Editing Rose Parade (section)

==History==
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[[File:Pasadena Tournament of Roses chariot race, 1911 (CHS-309).jpg|thumb|right|A [[Chariot racing|chariot race]] during the 1908 or 1911 Tournament of Roses, later replaced by the Rose Bowl]]
[[File:Albert Einstein and a Salvation Army band.jpg|thumb|Albert Einstein and a [[The Salvation Army|Salvation Army]] band before a performance at the Rose Parade, 1926.]]
Members of Pasadena's [[Valley Hunt Club]] first staged the parade in 1890. Since then the parade has been held in Pasadena every [[New Year's Day]], except when January 1 falls on a Sunday. In that case, it is held on the subsequent Monday, January 2. This exception was instituted in 1893, as organizers did not wish to disturb horses hitched outside Sunday church services.<ref name="lat-neversunday">{{cite web|last=Holland|first=Gale|title=An old rule may save the Rose Parade from getting rained on|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-rose-parade-rain-20161227-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 27, 2016|access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref>

Many of the members of the Valley Hunt Club were former residents of the American [[Eastern United States|East]] and [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]]. They wished to showcase their new California home's mild winter weather. At a club meeting, Professor [[Charles Frederick Holder|Charles F. Holder]] announced, "In New York, people are buried in the snow. Here our flowers are blooming and our oranges are about to bear. Let's hold a festival to tell the world about our paradise."

Over the next few founding years, the parade added marching bands and motorized floats. By 1895, the event was too large for the Valley Hunt Club to handle, resulting in the formation of an ad hoc non-profit organization – the [[Pasadena Tournament of Roses]] Association. By the 11th annual tournament (1900), the town lot on which the activities were held was renamed [[Tournament Park]], a large open area directly adjacent to Pasadena's world-famous institution of higher learning, [[California Institute of Technology|Caltech]]. Activities soon included ostrich races, [[bronco]] busting demonstrations, and an odd novelty race between a camel and an elephant. (The elephant won the race.)  Soon reviewing stands were built along the parade route and newspapers in [[East Coast of the United States|Eastern Seaboard]] cities started to take notice of the event.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-31 |title=What Is the Rose Parade? All About the New Year's Day Tradition |url=https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/what-is-the-rose-parade |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=NBC Insider Official Site |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Smola |first=Sara |date=2023-12-27 |title=Pride of Pasadena: Rose Parade History |url=https://pasadenamag.com/artsandculture/pride-of-pasadena-rose-parade-history |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=Pasadena Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rose Parade History |url=https://latourist.com/index.php?page=rose-parade-history |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=latourist.com |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Tournament House.jpg|thumb|Tournament House, also known as the Wrigley mansion]]
The stately Italian Renaissance-style mansion of [[William Wrigley Jr.]] (the maker of [[Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company|Wrigley's chewing gum]]) was offered to the city of Pasadena after Mrs. Wrigley's death in 1958, under the condition that their home would be the Rose Parade's permanent headquarters. [[Tournament House]] is the name given to the former home where the organization is headquartered.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tournamentofroses.com/aboutus/house.asp|title=History of the Tournament House|work=Tournament of Roses}}</ref>

The first associated football game was played on January 1, 1902. Originally titled the "Tournament East-West football game," it is considered to be the [[1902 Rose Bowl|first Rose Bowl]]. The next game was not played until New Year's Day 1916; they have been played annually since then. The game derives its modern name from [[Rose Bowl Stadium]], which was built for the 1923 game.

In 2002 and 2006 (when the Rose Bowl Game was the [[BCS National Championship Game]]), the "Granddaddy of 'em all" was not held the same day as the parade; the 2002 game was played on January 3, the 2006 game was played on January 4. Not all fans were pleased with the change; some thought the atmosphere and tradition of the Rose Bowl was lost. Once the BCS title game was separated from the host bowl, it no longer affected the date of the Rose Bowl Game (even when the title game returned to Pasadena in 2010 and 2014).

Since the mid-1990's, a flyover by the [[Northrop B-2 Spirit]] signals the start of the parade to showcase the capabilities of the [[United States Air Force]] preceded by a musical performance. Since 2019, the parade concludes with a special guest doing the ceremonial [[forward pass]] from the parade to the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] followed by a prerecorded video message by a athlete or special guest and a musical performance.

On July 15, 2020, it was announced that the Rose Parade for 2021 would be canceled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in California|COVID-19 pandemic]]; it was assessed under current conditions that the construction of floats for the parade could not be performed in a safe manner, while the event itself (due to large crowds and outside visitors) was also considered to be at a high risk of causing more instances of [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] infections.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|title=Rose Parade Officials Cancel 2021 Event Amid Coronavirus Concerns|url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/rose-parade-2021-canceled-coronavirus-1202986528/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=July 15, 2020|access-date=July 15, 2020|language=en}}</ref> The parade was deferred to 2022. However, the parade number was still changed; what would have been called the 132nd parade officially became the 133rd parade.

On November 13, 2020, it was announced that a TV special titled ''The Rose Parade's New Year's Celebration'' would take the parade's place and premiere on January 1, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=NBC Brings Good Cheer to the Holidays with Array of Festive Programming|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/11/13/nbc-brings-good-cheer-to-the-holidays-with-array-of-festive-programming-411110/20201113nbc02/|work=[[The Futon Critic]]|date=November 13, 2020}}</ref>