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Tournament of Roses begins search for the next Rose Queen Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
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hat a difference a year makes. We’ve missed a lot in the past 15 months and the Tournament of Roses has started up the process sorely missed by millions in 2020-21 — when, for the first time since 1945, the parade was cancelled. "The health and wellbeing of our parade participants and guests, as well as that of our volunteer members, professional staff and partners, is our number one priority,” said Bob Miller, 2021 president of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, last year. “Obviously this is not what any of us wanted, and we held off on announcing until we were absolutely sure that safety restrictions would prevent us from continuing with planning for 132nd Rose Parade.” COVID-19 shut down everything in 2020 but the
largest of them all had to be the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl game slated for Jan 1, 2021. The game was eventually played in Texas but the loss of revenue to the city of Pasadena is staggering. According to Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, the Rose Parade and game cancellation cost local economy loss an estimated $200 million in losses. The loss of the football game to Texas was added salt to an already wounded local economy. The decision to move the game to Texas came in the final days of December after it was determined fans and players’ families could not attend, in accordance with California’s stay-at-home order. The decision didn’t bode well with locals. The game’s move from Pasadena to Texas also led to a legal conflict between the Tournament of Roses Association and the City of Pasadena. The Rose Bowl Association filed a suit against the city in February to protect the ownership of
The joy of being selected to be part the Royal Court is a Pasadena tradition for teenage girls. | Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
the Rose Bowl Game and Rose Bowl trademarks. Alas, most pandemicinduced restrictions have been lifted in the state and things are gearing up over at Tournament House. This means not only the Rose
Court hopefuls’ images will soon be gracing the local newspapers but jobs that were lost will see a comeback. Jobs such as installing the bleachers for Rose Parade fans up and down Colorado Boulevard
for Jan. 1. But will it be back to exactly the way it used to be? With a Delta variant causing a spike in daily case numbers in Los Angeles County, the Tournament of Roses may
implement certain fan restrictions, but at press time our email questions regarding the 2022 parade particulars were not immediately returned. See Rose Queen page 5