DOO DAH PARADE TO WIND ITS WACKY WAY THROUGH CITY.Byline: Daily News The zany, irreverent Doo Dah Parade The Doo Dah Parade is a popular farcical and flamboyant parade held in Pasadena, California on the Sunday before Thanksgiving. Founded in 1976 as a response to the traditional formality of the Rose Parade, which is also held in Pasadena, the Doo Dah Parade features absurd parade starts at 11:30 a.m. today in Pasadena, but viewers are advised to get there at least 90 minutes early, as about 30,000 spectators are expected. A record number of participants - 1,200 - are expected to march in the event, including a parade queen with two heads. A mother and daughter named Juliana and Ariana Martinez are teaming up to be Queen Juliariana, a set of conjoined twins conjoined twins or Siamese twins Identical twins (see multiple birth) whose embryos did not separate completely. Conjoined twins are physically joined (typically along the trunk or at the front, side, or back of the head) and often share some organs. . The parade will also have a Queen of the Hereafter, Lily Hodge. She died in February, and her husband, Claude, plans to carry her ashes and portrait in recognition of her wish to be queen of the parade. The parade will also feature the West Hollywood West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. Cheerleaders Notable cheerleaders
tr.v. mo·tor·ized, mo·tor·iz·ing, mo·tor·iz·es 1. To equip with a motor. 2. To supply with motor-driven vehicles. 3. To provide with automobiles. Toilets and the Groove Dadeez disco band. Spectators can begin lining up at 9:30 a.m. along the parade route, which begins at Raymond Avenue and Holly Street at 11:30 a.m., goes south on Raymond to Colorado Boulevard and then west on Colorado to Pasadena Avenue. CAPTION(S): Map MAP: Doo Dah Parade |
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