SUBWAY TO STOP ALONG PARADE ROUTE.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer A traffic jam is no longer an excuse to miss out on one of Hollywood's biggest holiday events. This year, the Metro Red Line trains can get you to Sunday's 69th annual Hollywood Christmas Parade The Hollywood Christmas Parade took place every year for 75 years on the weekend after Thanksgiving in the Hollywood community in Los Angeles, California, United States. The parade's 3. . Special Metro Red Line ticket packages for $20, get you and your family from all points north, south, east and west to stops along the parade route at Hollywood/Highland or Hollywood/Vine where you can watch the parade. MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. ticket packages and grandstand seats are available by calling Sharp Seating Company in Pasadena, (626) 795-4171. Others can drive to train stations and purchase tickets for $1.35 one-way, and $2.70 two-way. From 6 to 8 p.m., Tinseltown will be transformed into a virtual Holiday Land with more than 100 stars and characters, including the Jolly Old Elf himself, riding floats and classic cars. Among the celebrities are Sid Caesar Noun 1. Sid Caesar - United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922) Sidney Caesar, Caesar , Mickey Rooney, Joe Mantegna Joseph Anthony Mantegna, Jr. (born November 13, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor. Biography Born into an Italian-American family, he made his acting debut in the 1969 stage production of Hair. and Buzz Aldrin Colonel Buzz Aldrin, Sc.D (born January 20, 1930 as Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr.) is an American pilot and astronaut who was the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11, the first lunar landing. . Valley performers include the North Hollywood guitar duo Rick & Curtis, playing at 5 p.m., and the acoustic rock band, Soul Dogs, from Tarzana, set to play at 5:30 p.m. Both bands will perform on a stage set up at Hollywood Boulevard For uses other than the original street, see Hollywood Boulevard (disambiguation). Hollywood Boulevard is a boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, beginning at Sunset Boulevard in the east and running northwest to Vermont Avenue, where it straightens out and Vine Street
adv. Music Without instrumental accompaniment. [Italian : a, in the manner of + cappella, chapel, choir.] Adj. 1. group, with one member from North Hollywood, will also perform at 5:30 p.m. on Vine Street, between Selma Avenue and Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Palisades. . Officials suggest arriving to the parade around 4 p.m. because of heavy traffic, and advised avoiding the area bordered by Franklin, Western, Melrose, and La Brea avenues between 2 and 10 p.m. To support the installation of grandstands and TV equipment, Hollywood Boulevard between Orange and Highland avenues was due to be closed at 12:01 a.m. this morning through 6 a.m. Monday. Officials will close down Hollywood between La Brea and Orange avenues at 6 a.m. on Sunday. Between 2 and 3 p.m. Sunday the following streets will be closed: La Brea to Highland avenues; Hawthorne, DeLongpre, and Fountain avenues; Lanewood will close between La Brea and Orange avenues; El Cerrito Place from Hollywood Boulevard to Franklin Avenue; Sycamore and Orange from Franklin to Fountain avenues; Sunset Boulevard from La Brea to Highland avenues; the east side of La Brea Avenue from Hollywood Boulevard to Sunset Boulevard. Between 3 and 4 p.m. Sunday, additional street closures include: Highland and Vine between Franklin and Santa Monica Boulevard; and Hollywood and Sunset boulevards will be closed from Highland Avenue to Gower Street. Two southbound Hollywood Freeway off-ramps will be closed at Cahuenga Boulevard and Highland Avenue from 4 to 10 p.m. Tickets, available for $20, $28 and $35, for grandstand seating are available any Ticketmaster outlet at Tower Records, Robinsons-May and the Wherehouse. Residents can also purchase tickets at booths set up at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue today and Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. An additional booth will be set up Sunday at Sunset Boulevard and Orange Avenue. CAPTION(S): 2 maps Map: (1) 69th ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS PARADE (2) METRO RED LINE |
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