all-white parade.
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To promote working together to make a difference, the float features a family of birds making their surroundings more beautiful. The Odd Fellows & Rebekahs believe the nature of all our dreams for mankind are “Friendship Love and Truth” – through nature and the sweet songs from our friends the birds.
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Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry These horses are one of the world’s oldest and purest breeds, believed to have migrated to Norway more than 4,000 years ago and have existed since after the last ice age. Most of the Norwegian Fjords horses are brown and their manes may be a different color in the center.
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The city celebrates its 100-year history in this entry, highlighting some of the city’s most iconic imagery including City Hall, the Beverly Hills Shield sign and the Beverly Hills sign at Beverly Gardens Park.
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A rainbow of elegant floral designs cascade down a 15-foot wedding cake. This entry will feature a gay or lesbian couple being married during the parade.
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Lutheran Layman’s League The church at the rear of the float is complete with a cross atop a tower 20 feet high. There will be a dove release at Orange Grove and Colorado boulevards.
McQueen High School Lancer Band This 146-piece band from Reno, Nevada, comes from the No. 1 high school in the state, according to Newsweek.
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USA Jump Rope, Palpitating Panthers These 40 elite jumpers come from teams across the country, range from 13 to 32 years old, and are led by Palpitating Panthers from La Cañada Flintridge. Members of USA Jump Rope have worked with various organizations such as the Amateur Athletic Union and the American Heart Association through its Jump Rope For Heart programs.
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Eight original members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots ride aboard this float serving as a salute the 1,102 brave women who served during World War II from 1942 to 1944. They were the first women in history to fly for the U.S. military, technically as civil service employees but still subject to military discipline.
This debut float showcases some of Lucy’s amazing friends – all animal shelter rescues that found loving “forever” homes. A variety of canine entertainers perform incredible tricks including double dutch jump roping, high-flying jumping and balancing acts.
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Colony High School Knights Marching Band, Thee Northern Sound This 79-piece band from Palmer, Alaska, is the only high school marching band in that state, and the only one that has lasted more than two years. They performed at President Barack Obama’s first inauguration.
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All American Cowgirl Chicks Dressed in red, white and blue; riding Roman (standing on their galloping steeds) with American flags; dismounting and singing “The Star-Spangled Banner”; and supporting the cure for breast cancer. What’s not to like about this amazing and energetic equestrian drill team from Texas?
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Lions Clubs International, the Concord Lions Clubs and the city’s parks, recreation and open space commission, helped build a playground in Concord, named “Matteo’s Dream Playground,” in 2011 in honor of a young boy, who was blind and wheelchair-bound and died in 2010. Matteo dreamed of a playground where kids of “all abilities” can play safely alongside each other. 60 | ROSE | PARADE 2014
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This 55-foot float is an ode to musician Daryl Hall and his show “Live from Daryl’s House,” which can be seen on RFD-TV and Family Net. It depicts settings from Daryl’s house on his Huckleberry Farm estate in New York. The front features a room used as a recording studio, and where Hall and his band will play live during the parade.
Parade Closing Program In commemoration of the 100th Rose Bowl game, the TofR features a special program to honor great players and coaches throughout the history of “the granddaddy of them all.” The Football Writers Association of America selected a representative from each decade for an “All-Century Class.” The closing float honors these legends on the big screen by showcasing their great plays from the past 99 games.
85 years of Sharp Seating
A Rose Parade tradition lives on Story by Kevin Smith
Workers assembling the seating at the corner of Orange Grove and Colorado boulevards.
“My father has been building these seats for 50 years, so he pretty much has it down to a science.” — Sindee Riboli
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Sindee Riboli has a front row seat for the best show in town. Actually, she’s got 85,000 seats. As president and coowner of Sharp Seating Co. in Pasadena, Riboli provides the grandstand seating that lines most of the annual Rose Parade route. Sharp Seating is a family affair that includes her father, Mike Brown, who serves as company chairman, her mother Nancy and brother Michael Brown. The business has been providing seating for the Rose Parade for 85 years. “It never started with a written agreement, it was really just word of mouth,” Riboli said. “It was like they said, ‘Hey, so you’re building seats over there.’” Each year, Sharp Seating organizes, plans and assembles the bleacher seats for the event. The company also sells tickets and provides souvenir programs. Sharp also provides seating for other events, including the Long Beach Grand Prix, area school events and events in Las Vegas. But the Rose Parade is definitely the company’s signature event. And the logistics of providing 85,000
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seats along a 4 1/2-mile stretch of the 5 1/2-mile parade route are daunting, to say the least. “We actually break ground on Nov. 7 every year at Orange Grove and Colorado boulevards.” Riboli said. “That’s called TV Corner because it’s where the TV networks are. We also build platforms for the networks and their broadcasting equipment.” Sharp Seating currently has as many as 70 workers assembling the seating on any given day. Tickets range from $45 to $90 per seat, depending on the view, the side of the street and the position on the parade route, the company said. The parade begins promptly at 8 a.m. on New Year’s Day and Sharp Seating advises parade watchers to arrive two hours early so they can make their way through the crowds and get situated in their seats. “My father has been building these seats for 50 years, so he pretty much has it down to a science,” Robili said. “The only issue 62 | ROSE | PARADE 2014
Mike Brown, left, Chairman of Sharp Seating Company in Pasadena, with Sindee Riboli, President, and Michael Borwn, Sales-DesignRentals stand in front of Rose Parade artwork.
we can’t control is the weather, like when it rains. But so far ... so good.” Riboli said business dropped significantly in months following the 9/11 terrorist attacks because people were afraid of being out at big public events. “People were cancelling their tickets left and right,” she said. “But we struggled and
made it through, and we’re here to talk about it.” Other parade memories are far happier. “One year there were these nuns who got there at the beginning of the parade and they were standing in the aisles,” she said. “They were not really in the bleachers, but they were blocking people’s view. Everyone was dying to tell them to move but no one wanted to do it! But eventually, we found a place for them to sit.” Mike Brown said he cherishes the part he plays in helping fans to enjoy the annual Rose Parade. “I love this business and I’ve probably forgotten more than most people know,” he said with a laugh. “And I don’t mean that in an egotistical way. The older I get ... the greater I was.” Brown may joke about his role in the business, but few would deny that this family enterprise plays a valuable part in one of the most widely viewed parades in the world. R
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As president and co-owner of Sharp Seating Co. in Pasadena, Sindee Riboli provides the grandstand seating that lines most of the annual Tournament of Roses Parade route.
119 years of Rose Parade and Rose Bowl volunteers Long-serving Tournament of Roses volunteers, from left: Paul L. Holman, Tournament President 2006-2007, Linda Klausner, Honorary Director and Liaison and Planning Committee Chair, and Bruce T. McIntosh, who has volunteered for 40 years.
They are the first ones on the Tournament of Roses parade route every New Year’s Day, and the last to leave. They are everywhere and yet you don’t always see them. The “white suiters,” as they are known, perfect the art of incognito as they work together to put on a seamlessly-looking display of wonder and amazement for thousands along the parade route and for the millions watching worldwide on TV to enjoy. Oh, and yes, they do it all for free. The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association is a nonprofit organization which has produced the annual Tournament of Roses Parade since 1895 and the Rose Bowl Game, since 1902. And that’s all possible thanks to its 935 volunteers (the yearly limit), and a small fulltime support staff. Every volunteer has to be willing to work New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, in addition to contributing dozens of hours throughout the year preparing for the big event. Each volunteer is assigned to one of 31 committees, with responsibilities ranging
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from selecting parade participants to directing visitors on New Year’s Day, or hosting the press headquarters for media coverage of the Rose Bowl Game, to giving presentations about the Tournament to community groups. We sat down with three “white suiters,” the nickname given to the volunteers for the distinctive white uniform they wear, who have personally been making parade watchers’ dreams come true for more than 100 years combined. Linda Klausner and Paul Holman, who are retired from the association, both joined in 1978. The association retires members at age 65, though many can still be involved as auxiliary members. Bruce T. McIntosh is still an active member. His father was a member and Bruce attended his first parade at age 8. He began as an usher selling programs, earning $5 for his work. He became an official association member 40 years ago and his daughter is now the third generation McIntosh in the group. Holman’s entry into the association was the result of an urging from a wellintentioned, albeit nagging friend.
“I had a few friends who were members and one started bugging me to join,” recalls Holman. Every year, that friend would boast about how much fun it was to be a part of the parade. “He bugged me for seven years,” he said. Holman finally gave in, and has not missed a parade since. “It is unquestionably one of the most unique events in the world,” he said. Klausner said her reasons for joining started out as self-serving. “I wanted to have something for me,” she said. Even though Klausner’s family watched the parade for years, “my mother would never let me camp out or ride on a (motorcycle.)” So as soon as the association began allowing women as members, Klausner — the mother of five young children at the time — decided it was time to get out and do what she wanted. She remembers many cold mornings she stood outside at 4 a.m. New Year’s Day in her white uniform. “Then the adrenaline kicks in, the parade starts, and you forget about how cold you
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The joy of being white suiters
“We only have one goal — put on something for other people. There’s no hidden agenda — come out, enjoy the parade, have a wonderful day. ” — Bruce T. McIntosh
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are,” she said. “You’re wrapped up.” “The best experience is when you’re out on the street, the energy of the crowd,” adds McIntosh. “What’s unique is we only have one goal — put on something for other people. There’s no hidden agenda — come out, enjoy the parade, have a wonderful day.” Walking or riding down the parade route is a completely different experience, and not all members get to do that. “One year, they put me in the parade on a horse,” said Klausner, who also teaches equestrian. “Everybody is smiling, they’re waving to you — it is the happiest experience, from beginning to end.” Of course, there is always one lucky member that rides the parade route each year: the Tournament President. If you’ve put in plenty of time, and paid your dues every year, you can get on track to be chosen as the president. The president gets to choose the parade theme and the Grand Marshal, among other duties. Holman served as TofR president in 2007,
after a nine-year process. “It was staggering. It’s also very intimidating,” he recalls. Overall, “It was a great experience.” Holman said he was lucky, because after turning down an invitation to be Grand Marshal five times before, film producer and director George Lucas was finally ready and willing; after all, his company was promoting the 30th anniversary of the “Star Wars” films. That made choosing a Grand Marshal a little easier. The three remember Parade Day in 2007 clearly. Hundreds of actors dressed as storm trooper characters from the “Star Wars” films participated in the parade. “It was a relatively warm day,” Klausner said. “We lost two to three more storm troopers than band members (to the heat) that year.” Someone commented on the similarities of the storm troopers’ white uniforms to the Tournament association’s white suits. “Someone said, ‘we’re testing out an allweather white suit’,” Holman said.
Despite all the work they put in and the challenges that come along, all three volunteers agree their fellow members make it fun and enjoyable, year after year. And they can be proud of the results. “It takes a community,” McIntosh said. “What’s truly unique about the organization is the people on the committees have hundreds of years of experience collectively. If there’s a problem, it always gets solved.” “When you see people pull together and it works, that’s a special part of the parade,” Klausner added. Holman said half of his friends are tournament members. “It’s a wonderful organization.” That’s probably why Holman and Klausner continue to help out on committees, even after retiring from the association. “It’s a passion,” Holman said. The three have plenty more stories to share about their time in the TofR association. Hear them tell a few by going to www. pasadenastarnews.com. R
Tournament of Roses Parade Operations Committee members Ron Chase, left, and Lance Tibbet, make sure every float, horse and marching band goes down the parade route on time in January 2010.
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6 years in the white suit
Inside view from a ‘white suiter’
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When I was a kid, there was television and there was reality. They did not overlap. We would watch the Rose Parade on television New Year’s Day, and it was magical. Spectacular. A transformative experience, like when “Bewitched” suddenly came out in color. The Rose Parade became real to me one year when my parents bundled my sister and me up in winter coats, piled us into the station wagon (you know, the one with the seat belts irretrievably stuck down into the crack in the seats) and brought us to Pasadena at dawn on New Year’s Day. I want to say it was 1972. The kids from “The Brady Bunch” were on a float, smiling and waving, and for the first time in my life, TV and real life merged into one. There, not 50 feet from me, was Maureen McCormick, “Marcia” herself, the only important woman in America. (If you were male, and over the age of 8 in 1972, trust me, she was the only woman in America.) I have loved the Rose Parade more than television ever since. This may have fueled a subconscious impulse, 40-odd years later, to volunteer with the Tournament of Roses. If you have been to the parade, you have seen us. We wear all-white suits and red neckties, and there are almost 1,000 of us, fanned out across Pasadena on New Year’s Day making sure the parade goes smoothly. This is my sixth parade as a “white suiter,” so I am here to give you, the parade enthusiast, a glimpse into just what the people who put on this annual tradition do. The Tournament of Roses has more than 20 committees, each supporting a different element of the parade or the Rose Bowl game. My first duty, like that a lot of first-year volunteers, was overnight float protection. It’s important, because the parade floats arrive on-site before midnight, get lined up and then park in the middle of a closed street. The floats attract a lot of sightseers on foot well into the wee hours of the
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morning, and cars don’t mix well with floats and pedestrians. So I found myself standing on a street corner at a barricade all George night, keeping cars from Waters entering the float formation Columnist area. It’s a fun duty for anyone who enjoys hearing very impassioned and creative excuses from people who absolutely must get past the barricade, even though they are not brain surgeons on the way to perform brain surgery, which was the only excuse I was accepting. The Tournament takes care of its people, too. Throughout the long night, a van came around constantly with coffee, hot chocolate and snacks. As dawn broke on New Year’s Day my first year, I was greeted by an incredible sight — thousands of people bustling from every direction, carrying folding chairs and blankets, smiling like they had just won the lottery. After a full night on the street I was chilly, I admit. (As a native Southern Californian, I have learned never to use the world “cold,” lest I unleash the wrath of my Eastern friends.) But those paradegoers lit me up. Their smiles were contagious. They walked briskly, knowing they were about to kick off their new year by seeing something epic, something beautiful. By the time the sun rose high enough to reach me, I was already warm. Another gig you do in your first few years with the Tournament takes place at the very end of the parade route, after the floats have been parked for public display. One great thing about this duty, for me, was that I not only got to rock my white suit, I was styling a white Panama hat, too. I stood next to several floats for two days and explained to the crowds of visitors the floral details they featured. But the best thing that happened: I got to ride in the parade. In fact, I am riding again this year, but if I do my job right, you won’t even notice me. I will ride a white scooter, wear a white helmet and escort one of the floats along
Interested in volunteering? A meeting for prospective members will be held at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 30 in Tournament House. Details at tournamentofroses.com.
the route. It rarely happens, but sometimes a float has engine trouble or a rider on a float needs assistance, so we “float liaisons” are there to deal with it. It’s a two-hour parade, and timed very precisely, so unplanned stoppages have to be handled quickly. We are trained for contingencies. We learn arm signals. We are prepared to deal with almost anything except perhaps a giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, which is unlikely, since I hear that is mostly an East Coast thing. I admit nobody is looking at me, the scooter man. My white suit is like Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak. The stars of the show are the floats. But riding in the parade is still a kick in the (white) pants. You see the parade on New Year’s Day, but not the months of preparation that went into it. A float liaison, for example, might spend 10 Saturday mornings between June and December directing traffic so that floats can safely road-test their engines and animation effects. Yes, I said June. There is always something to do. I have assisted at the rose court tryouts and at the queen and court’s coronation ceremony. Last year, I gave tours at one of the floatbuilding barns. You can never have too many white suiters. I have only scratched the surface. All you really need to know is that a whole lot of volunteers put this incomparable parade together for you. We don’t get paid. Your smile is our pay. This is the 125th Rose Parade. That’s a lot of smiles. Me, I’ll be scootering alongside the city of Sierra Madre’s float. Maureen McCormick, if you are reading this, Sierra Madre’s near the front of the parade. It’s got people in a rowboat catching a huge fish. Keep an eye out for me. R George Waters is a humor columnist in Pasadena. Read more of his work at TheWaBlog.com.
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100 years of the Wrigley Mansion
Exploring steps of history at Tournament House
Charlie Wood, honorary director for Tournament of Roses, gives guided tours of the Wrigley Mansion.
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Before the first float makes its way down Colorado Boulevard on Rose Parade day, you will have probably seen the Tournament House many times in the news. Its pristine white Italian Renaissance walls hold a wealth of history and a treasure of architecture and interior design. The house was originally commissioned by Pasadena dry goods magnate George Stimson in 1906. He hired his son, noted
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architect Lawrence Stimson, to design it. “Lawrence’s three major features that he really liked were ceilings, marble fireplaces and wood paneling,” said Charlie Wood, an honorary director for the Tournament of Roses who has been with the organization since 1977. He explained that construction on the residence began in 1906, but was put on hold after the San Francisco earthquake because tradesmen and materials were sent north to rebuild. The home was finally
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TOURNAMENT HOUSE TOURS When: 2 and 3 p.m. Thursdays, February through August. Where: 391 S. Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena. Admission: Free. No reservations are required. Note: The first floor is accessible to the mobility impaired. A DVD virtual tour of the second floor is provided for those who cannot climb stairs. Information: 626-449-4100; www.tournamentofroses.com
The living room features intricately matched doors of Circassian walnut from Romania.
completed in 1914. It was 18,500 square feet and had 22 rooms with 2,000 square feet of closet space. Stimson had envisioned the home as a place where his family could gather, but by 1914 they had moved elsewhere, so he decided he didn’t need the house. He sold it to chewing gum industrialist William Wrigley Jr. for $170,000. The house became Wrigley’s fifth — he had properties in Philadelphia; Chicago; Lake Geneva, Wis.; and Phoenix. (He later bought a controlling interest in the Santa Catalina Island Co. in 1919 and built a home there. The Wrigley family is still invested in the island and active in its conservancy.) A year after buying the Pasadena house, Wrigley bought the property next door to create its gardens. “In the early days, you couldn’t see the street,” Wood said. The mansion “was called ‘The Shadows’ because of all the trees in front of the house.” Some of the original trees remain, but the most striking aspect of the garden is its collection of roses, currently boasting more than 1,500
A former living area in The Wrigley Mansion has been transformed into the Rose Bowl football room.
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Florentine Italian marble fireplace at the south end of the living room was ordered from a catalog, shipped through the E.V. Collins Marble Company of Los Angeles, and assembled on site.
varieties. Wrigley died in 1932 at age 70 and after his death, his wife, Ada Wrigley, spent most of her time at their homes in Pasadena and on Catalina Island. On a tour of Tournament House, you can see the spot where it is believed she sat to watch the parade every year. “She felt that this was her parade. She adopted it because it goes right down her street,” Wood said. In 1948, Ada Wrigley suffered a massive stroke. “In 1958, she died, and in her will she left this entire property to the city of Pasadena with one provision — that it forever be the headquarters for the Tournament of Roses,” Wood said. In 1960, the Wrigley family finished moving out of the mansion. They took all its furnishings, including the light fixtures. The same year, the Tournament of Roses signed a 50-year lease with the city of Pasadena and built new offices attached to the rear of the residence for its staff. When the lease expired, they signed another one for 33 years. The Tournament of Roses maintains the building, while its surrounding property, considered a city park, is maintained by Pasadena. R 70 | ROSE | PARADE 2014
The Wrigley Garden.
A tour of the Rose rooms
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Although you can’t visit Tournament House during Rose Parade season, you can make plans to stop between February and August. Here are a few of the highlights you won’t want to miss. The furnishings throughout the entire house are not original, although they appear authentic to the period, courtesy of a recent do-over by the Pasadena chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers.
Downstairs Entry to the right of the door is an Aeolian player pipe organ. Its 1,500 pipes are hidden in the staircase and its bellows is in the basement (which is not on the tour). There are more than 250 music rolls for the organ. While in the entry, look up at the ceiling. It looks like it is embellished with Lego blocks.
Dining Room What makes this room unique is its lush Philippine crotch mahogany wood paneling. It also has a marble fireplace and a ceiling made of mortar. The table and chairs in the dining room belonged to the Wrigley family and were transferred here from Catalina Island. Charlie Wood, honorary Tournament of Roses director,
said the furniture did not do well in the salt air.
Living Room The living room has Circassian walnut pocket doors at the entry and a matching door leading to offices. Ada Wrigley loved the panels and thought they represented — top to bottom — mind, heart, body and soul, Wood said. Natural designs are created by the darker hues of the wood. This room also has a Florentine marble fireplace with details such as angelic children’s faces and a wolf centerpiece along its mantel edge. A 15th century French tapestry hangs above it. The house’s only photograph of Ada Wrigley is in this room.
Rose Room This is the largest room downstairs and is used for meetings, dinners and other special functions. A painting of Ada Wrigley hangs in the entry to this space.
Gentlemen’s Bathroom In 1963, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower served as Grand Marshal of the Rose Parade. While in the Tournament House prior to the event, he was locked in the bathroom when its pocket door fell off its slider. Someone heard his cries for help and was able to unlock the outer
bathroom door and put the pocket door back into place with Eisenhower’s help. He made the parade in time.
Wrigley’s Office The office has an Oxford box ceiling with a spectacular pattern.
Solarium The room adjoining Wrigley’s office was originally an open porch where Ada Wrigley played bridge with her friends. Back then, in the early 20th century, you had to yell into the phone to be heard on the other end of the line, and Ada tired of her husband’s calls interrupting her games. She had a telephone room — with a door that closed — built for him next to the office. The solarium looks out on the garden, where most of the trees are 100 years old. Especially beautiful is the Morton Bay fig, which stands nearly 100 feet tall. The wallpaper features birds flitting through tree branches and perching on a porch amid Asian vases. It is made of canvas-backed foil and there is similar wallpaper in every one of Wrigley’s six homes because “He wanted to remind his family that they made their fortune one
stick of gum at a time,” Wood said.
Upstairs Hallway There is a display of crowns worn by various rose queens in a glass case. Due to the value of the original pieces, some are reproductions, but no less spectacular.
Grand Marshal Room Here the walls are lined with photographs of all the grand marshals from every Rose Parade. Shirley Temple Black was the only person to be grand marshal three times — in 1939, 1989 and 1999. The only two brothers to share the honor were Walt Disney in 1966 and Roy Disney in 2000.
Director’s Room This was William and Ada Wrigley’s bedroom. It is believed Ada sat by the corner windows to watch the parade. In the adjacent bathroom the tub does not have clawed feet, which was unusual for the time period. The tub was delivered through the bathroom window for installation. The curved coffered ceiling gives it a basketweave look.
Queen and Court Room This room is designed for comfort, resplendent with plump chairs. The bathroom has been remodeled with extra stalls and mirror space to better accommodate the court as they prepare for their more than 150 appearances each year.
Queen’s Conference Room This simple room contains a large table surrounded by comfy office chairs.
President’s Room
A streamlined conference table is surrounded by leather chairs. In one corner, a Bohlin saddle (one of three at the house) is on display. It is silver and black with an Indian chief design and is surprisingly big and heavy.
Football Room Like a museum, this space boasts trophies in cases, as well as footballs, helmets, photos and other ephemera recounting the history of the Rose Bowl game. Tours generally end in this room so people can take their time to look through everything. R
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Fantastic French Toast from Marston’s
Best breakfasts and lunches in Pasadena
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In case you’ve forgotten, the first Rose Parade was held 125 years ago, organized by Pasadena’s Valley Hunt Club. Some 2,000 locals showed up to watch a procession of horse-drawn carriages bedecked in flowers, which was followed by a foot race, a polo match and a tug-of-war. According to Professor Charles F. Holder of the Valley Hunt Club, the Parade was a celebration of the good life here in Southern California: “In New York, people are buried in the snow. Here our
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flowers are blooming and our oranges are about to bear. Let’s hold a festival to tell the world about our paradise.” This year, a crowd of 500,00 will show up to watch the Parade in person. Many will go as well to the Rose Bowl game that follows. And plenty will be hungry for breakfast and lunch. The options are many. And since this is 2014, we’ve got 14 of our favorites — seven places for breakfast, and seven places for lunch. Two repasts for every day of the week.
From left, French Toast Breakfast and Florentine Benedict served at Marston’s and Fresh Salmon Hash with peppers, potatoes, and Poached Eggs at Julienne’s.
BREAKFAST Marston’s Breakfast at Marston’s has long been remarkable. Indeed, it’s the meal for which Marston’s is best known. The structure in which the restaurant sits looks as if it were born for birthing breakfasts: it’s a fine old Craftsman bungalow, with a friendly porch, and a dining room of modest proportions. It feels good. It feels right. It feels like it belongs in another city, perhaps one in the Southeast, where people speak with a drawl, and are never in a hurry. Breakfast at Marston’s is a properly casual affair, with a selection of dishes that inspire much loyalty among locals, especially from the dishes listed under the menu heading of “Breakfast Specialties” like the “fantastic” (their word) French toast — two chunky slabs of sourdough, properly soaked in egg batter, rolled in corn flakes, and griddled to marvelous brownness, served with with hot syrup and sweet butter. It is so good, so satisfying. Ditto the macadamia nut pancakes, the blueberry pancakes (heavy with berries), the seven-grain pancakes, and “Grandma’s Oatmeal,” described on the menu as being “like you’ve never had before.” It’s served with cream, raisins, brown sugar, honey, sliced bananas, strawberries and chopped nuts. This isn’t oatmeal — this is a meal. Marston’s, 151 E. Walnut St., Pasadena. 626-796-2459.
such a wild-eyed hodgepodge of dishes from here, there and everywhere. If you’re there for breakfast, the options are easier: there’s an overflowing breakfast buffet, served Friday, Saturday and Sunday. But as the day goes on, there are dishes from the Middle East, Mexico, Italy and plenty of Americana, from burgers and salads, to omelettes and steaks. Burger Continental, 535 S. Lake Ave., Pasadena. 626-792-6634.
Russell’s For many, Russell’s is the place to go for the best burgers in town. And the best pie, too — textbook versions of lemon meringue, coconut cream, banana cream, sour cream raisin, chocolate cream, peanut butter cream; two-crust apple, Dutch apple, apricot, boysenberry, blueberry, cherry, mince, rhubarb; custard, pumpkin, pecan, cheesecake; and in season, strawberry, raspberry, peach and the ever-mysterious ollalieberry (half loganberry, half boysenberry, which in itself is a blend of raspberry and blackberry). What’s not as well known is
that it’s a superb destination for omelettes, pancakes, waffles and the like, along with some seriously mixed breakfast drinks. Or just go for the pie, which is good at all times of the day. Russell’s, 30 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Old Pasadena. 626-578-1404.
Julienne Julienne is found on Mission Street in San Marino, not far from Fair Oaks Avenue and the Pasadena Freeway. Except, it’s enough of a distance that it seems to be in another world. Driving down Mission Road, right around the corner from Bristol Farms, it’s hard not to get a sense that you’ve passed through a door, leaving the pleasant middle class comfort of South Pasadena for the opulent grandeur of San Marino. And it’s to Julienne that San Marino goes for a casual breakfast or lunch. It’s a swell place — warm and cozy with really terrific food. And, you can sit outdoors, and watch (to quote T.S. Eliot), “The women come and go/Talking of Michelangelo.” There are actually two parts to Julienne. On the
Burger Continental You enter Burger Continental either from the patio on the Lake Avenue side, or from the patio on the parking lot side. In either case, you’ll wind up in the middle, surrounded by dozens of signs exhorting the pleasures of the menu. If you’re like me, you’ll probably find it hard to focus on any single item; the menu is
Chef David Vega cooking shrimp at Mi Piace, Italian Kitchen Bakery Lounge.
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left is the cafe, with its cool, calm interior, and its exceedingly pleasant sidewalk dining area. To the right is the cuisine-to-go shop, a fine takeout operation where many sample of a multitude of products are offered on the countertop. If there’s a downside, it’s the fact that Julienne is open for breakfast and lunch, but closes at 4:30 in the afternoon for the cafe, and a little later for the takeout section. The menu here is very French bistro, though filtered through the inevitable California filter. As you’d expect, salads abound here — or should I say les salades abound. Julienne, 2649 Mission St., San Marino. 626-441-2299.
The Novel Cafe At the Novel Cafe, both breakfast and lunch are served from early in the day, til 4 p.m. Which means you can have eggs Benedict for lunch, if such is your desire — made, a bit oddly, with “turkey ham,” rather than Canadian bacon — a bit of a reminder that though The Novel Cafe isn’t vegetarian, it
does have a “healthy cuisine” underpinning. There are sundry quinoa dishes on the menu, including a quinoa and rolled oat oatmeal. And a dish called “Huevos Under Blackstone” which consists of poached egg whites over quinoa and black bean cakes. The vegetable scramble and the Novel omelette are both made with egg whites as well; where you usually have to request egg whites, here you have to request whole eggs. There’s a tofu scramble, too, but then, if you’re like me, you can order the “Two Fer” for breakfast (or lunch) — two whole eggs (any style), with a choice of two proteins — bacon, chicken, sausage, turkey ham or tofu. Served with two nine-grain pancakes. A very big breakfast. There are waffles and pancakes, French toast, crepes, oatmeal and granola, wraps and quesadillas. Good coffee, too. We need to eat our breakfast — the government tells us so. And they must know. The Novel Cafe, 1713 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. 626-683-3309.
Cafe Verde Show up for breakfast at Cafe Verde on Green Street, and you can get yourself ready for the day with some fine homemade breads (the herb bread is impossible to resist), along with wonderful poached eggs in a roasted tomato broth; why don’t more restaurants serve this dish, which is joy incarnate? There’s a fine eggs Benedict, huevos con chorizo, and French toast flavored with vanilla, and what may well be the best coffee in town, French-pressed, hot and insistent. Cafe Verde, 961 E. Green St., Pasadena. 626-356-9811.
Din Tai Fung There’s always a line at the dual branches of Din Tai Fung, situated right next to each other, which sit about 10 minutes east of the 210 Freeway, not far from the racetrack at Santa Anita Park. It is a taste of Taipei that may be the single most popular Chinese restaurant in the San Gabriel Valley — and that’s saying something! Dumplings that dominate the consciousness at Din Tai Fung. Order the “juicy” pork and crab dumplings, and you get a steamer of 10, all filled with steam and little chunks of protein cooked until it is reduced to its base molecules. There are shrimp and pork dumplings as well, along with vegetable and pork, pork alone and vegetable alone, and some shiu mai (shrimp and pork, and rice and pork) as well. Those who know the place well, say the weekend special of “small dumplings with soup” are worth lining up for. Though I don’t need a special to get me back to Din Tai Fung — what they do here, they do as well as you’ll find anywhere. Considering the competition, that makes Din Tai Fung not a restaurant, but a shrine, home to the Dumpling Divine. Din Tai Fung, 1108 S. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia. 626-574-7068.
LUNCH Mi Piace
Burger Continental is a Pasadena classic, with a menu that goes far beyond burgers.
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Mi Piace is a phenomenon that endlessly astonishes and astounds, a restaurant that’s never without customers. In many ways, this is the restaurant that put Old Pasadena on the map. Before Mi Piace opened, Old Pasadena was a destination to be avoided; in the years since it opened, one restaurant after another has tried to emulate its success. The formula is simple: lots of good food
served in a cheerful setting, at very reasonable prices. The room is warmly high-tech, with massive mirrors hanging from the back walls, an open kitchen, and a busy bar that separates the restaurant from the adjacent bakery. This is Italian comfort food freshened up with California touches. Which means you can easily mix-and-match a meal of classic pasta dishes, chicken and veal standards, with cutting edge carpaccios, risotti and seafood, all made with state-of-the-art olive oils and balsamic vinegars. The pizzas are wonderful too, with a good crunchy crust, and enough toppings to satisfy even the most persnickety of pizza lovers. There’s a reason this is one of the busiest restaurants in Old Pasadena; it succeeds on every level. And it doesn’t charge you an arm and a leg for the privilege. Mi Piace, 25 E. Colorado Blvd., Old Pasadena. 626-795-3131.
Il Fornaio Il Fornaio is noisy in the way that restaurants filled with people having a very good time tend to be noisy. It’s a happy noise, with lots of waving of arms at old friends, and air kisses flying through the ether. It’s very
much like being in Italy, with food to match. There’s soft polenta (not fried and rubbery for a change), cornmeal flavored with mushrooms and parmesan. There’s as good a carpaccio as you’ll find on these shores; and a perfect eggplant dish, made with goat cheese, sundried tomatoes, onions, capers and balsamic vinegar. They make a heck of a fine Tuscan bean and barley soup. They make tomato soup with Tuscan bread, good enough to raise the dead. The pizza is crispy-crunchy, thin-crusted like a large cracker, topped with the sort of stuff you might find in the Piazza Navonna in Rome — mozzarella, provolone, grilled eggplant, ricotta, red onions, garlic and so forth. It works perfectly as an appetizer for two, or a main course. There’s also a pizza permutation of foccacia bread stuffed with gorgonzola, pinenuts, basil and onions, that’s what sandwiches dream of someday becoming. You’ll eat every last bite. Il Fornaio, One Colorado Blvd., Old Pasadena. 626-683-9797.
Cafe Bizou Though the menu at Cafe Bizou isn’t all seafood, fish and shellfish feel like the
dominant motif. There’s a sesame seed-coated salmon, one of the longest-lived of Chef Neil’s dishes, that arrives on a potato pancake rather than the more prosaic bed of garlic-flavored mashed potatoes. Another longtime favorite is the hunk o’ monkfish, aka the “poor man’s lobster,” a particular homely fish (it’s also known as dogfish and hagfish), helped along with a name change and the simple fact that it really does taste fairly like lobster, with almost the same firmness of flesh. It’s one of Mother Nature’s little jokes. And a very fine creation too, served at Bizou with saffron-dotted risotto and fried carrots, in the same rich lobster sauce that comes with an appetizer of lobster- and salmon-filled ravioli. For those who feel the need for meat, there’s a roast pork tenderloin; a perfectly simple steak au poivre, classically prepared, with veggies and mashed potatoes in a brandy and cream sauce so good you’ll happily lick your plate clean. Which is the underlying idea of this good neighborhood restaurant. Go hungry, bring friends, bring family, bring your own wine, order too much, and be happy that you did. Bizou means “kiss” — and for those who eat there with regularity, it’s a culinary kiss...a nice juicy
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A/K/A Although A/K/A isn’t a small dish restaurant — a rider of the modern tapas bandwagon — it’s easy to structure your meal as if it were. Try the charred organic greens, a dish that seems at first like a mistake — “Waiter! You burnt my salad!” — until you taste it, and realize how good barbecued radicchio and Belgian endive can be. Makes me wonder how iceberg or romaine would taste after a pass over the Weber. Try the roasted winter beets with lotus root, fennel pollen and Shropshire blue cheese. (A dish that sounds like a list of the surprise ingredients in the first course basket of the Food Network show Chopped.) There’s a charcuterie platter — cured meats made all the better with the addition of pickled vegetables and mustard made in house. There’s a selection of cheeses, which I prefer to order for dessert rather than as an appetizer. There’s a classic beef tartare, tricked up with pickles, Dijon and an egg yolk. And
yes, it’s supposed to be raw. If you don’t know that, you shouldn’t order it. One simply does not send back one’s steak tartare for some browning. It isn’t done. This “American Bistro” manages to elegantly meld classic cooking and techniques with the downhome stuff that offers balm to our financially rattled souls. There’s a Reuben sandwich on the one hand, and a cassoulet on the other. There’s an Angus beef burger with pepper jack cheese on one side, and a Snake River Kobe flat iron steak on the other (served in a proper Cabernet reduction). There are wines served by the flight. And for dessert, there’s a butterscotch pot au creme. A/K/A (An American Bistro), One Colorado Plaza, 41 Hugus Alley, Pasadena. 626-5648111.
Trattoria Neapolis The pastas are freshly made — try the bucatini with Maine lobster and Calabrian chiles; or the rigatoni with short rib Bolognese. And if you have room for an entrée, aside from the elegantly grilled organic Mary’s chicken breast with wild
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McCormick & Schmick’s Those with a taste for fish can be found crowding the bar at the Pasadena branch of McCormick & Schmick’s, feasting on an impressive selection of oysters on the halfshell: Dungeness Bays, Olympias, Samish Bays, Quilcenes, Eagle Creeks and Snow Creek Belons, all from Washington State, all so fresh as to be transcendent in terms of their oysterness. And they’re just the start of an encyclopedic menu that runs to pots of steamed Manila clams in a garlic and white wine broth (at least the clams died happy), Penn Cove or Emerald mussels steamed with garlic and herbs, traditional oyster stew
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A quick snapshot of for a worthy Eastern opponent. the first Rose Bowl ever The search quickly focused played, in 1902, reveals two on the University of Michigan. things: The game of football Michigan, undefeated has changed dramatically in and unscored upon in the 100 years; human nature has 1901 season, was coached changed scarcely at all. by Fielding Yost. Yost just Pasadena’s Tournament of happened to have coached Roses had been around for jim mcconnell Stanford the year before and a decade when organizers embraced the notion of playing decided they needed to refresh his former team: He was sure the format. he could beat them. Yost convinced U of M The parade proved tamper-proof, but officials to accept the invitation. the post-parade activities were altered to Michigan had little to prove and a lot include a game of football. to lose by accepting the bid. For one In 1901, football was still a novelty in thing, in 1902, Southern California was Southern California. almost a foreign land for most Americans. The few high schools and colleges in the Oranges far outnumbered people and the area were just starting programs and the howl of the coyote could still be heard thought prevailed that the T of R should in the Arroyo Seco. It certainly wasn’t a lure the best team from the East to play recruiting venture for the Big Blue, who the best team from the West to serve as a were definitely going to be strangers in a demonstration of gridiron prowess. strange land. Stanford was chosen to represent the But it was set that Michigan, sporting a West, mainly because the school had 10-0 record, would play Stanford, 3-1-2, already fielded a football team for several on Jan. 1, 1902, at Tournament Park, at years. Once Stanford was on board, lured the corner of California Street and Wilson by a cash offer of $3,500 and free room Avenue, now part of the Caltech campus. and board for the players, the search began Extra seating was added for the event and
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potholes left by equestrian activities were filled in. Someone found a rulebook and a football field was carved out of a portion of the polo pitch. Tickets were priced at $1 each for reserved seating and 50 cents for general admission. And, in a bit of an innovation, parking for your horse and buggy was available, for $1 a rig. Bring your own feedbag. The players from both teams arrived a few days before the game. The lads from Ann Arbor were stunned to discover, on Dec. 26, the sun shining brightly, flowers blooming and the temperature hovering at 80 degrees during daylight hours. Most townsfolk backed the boys from Palo Alto, who seemed much more at ease with the surroundings. The Michigan team was definitely an unknown quantity and didn’t dispel the notion by holding practices and team meetings in private. The local media, which at the time consisted of a couple dozen Southland newspapers, hyped the game. And there was a natural curiosity on the part of many, given they had never seen a real game of
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At the 1923 Rose Bowl Game, USC won the game 14-3 against Penn State.
football. On Jan. 1, following the parade and picnic, gates were opened at Tournament Park, with the game scheduled for a 3 p.m. kickoff. Then came the deluge. In this case, it was a deluge of humanity. The Tournament of Roses Association and the Pasadena Police Department had seriously underestimated attendance. Expecting 2,000 to 3,000, a crowd estimated in excess of 10,000 showed up. The handful of T of R officials and three sworn police officers were quickly overwhelmed. Those who had paid only 50 cents to get in took control of the reserved seating. Many others grew impatient at the slowness of the ticket sellers and simply stormed the barriers at Tournament Park. Others climbed trees and telephone poles near the park and viewed the game gratis from those vantage points. The start of the game was delayed, and further delays occurred when game officials had to frequently consult a lone rulebook for clarifications after nearly every play. As a result, the first half, scheduled for 30 minutes, took nearly an hour to play. Stanford held Michigan scoreless for the first 20 minutes, causing Stanford backers to seek out those willing to wager on the Wolverines.
Professional gamblers were an unfortunate fact of life at Southland sporting events 100 years ago, and most of these sharp operators had done their homework. By consulting pro gamblers in the East, the underworld buzz was this: Stanford fielded a team of students who happened to play football; Michigan’s squad consisted of football players who happened to attend a college. The Stanford money was welcomed by the grifters. The gamblers and gate-crashers lent an air of ungentlemanliness to the proceedings, an atmospshere heightened by the presence of several pickpockets in the crowd. “Pasadena is such a peaceful place,” one journalist commented in the wake of the debacle, “that when a big crowd gathers, the policemen seem to be lost in wonder at the antics of the rough element.” On the field, the tide slowly turned as Michigan’s roughhouse style of play began to take a toll on the Cardinal. Stanford eventually lost four players to injury and was forced to use reserves, including the student manager and at least one Pasadena lad talked out of the stands to fill in late in the second half. Most greviously wounded was tackle William Roosevelt, suffering both a broken leg and fractured ribs. His injuries
made national news, since this Roosevelt happened to be the second cousin of the president of the U.S. Held scoreless for most of the first half, Michigan broke through with three touchdowns late in the stanza and a 17-0 lead; a touchdown was worth five points. The Wolverines’ edge quickly grew once the second half began. After another 20 minutes, Michigan led 49-0 and the remaining Stanford players were scarcely able to stand and deliver. At that point, with many fans breaking out their buggy whips, gamblers chasing after their “marks” to collect on wagers and darkness gathering at Tournament Park, Stanford captain Ralph Fisher cried uncle. It was definitely a day of mixed emotions for tournament officials. Despite the gatecrashers, the T of R did manage to post a profit of $3,161.86. However, weighing all factors including statements from police, victims of pickpockets and citizens who had their buggies stolen, it was decided that this newfangled game of football was more trouble than it was worth. Peace was restored to Pasadena and more than a decade would pass before football was again added to the Tournament of Roses schedule. R PARADE 2014 | ROSE | 79
99 years of game highlights Memorable moments from the games
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Poster of the design of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena by renown architect Myron Hunt.
permanent home, the Rose Bowl, and a permanent name, the Rose Bowl Game. The rest, as they say, is history. Here’s a decade-by-decade look at the game’s development:
football frequently and effectively, taking a 14-7 lead in the fourth quarter. Washington then used a bit of trickery of its own to score the tying touchdown, a tackle-eligible play on a fourth-and-goal from the 12.
GAME 10: 1924, Washington 14, Navy 14 — The only appearance by a service academy team in Pasadena, the game also spelled the end of the three yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust offense that dominated the first nine Rose Bowls. The underdog Midshipmen threw the
GAME 20: 1934, Columbia 7, Stanford 0 — An intriguing matchup, and Columbia’s only appearance in a major bowl, was overshadowed by the weather. A series of rainstorms left the Rose Bowl turf in sorry shape, and a steady drizzle during the game kept attendance
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With the opening kickoff on Jan. 1, the Rose Bowl game will officially turn 100. The Granddaddy of ‘Em All, as it’s come to be called, has led a long and remarkable life. But reaching elder statesman status among post-season football games hasn’t been easy. To hit 100, the Rose Bowl had to overcome an unruly childhood, a rebellious adolescence, and a bout with BCS in its golden years. However, a successful marriage with the Big Ten helped sustain the event’s health, as did astute financial planning and forward thinking. And a little bit of bloomin’ luck certainly didn’t hurt. It all started in 1902 when someone on the Tournament of Roses committee — the name is lost in the fog of history — decided that it might be a good idea to host a football game. The result, Michigan thrashing Stanford 49-0, proved two things: West Coast teams weren’t ready to play the best of the East and the game attracted a fan base that was far from genteel. Still, the notion of the West challenging the East in a sporting event definitely had currency. The T of R tried it again in 1915, and this time the result — Washington shutting out Brown 14-0 — illustrated that a West Coast team could indeed compete, and win. Gradually, the Rose Bowl game caught on, surviving a world war which forced event sponsors to offer games between teams from U.S. military bases in 1918 and 1919. By 1923, the game had both a
well below 40,000 (the last time that would happen). Worse, for West Coast fans, the elements prevented Stanford’s innovative offense from firing properly. The Indians, heavy favorites, fumbled eight times and threw an interception. The result, as it involved a New York City team winning, greatly increased Rose Bowl prestige in the Big Apple, at that time the hub of all media in the country. GAME 30: 1944, USC 29, Washington 0 — Despite restrictions imposed by World War II, the Rose Bowl went on. This year, since it was impossible for an East Coast team to travel, the T of R matched up Pacific Coast Conference teams. The game drew nearly 70,000 fans, an incredible number for a war-torn nation. GAME 40: 1954, Michigan State 28, UCLA 20 — With more than 100,000 in attendance and millions more watching the game on TV or listening on radio, the favored Bruins found out the importance of special teams play. A blocked punt set up the first MSU touchdown and a punt return for a touchdown late in the fourth
quarter provided the winning margin as the Spartans upset the Bruins. GAME 50: 1964, Illinois 17, Washington 7 — The llini and Huskies put on a display of defense in one of the last Rose Bowls to not feature USC, Ohio State or Michigan. Washington would not return to Pasadena until 1978, Illinois not until 1984. GAME 60: 1974, Ohio State 42, USC 21 — In only 10 years, Rose Bowl teams had gotten bigger, stronger and faster. This game also matched up two legendary coaches, Woody Hayes versus John McKay, and two legendary programs. In this case, Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin rushed for 149 yards to lead the unbeaten Buckeyes to victory before more than106,000. GAME 70: 1984, UCLA 45, Illinois 9 — One of those games that solidified the “Gutty Little Bruins” legend, although in truth Terry Donahue’s team, while gutty, was anything but undersized. The Bruins used the precision passing of Rick Neuheisel to stun the favored Illini.
GAME 80: 1994, Wisconsin 21, UCLA 16 — Rule 1 of Rose Bowl play: Anything can happen and it probably will. UCLA found that out the hard way. The Bruins held every statistical edge over the Badgers, including one they didn’t want — turnovers. Six Bruins miscues kept Wisconsin in the game, and eventually put the lads from Madison in position to win it. They didn’t misfire. GAME 90: 2004, USC 28, Michigan 14 — The Pete Carroll Era was just beginning at Troy, but Carroll’s guys had more than enough to defeat the Wolverines. This was the first of five USC appearances in six years at Pasadena. GaME 100, 2014 — Who knows? You pick ‘em! R
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Stanford quarterback Kevin Hogan (8) celebrates alongside running back Jackson Cummings (23) after defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils.
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and Michigan State will square off in the 100th Rose Bowl Game, scheduled for 2 p.m. New Year’s Day. “I think it’s going to be very physical,” Stanford coach David Shaw said. “You’re talking about – and I say – I’m not a stats guy. I hate statistics when they’re used to justify things. I’m into film, and when you
put the film on, you’re going to see two of the better defensive teams in the nation that play fast, that play physical, that you see 11 guys run to the ball, you see them play as a unit, and that’s what you’re going to see. “I don’t believe this is going to be one of those 52-51 shootouts. This is going to be physical, this is going to be tough sledding. It’s going to go
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Michigan State’s Taiwan Jones (34) celebrates a 34-24 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes.
all the way down to the end.” Stanford, led by senior running back Tyler Gaffney and linebacker Trent Murphy, is in a Bowl Championship Series bowl for the fourth consecutive season, which tops the nation. The Cardinal beat Wisconsin, 20-14, in the 99th Rose Bowl last season. “Stanford is a tremendously talented football team,” said Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio, whose Spartans are in Pasadena for the first time since beating USC, 20-17, in the 1988 Rose Bowl. “I believe they do things right. I think that Coach Shaw and his staff have a tremendous relationship with their players. You can see that when you watch games on TV. So it’s
going to be a tremendous challenge for us.” Stanford (11-2), which is 6-6-1 in the Rose Bowl, won’t hide its intentions. The Cardinal come right at the opposition, led by Gaffney, who earned second-team All-America honors after rushing for 1,618 yards and 20 touchdowns. Stanford also features All-American lineman David Yankey and quarterback Kevin Hogan, who has thrown for 2,087 yards and 20 scores. The defense is led by Murphy and senior linebacker Shayne Skov. Murphy’s 14 sacks lead the country and he is third nationally with 21 tackles for a loss. “They’re an extremely wellcoached, fundamental team, and
they parallel a lot of the things that I think we believe in as an offensive and defensive football team,” Dantonio said. “So there’s a similarity in philosophy.” Michigan State (12-1), which upset then-No. 2 Ohio State to win the Big Ten championship, also features a sound run game and solid defense. The Spartans are led by running back Jeremy Langford, who has rushed for 1,338 yards and 17 touchdowns, and quarterback Connor Cook, who has thrown for 2,423 yards and 20 touchdowns. The defense is led by Darqueze Dennard, who earned first-team All-America honors after securing 59 tackles and making four interceptions. R PARADE 2014 | ROSE | 83
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Michigan State and Stanford have not historically been viewed as the power players in their respective conferences. But recently, two coaches have done a pretty good job of changing that. Michigan State’s Mark Dantonio and Stanford’s David Shaw are creating quite a legacy for themselves at their respective schools. That legacy will grow even stronger for one of them on Jan. 1 when the Spartans (12-1) and Cardinal (11-2) meet in the 100th Rose Bowl Game. “People that appreciate real football are going to love this game,” Shaw said. “It’s going to be blocking and tackling and running the football and making big passes down the field. “You’re talking about two of the better coached teams. I think you’re going to see strategy and some young men with a lot of passion to play football.” Shaw and Stanford are no strangers to the Rose Bowl. The third-year head coach led the Cardinal to a 20-14 win over Wisconsin in last year’s game. It was a watershed moment for the program and arguably its biggest ever bowl win. Not bad considering that Stanford has historically taken a back seat in the Pac-12 to programs like USC and Oregon. But not recently. With last year’s Rose Bowl win and this year’s return trip, Shaw has taken what former head coach Jim Harbaugh started and lifted the Cardinal program to elite
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ABOVE: Mark Dantonio, the head coach of Michigan State, celebrates after beating Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship. BELOW: Head coach David Shaw of Stanford celebrates with players after defeating Arizona State in the Pac-12 Championship game.
status. That’s exactly where Michigan State is trying to get under Dantonio. Like Stanford in the Pac-12, the Spartans have often played second fiddle to Big Ten heavyweights Ohio State and Wisconsin. That all changed this year. After several years of knocking on the door, the Spartans finally broke through when they upset thenundefeated Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game on Dec. 7 and punched their ticket to Pasadena. “We had been in the (Big Ten championship) before in 2011 and lost a close game to Wisconsin,” said Dantonio, who publicly made it his top goal at his hiring news conference in 2006 to get Michigan State to the Rose Bowl. “We wanted to take another step and we were able to do that on Dec. 7. I just look at it as a check off of our goals.” Dantonio, 57, arrived at Michigan State after three seasons as head coach at Cincinnati. Prior to that, he was an assistant coach at Ohio State during some highly successful years in Columbus. Shaw, 41, played at Stanford in the early 1990s, and parlayed a career spent as an assistant coach into becoming the Cardinal’s head man after Harbaugh jumped to the NFL. Both coaches employ a similar style that focuses on fundamentals and defense. That should make for a very competitive game that could continue a recent string of exciting Rose Bowl finishes. R
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Cornerback Darqueze Dennard (31) of the Michigan State Spartans runs back an interception up field during the first quarter in a game against the Iowa Hawkeyes. Michigan State won 26-14.
to throw Dennard’s way have learned a cruel lesson, completing just 3 of 31 passes on throws over 15 yards, according to ESPN Stats & Info. For his efforts, Dennard was named winner of the 2013 Jim Thorpe Award, which is given to the nation’s top defensive back. “He’s a worker,” Michigan St. head coach Mark Dantonio said. “He wasn’t a highly recruited guy, but he’s got a presence on the football field. He’s electric out there for us.” None of it almost happened. It was only by chance that Michigan St. even offered
Dennard a scholarship after seeing him on film while scouting a receiver Dennard’s high school team played against. Dennard took the opportunity and made the most of it, however. By his sophomore season, Dennard became a regular on the field for Michigan St.’s defense and he kept getting better and better. His impressive junior season earned him all-Big Ten honors and set the stage for what figured to be a strong senior year. And that’s been exactly the case. Michigan St.’s defense
has paved the way for an 11-2 season and the school’s first trip to Pasadena in a quarter century. The Spartans will face a major test on New Year’s Day, but with Dennard locking down one side of the field, the assignment certainly will be made easier. And should Michigan St. leave the field victorious, it’s a safe bet that Dennard will have had something big to do with it. “I’m extremely excited for him,” Dantonio said of Dennard. “He’s a special person. A very special person.” R
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Darqueze Dennard’s college football career is set to end with a bang after starting with a whimper. Dennard, the headliner of Michigan State’s vaunted defense, has gone from littleknown recruit from Dry Branch, Georgia to All-American defensive back in a span of four years. For his final act, Dennard will try to further cement his legend in Spartans history by helping his team to a win over Stanford in the 100th Rose Bowl Game on Jan. 1, 2014. “It means everything,” Dennard said of the Rose Bowl Game. “Not just for me, but for the whole team and also the whole Spartans nation just to put Michigan St. back up there where we’re supposed to be. “I believe we’re an elite program and now we’re getting respect. It’s going to continue to be like that.” Dennard will certainly have a big say in whether Michigan St. can beat Stanford. After all, it will be up to the Spartans defense to contain Stanford’s balanced offensive attack. Shutting down opponents hasn’t been a problem for Dennard, though. He’s the top cornerback in the country and considered by many to be a sure-fire first-round pick in this spring’s NFL draft. Dennard has put the clamps on opposing receivers this season to the tune of four interceptions, 14 passes defended and 10 pass breakups to go along with 59 tackles. Quarterbacks who try
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THE GAME: STANFORD CARDINAL
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MOST OF THE STANFORD FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO WILL TAKE PART IN THE 100TH ROSE BOWL GAME in Pasadena on New Year’s Day likely view it as routine, especially after beating Wisconsin, 20-14, last season. Tyler Gaffney isn’t one of them. The senior running back, who will lead the Cardinal against Michigan State on Jan. 1, missed out last season after leaving the team to pursue a professional baseball career. But now he’s back and no one is looking forward to all the activities surrounding the 100th Rose Bowl Game more than the San Diego native. “Thinking for myself, this is awesome,” Gaffney said. “I’ve never been to the Rose Bowl. I was a fan (last year.) I watched, and it’s an incredible place to play. I know what’s going on around now, so from both perspectives, I can appreciate the game and what goes into it. “There’s all the food, the players and fans hanging out. I’ve never seen so many Stanford fans at one place. They were coming out of the woodwork. To be part of that as a fan, was unreal. I can’t wait. I want to be a part of that.” Gaffney will not only be a part of it, he’s likely to be front and center. The senior is the hammer to Stanford’s run game, which ranks among the best in the country. He’s contributed 1,618 yards and 20 touchdowns, which earned him second team All-America by USA Today. “For him, it’s just consistency,” said Stanford
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Running back Tyler Gaffney (25) of the Stanford Cardinal carries the football en route to scoring on a 69-yard rushing touchdown against the Arizona State Sun Devils. The Cardinal defeated the Sun Devils 38-14.
coach David Shaw of what separates Gaffney from the rest of the team’s running backs. “When you hand him the ball, he’s going to get more than the play is diagramed for. He’s going to turn those yards, he’s going to break tackles, he’s going to run through guys and turn a four-yard run into an eight-yard gain. “He’s one of those guys who gets stronger. I try to get him to the fourth quarter and give him about 20 carries, but carries 25, 26 and 27 can be very special. He doesn’t get tired, he doesn’t shy away from contact. He takes and dishes it out. He
loves it.” And he loves football, which brought him back to the program before spring practice. “I don’t believe I knew (I was coming back) until after the season,” Gaffney said. “I’m not exactly sure of the time line. I may have been thinking (about it), but I hadn’t figured it out yet.” His teammates are glad he leaned toward coming back. The senior has been the key to the Cardinal continuing its consistent play, which has seen the program advance to a Bowl Championship Series bowl for four consecutive seasons,
which tops the nation. Gaffney has saved his best efforts when it mattered most. He rushed for 157 yards and a touchdown as the Cardinal blitzed then No. 2 Oregon, 2620, in early November to seize control of the Pac-12 North Division and ran for 133 yards and three scores in a 38-14 victory over Arizona State on Dec. 7 to win the Pac-12 title. He says it’s been a steady transition, but feels he’s a lot better running back than he was in September, and even more polished than he was two years ago. “I’m a much better back,” Gaffney said. “I’ve got a grasp of the offense, what we are trying to do, where I fit in. The game has slowed down a little bit more (each week). Receiving the hits have become a little easier each week. It’s become — I don’t want to say easy — but easier.” Now, after facing Michigan State on New Year’s Day, he’ll have a difficult decision, whether to resume his pro baseball career or give a shot at the NFL a try. Shaw has his own opinion on the matter. “I’m excited for Tyler,” said Shaw, who compared him to former Cardinal Toby Gerhart, who is now in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings. “He’s put on film that he’s a potential high-round pick, because that’s how NFL backs run. He’s done it every game. He’s come back and shown that he’s a complete back. “I think the NFL is a better fit. I’ve seen him play baseball. He’s got a lot of tools, but he’s a NFL back.” R
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By LARRY WILSON
The building blocks of another Rose Bowl century
It’s the 125th Rose Parade, and if that’s not old, not in the grand scheme of things, even the American scheme of things, it sure is old for California. Pasadena can be like that. I know families who were here way before a century and a quarter ago. Well, several years before that, as my own great-grandparents were. A farrier — a horseshoer — and a housewife, living in a cottage where the Parsons back parking lot is now, in, well, Old Pasadena. And it’s a nice legacy; makes a person feel at home. And it’s the 100th Rose Bowl Game come New Year’s Day. Except that those with strong mathematical skills might be adding up the fact that since the grand football stadium in the central Arroyo Seco proposed by William Leishman, designed by Myron Hunt and named by Pasadena Star-News sports reporter Harlan Hall was not open for business until 1923 ... well, it’s complicated. The first New Year’s intercollegiate game was played in Pasadena in 1902, in what’s now called Tournament Park, across the street from Caltech. It was a dud, at least from Stanford’s point of view, as the team conceded in the third quarter down 49-0 to Michigan, and football didn’t resume there until 1916. The 1917 game is more or less the reason I’m here. My grandfather Elmer Wilson hitchhiked across the country from East McKeesport, Pa., to see his Penn team play Oregon. Not that he was a varsity man. He just wanted to get away from a life in the steel mills. And the thing is, though Penn lost 14-0, Elmer stayed, and married Pasadena native Regina Veale. Went on to become president of the Tournament of Roses himself, in 1955. But that’s neither here nor there. Point is, what we’re celebrating at this centenary is 100 New Year’s football games in Pasadena, just not all in a row. Well, another caveat — one was at Duke University, during the war, in 1942, when it was feared the Japanese would bomb Pasadena, so Elmer took the train back to
North Carolina as the Pasadena representative. Anyway, point is, the Rose Bowl is an important place. Note that when the thousands of people who recreate in the Arroyo Seco do their walking, running and cycling, they don’t say they’re going to do the flat 3.2-mile loop around Brookside Golf Course. They say they’re going around the Rose Bowl. People from around the nation might feel even more of an attachment to the place. I’ve heard of out-of-towners who say that just visiting the stadium is on their lifetime bucket list. That’s because it’s the greatest venue for college football anywhere, and that’s pretty cool, as is all the running, biking, swimming, golf and soccer that goes on right outside it every day. Or all those Hollywood actors who come to the Rose Bowl Flea Market once a month in search of antiques. They’ve got money, right? And the national championship will be right here five days after the Rose Bowl game in January. The stadium itself is in the midst of a multimilliondollar renovation, and while Pasadena taxpayers will shoulder most of the costs, there’s a hope that many who feel so attached to the place will take pride in being involved as well. That’s why fundraisers have set up the philanthropic effort you can read about at www. rosebowlbricks.com. For as little as $100, fans can purchase bricks with their names engraved on them that will be laid in a fancy rose formation outside Gate A at the stadium’s main southern entrance. Fancier donations bring fancier bricks. Since so many Southern Californians and people from around the country love the place, it’s not just football fans who should get involved. It’s you. And it’s yours. Check it out at the above website, or call 855-7673295, or drop me a note if you’d like me to put you in touch with the folks running the Rose Bowl Legacy campaign. Laid down side by side, we can help build a second Rose Bowl century, brick by brick.
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pretty cool to witness. Venus and Jupiter also will have an even closer conjunction when they appear only a quarter degree apart. And for an extra treat, the Beehive Cluster in the constellation Cancer (a wonderful open star cluster in its own right), will make it a splendid trio as it sits just one degree away from the pair. Look for them in the east just before sunrise. If this isn’t enough for skygazers, we have the promise of the Perseid meteor shower under warm summer skies. Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through the dust trailings of past comets. The “shower” part is when Earth’s upper atmosphere encounters tiny leftover bits of dust and sand-grain-sized pieces of a comet and they burn up, sometimes leaving very brilliant trails, often mistakenly called shooting stars. The Perseid shower will appear to originate from or near the constellation Perseus. Late in the night of Aug. 12 or 13, from midnight to a few hours later, will be the best time to see up to 60 meteors per hour left behind by comet Swift-Tuttle. Set out lounging chairs or even a blanket, invite friends, neighbors and significant others to add their watchful eyes and enjoy the show. R Mike Roy is the instrument shop manager and specialist at Caltech. He has his own backyard observatory.
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If I had to choose a single word to sum up the upcoming astronomical events of 2014 to fellow skygazers, I’d choose the word “close.” On Jan. 5, the giant planet Jupiter will reach opposition. “Opposition” means the orbit of the Earth and that of Jupiter will be their closest approach of the two planets and the best opportunity for skygazers to study the giant planet and four of its largest moons. Think of two track and field runners as they run around a corner on an oval track. The Earth is on the inside, shorter lane, and Jupiter on the outer and longer lane. “Opposition” occurs just as the two runners are side by side. But since the length of Earth’s inner lane — its orbit — is shorter, we will quickly approach and then pass Jupiter. After Jan. 5, the Earth will slowly begin pulling away from the fading Jupiter, leaving it far behind until we repeat it again just over another year later. On April 8, a similar opposition will occur between Earth and the red planet Mars. Even though it will appear pretty tiny compared to Jupiter, even when seen through a small telescope, it might present an opportunity to see one of Mars’ white polar icecaps. Then on May 10, Saturn also will reach opposition with its rings tipped toward us and on full display like a prideful peacock. These planetary oppositions for residents living in North America can be seen high in the east or southeast. Monthly publications like Sky and Telescope or Astronomy will tell you where exactly to feast your eyes. Using a pair of binoculars is a good first step in discovering these outer planets. If you should one day decide that a telescope would give you a better view of the heavens, and it will, just be sure to do your homework before you buy. Seek the assistance of amateur astronomer groups like Sidewalk Astronomers or Griffith Observatory’s Los Angeles Astronomical Society. Every amateur has his or her own opinion of what telescope is best so don’t rely on that of only one person. Some telescopes are better designed for use on stars, galaxies and nebulas. Others
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