REMINDER/It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year -- for Rose Parade Float Decorators.

Lifestyle Editors/Travel Writers

REMINDER...for Dec. 26 (Friday)

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 26, 2003

WHAT:     The first day of a weeklong decorating frenzy leading up to
          the Tournament of Roses Parade on Jan. 1.  More than 250
          Auto Club members will be putting in long hours -- between
          8 a.m. and 11 p.m. -- finishing off the Auto Club's "Wild
          Vacation" float with a variety of fresh and dried flowers,
          seeds, spices, food and bark. "Wild Vacation" depicts the
          ultimate jungle safari teeming with wildlife such as
          giraffes, gazelles, monkeys, zebras, and birds. Looming
          over all of them is the King of the Jungle, the gigantic
          head of a lion. Exotic vegetation and waterfalls dot the
          landscape of the 50-foot-long float, with trees reaching 25
          feet high.

WHEN:     Friday, Dec. 26, from 8 a.m. -- 11 p.m. Decorating continues
          from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. each day through Dec. 30.

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

WHY:      The Auto Club, the largest affiliate club of AAA, has
          participated in the Tournament of Roses Parade for more than
          85 years through assistance with towing cars and floats. For
          the past 11 years, the Auto Club has sponsored a float in
          the parade.

          More than 2,000 Auto Club members sign up each year to
          decorate the float, and the Auto Club provides so many
          decorating volunteers that they are frequently used to help
          adorn other floats designed by Phoenix Decorating Co. It's
          an annual bonding experience for many "regular" volunteers
          who come each year and some who even come for every day of
          decorating.