TV Production trucks line up December 27, 2007 at the Wrigley Mansion, Headquarters of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association
December 27, 2007. The 119th Rose Parade in Pasadena, California will be broadcast live by nine networks in the United States: ABC, NBC, HGTV, Tribune, Univision, Telemundo, Travel Channel, Discovery HD Theater, and Sky Link TV. Local California stations KWHY-22 and KTLA-5 will also provide live coverage. The Rose Parade will be viewed by millions of people in more than 75 countries including the Philippines where ABS-CBN Studio 23 will air the parade. Almost one million spectators will line the five-and-a-half mile parade route.
Honda with Special TORA Plates are the official vehicle of the Rose Parade.
The USET Foundation squad of 12 Olympians representing show jumping, dressage, and eventing is scheduled to be #47 in the line-up of 90 participating organizations in the 2008 Rose Parade. The U.S. Olympians will parade behind the Olympics-themed "One World, One Dream" float sponsored by Avery Dennison and the Roundtable of Southern California Chinese-American Organizations. The theme of this year's parade is "Passports to the World."
Pre-Show Broadcasts:
THE TRAVEL CHANNEL will provide a preview of the annual march in Pasadena, California, on January 1, starting at 9:00 am Eastern Standard Time/6:00 am Pacific Standard Time.
HGTV (Home & Garden Television) will air "The Making of the Rose Parade 2008" showing the preparations for the parade, starting at 10:00 am Eastern Standard Time/7:00 am Pacific Standard Time.
Rose Parade Live National Broadcasts Start at 11:00am EST/8:00am PST
The Rose Parade starts at 8:00 am Pacific Standard Time. The following networks will provide two-hour live broadcasts, from 8:00 am to 10:00 am Pacific Standard Time and 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Eastern Standard Time:
ABC
NBC
Discovery HD Theater
The Travel Channel
HGTV (commercial free)
Telemundo (Spanish speaking)
Sky Link TV (Chinese)
Tribune
UNIVISION -
Rose Parade Local Coverage - 8:00 am - 10:00 am PST
KWHY-TV Channel 22, a Spanish Independent station owned by the Telemundo network/NBC Universal, a subsidiary of NBC. For details in Spanish, click here.
KTLA-TV Channel 5, an affiliate of the CW Television Network, is a television station in Los Angeles, California, owned by the Tribune Company. The parade coverage features Grand Marshall Emeril Lagasse, KTLA's Michaela Periera, and Bob Eubanks as hosts.
USET Foundation in Rose Parade
The mounted Olympians participating in the 119th Rose Parade are: show jumpers Margie Engle, Anne Kursinski, Beezie Madden, and Melanie Smith Taylor; dressage riders Sue Blinks, Debbie McDonald, Guenter Seidel, and Steffen Peters; and eventers Darren Chiacchia, Nina Fout, Kim Severson, and Karen Stives.
USET Foundation President and CEO Jane Forbes Clark and Mason Phelps, alternates on the U.S. eventing team at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, will lead the 12-member Olympic squad on foot as flag-bearers for the USET Foundation.
The non-profit United States Equestrian Team Foundation supports the competition, training, coaching, travel and educational needs of America's elite and developing international, high-performance athletes and horses in partnership with the United States Equestrian Federation. For more information about the USET Foundation or to make a donation, please call (908) 234-1251 or visit the USET Foundation website at www.uset.org.
(Text and Photo by Jay Fermin ppp-usa)