Rose Parade

THE ARMCHAIR PARADE:

KTLA Channel 5 will present commercial-free, live Tournament of Roses Parade coverage at 8 a.m., with replays at 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. KTLA’s pre-parade coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. KMEX Channel 34 will present live, commercial-free parade coverage in Spanish, with a pre-parade show beginning at 7 a.m. Replays will be at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. KABC Channel 7, KCBS Channel 2 and KNBC Channel 4 will present live coverage of the parade beginning at 8 a.m.

80th Rose Queen:

Purdy Tran won this year’s crown in competition with nearly 700 Pasadena-area young women. She is a 17-year-old Arcadia resident attending Westridge School, where she is co-captain of the varsity tennis team and a member of the Latin Club and the Unity Club. The senior honors student is also an activist for AIDS prevention and racial tolerance. She looks forward to studying psychology at Columbia University and hopes for a career in child psychology.

Grand Marshal:

Carol Burnett, television comic, stage actress and imitator of the Tarzan yelp, is the grand marshal of this year’s parade. In keeping with the parade’s theme, “Hav’n Fun,” Burnett has spent much of her life entertaining and reminding us of life’s lighthearted moments. She joins a group of past grand marshals that includes Frank Sinatra, John Wayne and Kermit the Frog. Seven women have previously marshalled the parade, including Mary Pickford, Dale Evans and Shirley Temple Black.

ORDER OF ENTRIES

1. Los Angeles Unified All-District High School Honor Band

2. 20th Century Insurance, Fantastic Journey float

3. U.S. Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard

4. U.S. Marine Corps West Coast Composite Band

5. United Airlines, Flying Kites float

6. Medieval Times equestrian team

7. City of Los Angeles, Amazing Fun in L.A. float

8. Derby High School Panther Marching Band

9. Texas Ladies Aside equestrian team

10. Tournament of Roses Grand Marshal

11. Sunkist Growers, Macarena float

12. The Martinez Family equestians

13. Downey Rose Float Assn., Roller-bunnies float

14. Pasadena City College Herald Trumpets

15. Rose Queen and Royal Court

16. Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band

17. Edison International, Our Science Project float

18. Welsh Dragons equestrian team

19. Lions Clubs International, Float’n Along float

20. Grenada High School Marching Band

21. American Honda Motor Co., Fun Zone float

22. Big Ten Conference, Two in a Row float

23. Big Ten Conference Band

24. Countrywide Home Loans, Rock Concert float

25. Rotary International, Bringing the World Together float

26. American Icelandic Horse Group

27. Sierra Madre Rose Float Assn., All Aoard! float

28. University High School Cougar Band and Guard

29. Tournament of Roses President car

30. U.S. Postal Service, Reptile Wonderland float

31. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum’s Congress of Fancy Range Riders

32. Ruby’s Restaurants, Summer Fun float

33. Mililani High School Trojan Marching Band

34. Rain Bird Sprinkler Manufacturing Corp., Adventures in the Rain Forest float

35. Hawaii Pa’u Riders

36. China Airlines, Adventures on the South China Sea float

37. American Fork High School Marching Band

38. Valley Hunt Club equestrian team

39. Family of Freemasonry, Fantasy on Wheels float

40. Pac-10 Conference, We Will Win float

41. Pac-10 Conference Band

42. South Pasadena Tournament of Roses Assn., Off to the Moovies float

43. Pasobilities Peruvian Paso Horse Club

44. Dr. Pepper Co., Girls’ Night Out float

45. Jefferson High School “Band of Blue”

46. Mayor of Pasadena, Chris Holden

47. Eastman Kodak Co., Family and Friends float

48. Native American Group equestrians

49. Sparkletts, Parlor Games float

50. Cal Poly Universities, Countryside Joyride float

51. Montfort College and Assumption College Bands

52. Thai Airways International, Amazing Thailand float

53. Friesian Extravaganza equestrian team

54. Lutheran Laymen’s League, Livin’ God’s Promise float

55. Jackson High School Marching Band

56. Odd Fellows and Rebekahs, Party Time float

57. H.J. Heinz Co., Sorry, Charlie float

58. Shady Ladies of the Mother Lode equestians

59. Arco, Saturday Matinee float

60. City of Alhambra, Hometown Parade float

61. New Buffalo Soldiers equestians

62. Yorkton Regional High School “Marching 100”

63. Florists’ Transworld Delivery, Fantasy in the Sea float

64. Autry Museum of Western Heritage Spirit of the West Riders

65. La Canada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Assn., High Flying Fun float

66. Optimist International, Your Own Backyard float

67. Washington Township High School Minutemen Marching Band

68. City of St. Louis, Tulip Time float

69. Portland Rose Festival Assn., Frolic ‘n’ Fun

70. Tanner Appaloosa Group equestrians

71. The Philippines, Welcome to Our Celebration float

72. Sumner High School Marching Band

73. International House of Pancakes Restaurants, Catch’n Frogs float

74. City of Duarte / City of Hope National Medical Center, Fun Begins Here float

75. The Ramona Pageant equestrian team

76. Unocal, Special Garden Float

77. Alexandria-Jefferson High School Band

78. Target Stores, Follow the Leader float

79. Cal State Fresno equestrian team

80. Automobile Club of Southern California, A Day at the Fair float

81. Kiwanis International, Hayride float

82. Zuhrah Shrine Horse Patrol

83. Farmers Insurance Group, Draw’n to the Beat float

84. The Salvation Army Tournament of Roses Band

85. Michelin, On a Birthday Roll float

86. Classic Curley Riders

87. Building Industry Assn. of Southern California, Building the American Dream float

88. American Donkey & Mule Society

89. Burbank Tournament of Roses Assn./ City of Burbank, Mama’s Day Off float

90. Lincoln High School Marching Band

91. Wee Wheelers equestians

92. Reser’s Fine Foods, In the Center Ring float

93. Museum of Tolerance/Simon Wiesenthal Center, Celebrating Freedom--America’s Journey float.

94. Painted Magic Rodeo Drill Team

95. City of Glendale, Tea at Grandma’s House float

96. City of Torrance, Fun With Mother Goose float

97. Foothill High School Marching Band

98. PacifiCare/Secure Horizons, Generations of Fun float

99. Western Group equestrians

100. Bakersfield Centennial Celebration, Let’s Celebrate float

101. California Pinto Rangers

102. Arcadia Tournament of Roses Assn., Fresh Start float

103. Arcadia High School Apache Marching Band

104. City of Long Beach, A Sense of Wonder float

105. Long Beach Mounted Police

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VIEWING THE PARADE

* When: Begins at 8 a.m. and runs for about two hours. The Rose Bowl game starts at 2 p.m.

* Driving to the parade: From the San Fernando Valley or eastern San Gabriel Valley, take the Foothill Freeway to Lake Avenue, Hill Avenue or Altadena offramps. From the Westside, take the Ventura Freeway to the Fair Oaks Avenue/ Marengo Avenue, Lake Avenue, Hill Avenue, or Altadena Drive offramps. Pasadena Freeway drivers continue north on Arroyo Parkway to any major east-bound street and head toward your viewing destination.

* Parade parking: Tournament of Roses officials say those wishing to park within easy walking distance should arrive by 6 a.m. No parking will be allowed on Colorado Boulevard. All temporary “No Parking” areas and red curb zones remain off-limits. Any vehicle in violation will be impounded.

Tournament of Roses officials suggest that people attending the parade who plan to go to the Rose Bowl game park nearer the Rose Bowl and walk to the parade route. Parking at the bowl’s lots is $10 and the lots will open at 6 a.m.

* Bus schedule: The MTA will provide shuttles from downtown Los Angeles and Long Beach. The 401 and 483 lines will travel from downtown Los Angeles to Pasadena. The 260 bus will travel from Long Beach to Pasadena. After the parade, the 260 and 401 buses will leave from Marengo Avenue and Green Street and the 483 bus from Dayton Street/ Fair Oaks Avenue (near Raymond Avenue). For additional information call 1(800)COMMUTE.

* Seating: Bleachers take up most of the corner of South Orange Grove and Colorado boulevards, so curbside spectators are advised to head east of Old Pasadena and farther east the later they arrive. There will be 1,000 portable toilets surrounding the route. Parade viewing for those with disablities: Viewing for the mobility-impaired is available at Colorado Boulevard and Garfield Avenue, at Plaza Pasadena. Parking will be at the Marengo Avenue parking structure at Marengo and Green Street. Spaces are limited to mobility-impaired and one companion. Passes are required.

* Parade rules: A permanent position on the sidewalk may be maintained along the parade route beginning at noon on Wednesday. The “Blue Line” is the honor line. All persons and property such as blankets, chairs, etc., must remain on the curb and are not permitted in the street until midnight before the parade. At that time spectators may move out to the honor line. Those wishing to sit on curbs may save only the space they occupy. Tents, ladders, scaffolds, couches or boxes of any type that can be used as stools or seats are not permitted. It is illegal to throw any projectile into the parade or the route.

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Del Mar Blvd. onramp and offramp closed until 11 a.m. today.

Eastbound and westbound Sierra Madre and San Gabriel Blvd. offramps closed until 6 p.m. today.

The Police Department recommends avoiding Fair Oaks Ave. unless you have reserved parking in that area.

Eastbound Orange Grove offramp closed 8 p.m. Wednesday to 6 p.m. Thursday.

1. Parade units form. Closed to the public.

2. Public display of floats after the parade from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Special viewing for the disabled from 7 to 9 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Admission: $2; free for children under 3.

Free parking available, except where posted.

Sources: Tournament of Roses Assn., city of Pasadena, Times files. Researched by Times correspondent RICHARD WINTON