ODDITIES REIGN ON THIS PARADE.Byline: Yvette Cabrera Daily News Staff Writer Spectators pointed, laughed out loud, and then they screamed. Was that really Michael Jackson Noun 1. Michael Jackson - United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958) Michael Joe Jackson, Jackson thrusting his pelvis and pushing a baby stroller down Colorado Boulevard Colorado Boulevard (or Colorado Street) is a major east-west street in Southern California, United States. It runs from Griffith Park in Los Angeles east through Glendale, the Eagle Rock section of Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Arcadia, ending in Monrovia. ? Well, no. It was Audrey Ruttan of Van Nuys as a convincing Jacko look-alike at the 20th annual Doo-Dah parade, Pasadena's yearly extravaganza of the absurd. The crowd went crazy as if Ruttan were the expectant one himself. They screamed, ``Michael, I love you,'' and ran onto the parade route to shake his hand. ``I think it's so hilarious,'' said Mandana Towhidy, watching the spectacle from the doorway of the Colorado Boulevard clothing shop where she works. Organizers said this year's Doo-Dah crowd was the biggest ever, with thousands lining Colorado Boulevard to watch the procession of the weird and the wacky. The parade began 20 years ago as a spoof on the venerable 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 , and is sponsored by The Light Bringer Project, a nonprofit community arts group. This year's parade was the first to have a Doo-Dah queen - San Marino San Marino, city, United States San Marino (săn mərē`nō), residential city (1990 pop. 12,959), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1913. Of interest is the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. music teacher Mary Jean Shaffer - who was dressed in grunge grunge - /gruhnj/ 1. That which is grungy, or that which makes it so. 2. [Cambridge] Code which is inaccessible due to changes in other parts of the program. The preferred term in North America is dead code. chic and a sash of bullets. ``This is just a lot of ha-ha-hippee-yo-hoo, and the Rose Parade is about waving - I'm not impressed with waves,'' said Michael Parillo of Winnetka. ``This is definitely my favorite of the two. I just like the craziness of it,'' he added. The zaniness rubbed off on Pasadena police Officer Rodney D. Wallace, who played impresario to an impromptu shout-off between spectators on either side of Colorado Boulevard. One side yelled, ``Doo,'' the other, ``Dah.'' Wallace's performance earned him congratulatory handshakes along the route. He even did a guest spot as cymbalist cym·bal n. A percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass plate that makes a loud clashing tone when hit with a drumstick or when used in pairs. on the John Muir Alumni Drum Section. ``You were my favorite part,'' shouted Maren Semler of Los Angeles as Wallace strode past her. Wearing his trademark tuxedo, the parade's grand marshal, radio personality Dr. Demento, marched the parade route in a giant wooden record. ``This is craziness live and in the flesh. The show and the parade have both flourished because everybody likes to laugh and have a good time,'' Demento said. The parade included everything from the outlandish Texas Chainsaw Orchestra, lead by a conductor toting a weed chopper, to the political - a clone of defeated, ultra-conservative U.S. Rep. Bob Dornan getting whacked playfully on the head by marchers wearing signs reading, ``Illegal alien voters.'' The popular pompon-waving drag queens, the West Hollywood cheerleaders Notable cheerleaders
The group has a serious side - they raise funds for AIDS research. But Sunday was all about having fun. ``This is about having people forget about their problems and for our community it's the problem of AIDS and HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. ,'' said Joey Lizotte, sporting a hot-pink bouffant bouf·fant adj. Puffed-out; full: a bouffant hair style. [French, from present participle of bouffer, to puff up, from Old French. . CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Spectators join in the silliness with a pair of Humboldt State Marching Lumberjacks at the 20th Doo-Dah parade. (2) The Barbecue & Hibachi Grill team smokes down Colorado Boulevard during the Doo-Dah parade. John McCoy/Daily News |
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