HIGH-TECH, HISTORY MIX IN COLORFUL ARRAY.Byline: David R. Baker Daily News Staff Writer With a roar of modern jets and a burst of old-fashioned drums, the last Tournament of Roses parade The Tournament of Roses Parade was established, and first held, on January 1,1890, in Pasadena, California, eight miles (13 km) northeast of Downtown Los Angeles. Rooted in tradition, this parade is broadcast on multiple television networks, watched by upwards of one of the 1900s rumbled Friday through a cool, hazy dawn. For all the parade's high-end gadgetry gadg·et·ry n. 1. Gadgets considered as a group. 2. The design or construction of gadgets. Noun 1. gadgetry - appliances collectively; "laborsaving gadgetry" , all the mechanical beasts and floats the size of small buildings, its focus this year was firmly on the past. Astronauts, athletes and other icons of the 20th century, recast in metal and plants, loomed over the million-plus crowd through heavy morning air. University of Wisconsin fans, happy to ditch their frozen homeland for Friday's Rose Bowl game against the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. , breathed in the scent of drifting petals blown from the floats. Locals braved the traffic, awful even by Southland standards, for the chance to hear the country's best marching bands blasting full-bore. Never mind the hassle of parking at 4 a.m., staking out a street-side spot days in advance or trying to book plane tickets the week after Christmas. Few people basking in the spectacle Friday said they'd be willing to miss it. ``Once you're bitten, you've got to come back,'' said Juli Sheen of Milwaukee, watching her second Rose Parade. ``It's like a pilgrimage.'' The parade started at 8:04 a.m. as four fighter jets, flying in a tight diamond formation, streaked over the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado boulevards. Introducing the parade's theme of ``Echoes of the Century,'' a three-story astronaut lurched into motion, the brown lunar surface reflected on its visor. Bands of young musicians, drawn from towns in Montana and Florida and Delaware, marched before possibly the largest crowd they had ever faced. They had already spent anxious hours trying to warm up in the pre-dawn cold. Drill team members in sleeveless sequined se·quin n. 1. A small shiny ornamental disk, often sewn on cloth; a spangle. 2. A gold coin of the Venetian Republic. Also called zecchino. tr.v. suits huddled in the street for warmth - some wrapping themselves in their flags - while spectators dozed curbside in down sleeping bags. Marco Navarrete couldn't wait to play. His band from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School opened in 1990. The school was named after the protector of the Everglades, Marjory Stoneman Douglas. In 2006, Principal Daniel Traeger departed Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and was named the Principal of Broward County High School in Parkland, Fla., had been working since summer to build up its endurance for the 5-1/2-mile march. ``It's going to be every emotion possible,'' he said, clutching his clarinet. ``For seniors like me, this is going to be the cherry on our high school careers.'' Navarrete and drill team captain Dee Parilla said their crew was ready to face the crowd, and the estimated hundreds of millions of people watching worldwide on television. Playing in several other major events, including Philadelphia's Thanksgiving Day parade, had readied them for the pressure. ``You get that adrenaline rush, and it just makes you play better,'' Parilla said. Spectators couldn't wait either - or rather, couldn't wait any longer. Parade veterans Dan and Carol Busser of San Dimas arrived on Orange Grove at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. As dawn broke Friday over the encamped army of visitors, the Bussers and their friends had a breakfast of Pop-Tarts and coffee waiting on their fold-out, plastic picnic table while a Coleman stove stood by. ``First year, we didn't bring anything, didn't even bring breakfast, and the people next to us had the whole deal,'' Carol Busser said. ``We learned.'' While locals made up much of the crowd, whole stretches of the parade route seemed decked in Wisconsin Badger red. This despite problems the last time Wisconsin played in the Rose Bowl, when many Midwestern fans trekked to Pasadena only to find that game tickets in their package tours hadn't been purchased by agents. ``There was a lot of hesitancy hes·i·tan·cy n. An involuntary delay or inability in starting the urinary stream. , people were hesitant to come,'' said Terry Ehlers of Madison, Wis. But several Wisconsin fans said tickets were easy to get this time, if expensive at $110 a pop. Many cheeseheads found the lure of the Rose Bowl, and Southern California's weather, impossible to resist. ``It was 4 below when we left, and snow's moving in,'' Ehlers said. Memories of past problems faded under theM barrage of music and immense images lumbering down the street. ``Look at that plane, Julian,'' Anthony Garcia of Woodland Hills prodded his son, 3, who was perched on his daughter's shoulders as a flowered biplane biplane, aircraft, typically of early design, having two sets of wings fixed at different levels, especially in a vertical stack with the fuselage included between them. See airplane. lumbered past. Garcia used to camp out for the parades during high school, he said. ``I think the floats were every bit as ornate back then, just as many flowers,'' Garcia said. ``I just don't remember them being this big.'' Some were indeed immense. A replica of the Saturn V rocket that sent parade co-grand marshal Edwin ``Buzz'' Aldrin aldrin (ôl`drĭn): see insecticides. to the moon towered above some of the trees. A woman (real) caught in the grip of a roaring King Kong (mechanical) hung suspended, kicking her legs, 20 feet above the pavement. ``She's got to hang like Fay Wray for 5 miles? Oh my god,'' said Marilyn Holt of Arcadia. Like any logistics-heavy operation, Friday's parade didn't always go according to plan. Two floats stalled en route and needed a tow, including the U.S. Post Office's tribute to film monsters, which died just as it turned onto Colorado Boulevard. And by the end of the day, 95 people had been arrested, most all for drunk and disorderly conduct, according to the Pasadena Police Department The Pasadena Police Department is the police department serving Pasadena, California The headquarters of the Pasadena Police Department is located at 207 North Garfield Avenue in Pasadena, just a few blocks from the Pasadena City Hall and Paseo Colorado. . But for many visitors, the parade seemed seamless. Angelo and Janette Ragusa of Irvine have been attending the parade for more than 20 years and said the event used to be far more chaotic. This year's, they said, had to be one of their favorites. ``The children, the marching - it's all just great,'' Janette Ragusa said. OVERHEARD ``Once you're bitten, you've got to come back. It's like a pilgrimage.'' - Juli Sheen Milwaukee resident, watching her second Rose Parade ``It's going to be every emotion possible.'' - Marco Navarrete Clarinetist from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. ``This is my third time. I'm going to try to get it right this time.'' - Shirley Temple Black One of the parade's four grand marshalMs Rose Parade winners These floats won awards in the 110th Tournament of Roses parade. Theme - ``One Giant Leap for Mankind,'' American Honda Princesses - ``Celebrating a Classic,'' Sparkletts Judges' Special - ``The Cat's Big Adventure,'' Universal Studios Lathrop K. Leishman - ``A Century of Roses,'' Freemasons This is a list of notable Freemasons. Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation which exists in a number of forms worldwide. Throughout history some members of the fraternity have made no secret of their involvement, while others have not made their membership public. Mayor's - ``A Century of Wildlife Preservation,'' Portland Rose Festival The Portland Rose Festival is an annual civic festival held during the month of June in Portland, Oregon. It is organized by the volunteer non-profit Portland Rose Festival Association with the purpose of promoting the Portland region. Directors' - ``Circus Memories,'' Eastman Kodak International - ``Ancient Traditions in the 20th Century,'' China Airlines National - ``Family Vacation,'' Automobile Club Humor - ``Friends for Life,'' Reser's Fine Foods Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. (incorporated 1960) is a United States corporation, based in Beaverton, Oregon, that manufactures and distributes fresh and frozen prepared foods, most notably frozen burritos. Volunteers' - ``Service is Timeless,'' Rotary Grand Marshal's - ``There's no Place Like Home,'' California BIA BIA abbr. Bureau of Indian Affairs Founders' - ``Fast Food Revolution,'' Downey Isabella Coleman - ``Children of the World,'' Kiwanis Fantasy - ``America's Super Heroes,'' Target Extraordinaire ex·tra·or·di·naire adj. Extraordinary: a jazz singer extraordinaire. [French, from Old French, from Latin extra - ``Dynomania,'' Unocal Craftsman - ``The Royal Kingdom of Thailand,'' Thai Airways Past Presidents' - ``Discoveries of Jacques Cousteau,'' 20th Century President's - ``Mother's Day,'' FTD FTD Financial Times Deutschland (German sister newspaper of the Financial Times) FTD Frontotemporal Dementia FTD Fitted FTD Federal Tax Deposit FTD Flight Training Device FTD Fastest Time of the Day Governor's - ``Decades of History,'' State of California Tournament Special - ``Classic Movie Monsters,'' U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. Animation - ``King of the Classics,'' Countrywide Sweepstakes - ``Friends of the Rain Forest,'' Rain Bird Queen's - ``Music From the Acropolis acropolis (əkrŏp`əlĭs) [Gr.,=high point of the city], elevated, fortified section of various ancient Greek cities. The Acropolis of Athens, a hill c.260 ft (80 m) high, with a flat oval top c. ,'' Order of AHEPA AHEPA American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association SOURCE: Tournament of Roses CAPTION(S): 6 Photos, Map PHOTO (1--Color) Unocal's award-winning ``Dynomania'' float goes a bit further back than the parade's theme of the 1900s for its gigantic, sharp-toothed stars. Evan Yee/Daily News (2--Color) Target's entry, celebrating ``America's Super Heroes,'' leads the line-up at the float viewing area on Sierra Madre Boulevard Sierra Madre Boulevard is a 7-mile long road connecting four suburbs of Pasadena, California; Hastings Ranch, East Pasadena, and San Marino. For the most part, is a winding road divided by a grassy median, built around an interurban line of the Pacific Electric. after Friday's Tournament of Roses parade. Michael Owen Baker/Daily News (3--Color) Folding chairs with their legs bolstered with PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. pipe provide an upliftingM view of the passing fancies. Michael Owen Baker/Daily News (4--Color) Former child star Shirley Temple Black, a three-time grand marshal, waves to parade-goers from her flower-covered carriage. Evan Yee/Daily News (5--Color) Rose Queen 1999 Christina Farrell, 17, of Arcadia offers a gloved-hand greeting from her throne. John McCoy/Daily News (6--Color) One of the parade's four grand marshals, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, acknowledges the cheering crowds in Pasadena. Evan Yee/Daily News MAP: Viewing Area |
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