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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| over 1 year ago
On Wednesday morning, members of the Franklin Regional Senior High School marching band went back to school with the rest of their classmates. But two days before, they were in Pasadena, Calif., marching in the 123rd Tournament of Roses Parade. The...
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Taiwan News
| over 1 year ago
Los Angeles, Jan. 2 (CNA) Taiwan's China Airlines (CAL) won the International Trophy on Monday at the Rose Parade in California for the seventh straight year, with its 2012 entry of a fire-breathing dragon float.
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Laist
| over 1 year ago
Head To Pasadena Today To Behold All 44 Floats For those who missed out on Monday's 123rd Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, there's still a chance to view all 44 petal-covered floats today. Visitors can pay $10 to view and photograph the floats...
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The Orange County Register
| over 1 year ago
A total of 29 people were arrested at the Rose Bowl game Monday, most for being drunk in public. Monday's Rose Bowl game between the Oregon Ducks and Wisconsin Badgers drew a crowd of more than 91,000. According to Pasadena Police, 22 people were...
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Daily Breeze
| over 1 year ago
The Governor's Trophy float on the parade route during the 123rd Rose Parade presented by Honda on January 2, 2012 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Frederick M...Hundreds of extra police officers from numerous law enforcement agencies were in place...
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Daily Breeze
| over 1 year ago
The city of Torrance's Rose Parade float captured the Governor's Trophy during Monday's 123rd Tournament of Roses Parade. The float, titled "Looking Back, Moving Forward," marks the city's 2012 centennial year and won the award given for the best...
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USA Today
| over 1 year ago
Martinez marshals Rose Parade; Pippa throws tepee party Updated Dancing With the Stars champ J.R. Martinez was Grand Marshall of the Rose Parade Monday in Pasadena. ... Healthcare Foundation Float honoring Elizabeth Taylor and the RFD-TV float paying...
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Mail Tribune
| over 1 year ago
I was sorely disappointed when all I saw was "Meet the Press" and "This Week with Christiane Amanpour" on TV...Victoria B., Talent What, you don't like watching politicians try to evade bothersome questions from journalists, Victoria? (Truth be told,...
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Tulsa World
| over 1 year ago
1/3/2012 2:28 AM Above, the float ''Preserving Paradise'' sponsored by Dole moves along Colorado Boulevard on Monday in the 123rd Rose Parade. The float garnered top honors as Sweepstakes winner as hundreds of thousands of spectators lined the route...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Thousands of people witnessed strutting bands and floats designed with flowers for the Tournament of Roses in 2012 Monday, but the beautiful event came in with a messy parade as anti-Wall Street protesters rallied. The theme of the 123 rd yearly New...
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Los Angeles Times
| over 1 year ago
From the time the Wisconsin junior stepped onto the bus at his downtown hotel in the morning, to the start of the parade, to the end of the parade, to a pep rally on Brookside golf course, to a toasty pregame show, to a mercifully shady halftime show,...
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Los Angeles Times
| over 1 year ago
With fewer people turning out at the Tournament of Roses Parade held Monday this year instead of Sunday, New Year's Day some Pasadena business owners reported a noticeable drop in customers...Although some venues open at parade time appeared to be...
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All ABout Jazz
| over 1 year ago
Sunny skies, smaller crowds and an Occupy march Published: 2012-01-02 A Marine marching band from Camp Pendleton and grand marshal J.R. Martinez drew among the biggest cheers from thousands of parade-goers who lined Colorado Boulevard for the 123rd...
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Sacramento News
| over 1 year ago
Rose Bowl ," Martinez said after being chosen. "The fact that they chose me is a tremendous honor, but I fit. The theme of this is 'Just Imagine.'" "The fact that I'm able to show people that I'm comfortable in my own skin, I'm happy in my own skin,...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Text Size The 98th Rose Bowl presented by Vizio has begun with the Wisconsin Badgers taking on the Oregon Ducks in 2012...Share This Story The two teams featured in the 2012 Rose Bowl both lost in a BCS Bowl last season...Wisconsin holds a 6-2 record...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| over 1 year ago
The 2012 Tournament of Roses brought its flowery floats and strutting bands to a worldwide audience Monday under clear blue skies, and in its wake came a scruffier parade hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters. The 123rd annual New Year's Day event,...
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Hollywood Reporter Film
| over 1 year ago
Ten Paramount employees rode the float on Monday, which included replicas of the Star Trek 's USS Enterprise, the WWI biplane from the first best picture Oscar winner Wings , the studio's iconic Bronson St. gate, the 1948 Ford Deluxe "Greased...
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Laist
| over 1 year ago
An estimated 5,000 "Occupy" movement protesters are following the last float, with a Pasadena Police escort. The groups are diverse, and are not anything like the sets of uniformed marching band members or costumed kids waving from petal- and seed-...
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Laist
| over 1 year ago
People Arrested Along Rose Parade Route Overnight, Occupy Protesters Will Follow Last Float Pasadena Police report that they made 10 arrests overnight along the Rose Parade Route, with nearly half being for public drunkenness. Six of the arrests were...
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Los Angeles Times
| over 1 year ago
It was the second consecutive year a Dole flat won the tournament's highest honor. This year's entry featured a temple styled after Thailand's Royal Palace, along with an elephant, a tiger and, of course, lots of fruit. The Grand Marshal's Award for...
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KSAZ
| over 1 year ago
Occupy Wall Street protesters are set to march in Southern California's annual Rose Parade on Monday, prompting local police forces to ramp up security to avoid any disruption to the event. Pasadena police and Tournament of Roses officials have been...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Text Size The Rose Bowl 2012 gets underway on Monday with the Oregon Ducks going head-to-head with the Wisconsin Badgers in Pasadena, Calif. The Rose Bowl game is being brought to fans by Vizio and kickoff time is 5 p.m...Share This Story Football...
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
Occupy Wall Street protesters face a $1,000 fine and a possible six-month jail term if they disturb Monday's Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., officials said. The protesters, who plan to carry a giant octopus to symbolize corporate greed, are not...
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Fox
| over 1 year ago
Calif. Volunteers are putting the finishing touches on flower-festooned floats, musicians are polishing instruments and horse handlers are prepping their charges as they gear up for Monday's annual Rose Parade . But this year, hundreds of extra...
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AP Online
| over 1 year ago
Calif. (AP) — Volunteers are putting the finishing touches on flower-festooned floats, musicians are polishing instruments and horse handlers are prepping their charges as they gear up for Monday's annual Rose Parade.
But this year,...
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Sacramento Bee
| over 1 year ago
Anti-Wall Street demonstrators are not officially part of this year's Rose Parade, but that's not stopping them from joining in...Constitution, the symbol of the right to free speech, as well as plenty of banners and drums. "We are going to be as...
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Hesperia Star
| over 1 year ago
A 75-foot float, sponsored by RFD-TV (Rural Free Delivery), pays tribute to Rogers, the singing cowboy who appeared in more than 80 films and starred in his own TV show...The first time Ricky Mendez picked up the saxophone in fourth grade, it didn't...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
The 123rd Rose Parade will start off the new year on a festive note at 8 a.m...ET) on Monday, live from Pasadena, Calif. The 2012 parade theme is "Just Imagine." The parade will be held on Jan. 2, a Monday, in accordance with the "Never on Sunday"...
