Larchmont Chronicle
DECEMBER 2021
Local to ride aboard City of Hope’s 2022 Rose Parade float
SECTION ONE
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
By Nona Sue Friedman The Tournament of Roses annual Rose Parade is returning to the streets of Pasadena at 8 a.m. on Sat., Jan. 1. This year’s parade theme is “Dream. Believe. Achieve.,” a theme that speaks ROSE PARADE FLOAT to carry Windsor perfectly to Sandy a e’s andy ha ro on ew ear’s ay. Shapiro of Windsor Village. She has been chosen Boulevard. The procession to ride the City of Hope float consists of floats from businamed “Garden of Hopes and nesses, charities, municipaliDreams.” Shapiro is a double ties and more, plus marching cancer survivor as well as a bands and equestrian units Covid survivor. She attributes from across the country. her survival to City of Hope, Although many floats are asits doctors and its care. sembled by professionals, some As for the parade, it was first are still constructed by volunestablished in 1890 to promote teers. Helping with a float is the good weather in Pasadena. a great way to get behind the Now it’s the way millions of scenes of the parade. Visit tourAmericans begin their new year. namentofroses.com to find a The route is five-and-one- volunteer opportunity. half miles down Colorado
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SONGSTRESS Jan Daley recalls Bob Hope and her father, an Air Force pilot.
HOLIDAY FUN
Jan Daley remembers Bob Hope with Christmas CD Jan Daley is celebrating 50 years since her last USO Christmas tour with Bob Hope. The songstress, who toured with Hope on his USO tours in Vietnam, learned just how much being “Home for Christmas” meant to the G.I.s, and that is one of the reasons for the title of her new CD, being released this month. “Growing up, I never missed Hope’s Christmas specials and dreamed of entertaining the troops, because my father was an Air Force pilot who never made it back from the War,” Daley told us (speaking of World War II). “So, for me, this was a way of supporting the troops by bringing a little ‘home’ to them, and hoping my father was looking down and proud of me. Over the years, I’ve had soldiers tell me how much it meant to them, us being there, in the middle of the Vietnam War! So, this is for them!” Chevalier’s signing Jan will be signing her CD, “Home for Christmas,” at Chevalier’s Books, 133 N. Larchmont Blvd., Fri., Dec. 10 at 5 p.m. If you miss the signing, visit JanDaley.com and she will autograph a CD for you personally.
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DECEMBER 5
Tom Kenny & the Hi-Seas
Chanukah Festivities
The Chanukah Pajamikah! Show and Fun with PJ Library
DECEMBER 17-24
Holiday Entertainment — including —
Bob Baker Marionettes Holiday Spectacular Tom Kenny (the voice of SpongeBob) and the Hi-Seas Holiday Show Dickensian Strolling Carolers • The Noelles • Holiday Arts & Crafts and more!
For a complete schedule, visit FARMERSMARKETLA.COM
6333 W. THIRD ST. • LOS ANGELES • 323.933.9211 •
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90 MINUTES FREE PARKING IN FARMERS MARKET LOTS WITH MERCHANT PURCHASE VALIDATION.
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