page_title: Rose Parade
section_title: Rose Parade Theme
hierarchical_section_title: Rose Parade / Rose Parade Theme
caption_attribution_description: Rose Parade 2010, Pasadena, California. This year theme&#160;: A CUT ABOVE THE REST
context_page_description: The Rose Parade, also known as the Tournament of Roses Parade, is an annual parade to mark the start of the Rose Bowl Game, held mostly along Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, on New Year's Day. Produced by the non-profit Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, the parade usually starts at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time, and includes flower-covered floats, marching bands, and equestrian units. The parade is followed in the afternoon by the Rose Bowl, one of the major bowl games in college football. It has been uninterrupted, except during the World War II in 1942, 1943 and 1945, and for the 2021 parade, which was canceled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic.
  First held on January 1, 1890, hundreds of thousands of spectators watch the Rose Parade. The Rose Bowl college football game was added in 1902 to help fund the cost of staging the parade. Since 2011, Honda sponsors the Rose Parade. Accordingly, the company has the parade's first float, which like all floats, follows the parade's theme.
  The 2020 Rose Parade featured 40 floats, 17 equestrian units with over 450 horses, and 20 marching bands.
context_section_description: Shortly after the parade in January, the newly elected President of the Tournament of Roses has the duty of picking a theme for the forthcoming festivities. Most of the floral floats in the parade are inspired by this theme.
  In mid-October 2019, Laura Farber was confirmed as President of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association. She announced that the 107th Rose Bowl Game theme will be "Dream! Believe! Achieve!" The bowl game will be held on 1 January 2021. The Tournament of Roses President will lead the 14-member Executive Committee and the organization of 935 volunteer members for the upcoming year.
caption: Theme float "2010: A Cut Above the Rest" rolling down Colorado Boulevard during the parade
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