Auto Club Rose Parade Advisory.

'Tis the Day after Christmas and All Through the House ... We're Decorating for New Year's, So No "Slow News Day" Grouse!

WHO:    Approximately 2,000 Auto Club members will be out in force
        this week starting Dec. 26 to finish decorating the Auto
        Club's Tournament of Roses float, "Family Road Trip," at
        Rosemont Pavilion. It's the first float you'll see as you
        enter the building.

WHAT:   The float is a fanciful depiction of what could have been the
        world's first vacation: Mom, Dad and kids traveling on the
        back of a jungle-chomping, 35-foot-high dinosaur who brings
        her own youngsters along for the jungle sightseeing trip.

WHEN:   Sunday, Dec. 26 from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Float decorating
        continues daily from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. through Dec. 30, and on
        the morning of Dec. 31 if the float is not finished.

WHERE:  Rosemont Pavilion (adjacent to the Rose Bowl), 700 Seco St.,
        Pasadena

WHY:    The Auto Club sponsors a float in the Tournament of Roses
        Parade each year as part of its community service campaign to
        raise money for charity. This year, Auto Club offices are
        offering plush toy dinosaur replicas of the organization's
        float in exchange for a donation of $5 or more to Orthopaedic
        Hospital. Also, the Auto Club has been conducting a toy drive
        in its offices to benefit young patients attending Orthopaedic
        Hospital's annual holiday party.