Every new year, the entire world fixates its eye on
Pasadena, California, USA. Here, the prequel to the Rose Bowl Game occurs - the legendary Rose Bowl Parade. This parade is the elite celebration of the New Year, with a "festival of flowers, music, and sports unequaled in the world." This event takes about 80,000 hours to prepare, even with the combined manpower of a little under a thousand people. The Tournament of Roses showcases grandly flowery floats, marching bands, and equestrians.
In the case of marching bands, bands from all over the world travel to this special event, from Guatemala, or even Japan. Bands are specially watched and selected, then allowed to submit an application that will pit them against fifty or so other bands. Only 12 to 18 bands are chosen. Therefore, it is a great honor to be selected in this prestigious parade. Recently, our local Mira Mesa High School's Sapphire Sound has made it! For now, you can watch updates on the news, and in a year or so, you can watch the Sapphire Sound march.
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| Sapphire Sound Parade Band |
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| An example of a Dr. Seuss float. |
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| Drum Majors saluting the band with awards. |
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