Line Up: 2013 Rose Parade Gets Ready to Roll Down Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena

By Randy Economy

If you are planning to watch the 2013 Tournament of Roses Parade from Pasadena on New Years Day, Hews Media Group would like to provide you with a list of the parade participants.

The 2013 Rose Parade is presented by Honda and the theme this year is “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!”

Here are some more official “tid bits” for Rose Parade fans:

• EVENT: 124th Rose Parade ®presented by Honda
• DATE: Tuesday, January 1, 2013
• TIMES: Rose Parade begins at 8 a.m. PST
• PARADE THEME: Oh, the Places You’ll Go!™
• PARADE LINE-UP: 42 Floats, 23 Bands, 21 Equestrian Units
• GRAND MARSHAL: Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE
• ROYAL COURT: Rose Queen® Vanessa Manjarrez, Princess Kate Benuska, Princess Tracy Cresta, Princess Victoria McGregor, Princess Nicole Nelam, Princess Sonia Shenoi, Princess Madison Teodo
• LENGTH OF PARADE: 5-1/2 miles
• PARADE ROUTE: North on South Orange Grove Boulevard beginning at Ellis Street, east on Colorado Boulevard to Sierra Madre Boulevard, north on Sierra Madre Boulevard to Paloma St.
• TELEVISION: The 2013 Rose Parade will be broadcast live by ABC, NBC, Univision, Tribune (KTLA), Hallmark Channel, HGTV (Home & Garden Television), RFD-TV, and Sky Link TV.

Here is the Parade Order:

• City of South Pasadena (UPDATED 12/21/2012)
• Honda Pace Car and Sound Car
• Wells Fargo
• American Honda
• U.S. Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard
• U.S. Marine Corps West Coast Composite Band
• City of Torrance
• HAWAII PA’U RIDERS
• Dole
•  Lassiter High School Marching Trojan Band
•  Kiwanis International
•  Tournament of Roses Grand Marshal Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE
•  La Canada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association
•  Davis High Marching Band
• Prime Time Express Mounted Drill Team
• Shriners Hospitals for Children
• The Pride of the Dutchmen Marching Band
• Kaiser Permanente
• Wells Fargo
• Rotary International
  

  English: A B-2 Spirit and two F-22 Raptors fly over the 2007 Tournament of Roses Parade Jan. 1 in Pasadena, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Francisco V. Govea II) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

• Tournament of Roses President Sally M. Bixby
• Family of Tournament of Roses President Sally M. Bixby
• Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band
• The Nurses’ Float
• 2013 Rose Bowl Game Hall of Fame Inductees
• Pasadena City College Herald Trumpets
• Macy’s
  

  Tournament of Roses volunteers prepping flowers (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

• Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament
• Miracle-Gro
• LONG BEACH MOUNTED POLICE
• Trader Joe’s
• Participating University, Rose Bowl Game Presented by VIZIO: Stanford University
• Rose Bowl Game Presented by VIZIO Participating University Band 1: Stanford University
• City of Glendale
• Valley Hunt Club
  

  First Cavalry Div. US Army, Ft Hood Tx (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

• Lutheran Hour Ministries
• PAVA World Korean Traditional Marching Band
• The Norco Cowgirls Rodeo Drill Team
• Mayor of Pasadena, Bill Bogaard
• Participating University, Rose Bowl Game Presented by VIZIO: University of Wisconsin
  

  my photo of the 2010 Rose Parade Queen Natalie Innocenzi (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

• Rose Bowl Game Presented by VIZIO Participating University Band 2: University of Wisconsin Marching Band
• Downey Rose Float Association
• The Salvation Army Tournament of Roses Band
• Scripps Miramar Saddlebreds
• Beverly Hills Pet Care Foundation
• Canadian Cowgirls Precision Drill Team
• China Airlines
• Morgantown High School Red and Blue Marching Band
• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
• ONDAR and the Eagles of Tuva
  

  Dan Schlund flying at the 2007 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

• Donate Life
• East-West Fusion All-Star Band
• City of Los Angeles
• Sioux Falls Lincoln “Patriot” Marching Band
• Disneyland Resort
• Anaheim Police Department Mounted Enforcement Unit
• Lions Clubs International
• All-Izumo Honor Green Band
• SD Farm
• City of South Pasadena
  

  Eagle Scouts from the honor troop of the 1983 Tournament of Roses Parade (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

• Los Angeles Unified School District All District High School Honor Band
• Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
• THE NEW BUFFALO SOLDIERS
• City of San Gabriel Centennial
• Ramona Pageant
• HGTV
• Jackson Memorial High School Jaguar Band
• Dick Van Patten’s Natural Balance Pet Foods, Inc.
• 1st Cavalry Division Horse Cavalry Detachment
  

  Tournament of Roses Parade 2008 New Orleans float (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

• Ministry of Tourism & Creative Economies, Republic of Indonesia
• Banda El Salvador
• AIDS Healthcare Foundation
• Bands of America Honor Band
• Costumed Arabians Region One
• Farmers Insurance
• City of Alhambra
• The BOSS (Bands Of Santiago Sharks)
• Spirit of the West Riders
• Department of Defense 60th Anniversary of the Korean War Commemoration Committee
• B-2
• The Roots of Music Marching Crusaders
• City of Hope
  

  English: 2006 Rose Parade, float and flowers in Pasadena, California (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

• Hermanos Banuelos Charro Team
• Cal Poly Universities
• Pride of Broken Arrow, The
• City of Burbank/Burbank Tournament of Roses Association
• AGUILUCHOS MARCHING BAND
• Jackson Fork Ranch Percherons
• RFD-TV
• Seminole High School Warhawk Marching Band
• Western Asset
• Lafayette Band ” Pride of the Bluegrass”
• Sierra Madre Rose Float Association
• All American Cowgirl Chicks
• Parade Closing Unit

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