Rose Parade Pasadena

An estimated 425 million television viewers join a million curbside spectators for a century-old New Year celebration, the Rose Parade. Floral floats, marching bands and horseback entertainers stage a two-hour spectacle along Pasadena's Colorado Boulevard. The 121st Rose Parade will take place on Friday, January 1, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. (PST) featuring spirited marching bands from throughout the nation, majestic floral floats, and high-stepping equestrian units.



Each New Year's Day, the world focuses its attention on Pasadena, California, U.S.A., home of the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game. It's a celebration more than a century old a festival of flowers, music and sports unequaled anywhere in the world. The Tournament is more than just a parade and football game. It's America's New Year Celebration, a greeting to the world on the first day of the year, and a salute to the community spirit and love of pageantry that have thrived in Pasadena for more than a century.



An event as large as the Tournament of Roses takes about 80,000 hours of combined manpower each year. That manpower is supplied by 935 volunteer members of the Tournament of Roses Association, each of whom plays an important role in the staging of the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game. Each volunteer is assigned to one of 32 committees, with responsibilities ranging from selecting Parade participants to directing visitors on New Year's Day, to serving hamburgers to band members at the end of the Parade route, to giving presentations about the Tournament to community groups.



Each New Year public attention focuses on the Los Angeles suburb for its annual Tournament of Roses, consisting of the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl football game, a festival of flowers, music and sports. The first Tournament of Roses took place in 1890 when early inhabitants of the area wanted to showcase its mild winter weather. In its early years, the tournament boasted games including ostrich races, bronco-busting demonstrations and a race between a camel and an elephant (the elephant won).



The elaborate floats have come a long way since the early days. Although a few are still built by volunteers, most are built by professional float-building companies and take nearly a year to construct. Twenty-four invited marching bands ensure that the parade goes with a swing.


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