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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 2014
Page
8
The Mini Page explores the Rose Parade in Pasadena California as communities celebrate holidays with parades including July Fourth Veterans Day and Memorial Day. This feature highlights the world famous New Year celebration and the festive traditions surrounding it.
Historical note shows New Year’s Day on Sunday led to moving the Rose Parade to January 2 to avoid church services. A popular tale claims organizers forged a pact with God to spare rain, yet the parade has seen rain on 10 of 125 occasions.
The 1919 theme Victory Tournament, 1946 theme Victory Unity and Peace, 1976 theme America Let s Celebrate, 2000 theme Visions of the Future. Which world events inspired these themes?
A brief notice notes a 1931 recording titled I Love a Parade. The item highlights the vintage recording, referencing the title and year in a concise catalog style.
In 1890 Pasadena’s Valley Hunt Club organized a festival named the Tournament of Roses to share California's winter paradise. The kickoff parade featured horse drawn carriages adorned with thousands of fresh flowers as participants prepared for races, polo, tug of war and related events.
A 1920 shift replaced horse drawn floats with motor driven ones and by seven years later parade coverage aired nationally over radio. Soon film of the parade played in theaters and by 1951 color TV broadcast joined the spectacle watched by about 80 million people in 115 countries. Grand Marshal Louis Zamperini 1917 2014 is honored for WWII service and Olympic running.
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