page_title: Rose Parade
section_title: Bands
hierarchical_section_title: Rose Parade / Bands
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of en:Londonderry High School's Lancer Marching Band and Colorguard on en:Colorado Boulevard during 2004 en:Tournament of Roses Parade in en:Pasadena, California
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: Top marching bands from all over the world are invited. Many of the nation's top high school marching bands, along with college and organizational marching bands participate.
  The bands participating in the parade have developed traditions throughout its history. For example, Pasadena City College's Tournament of Roses Honor Band always marches in the Rose Parade, along with the Los Angeles Unified School District All City Honor Band, all of whom are selected by audition the previous autumn. Positions in both bands are coveted, and those selected are among the best student musicians in California.
  The Tournament of Roses Honor Band's Herald Trumpets unit marches and plays directly before the Rose Queen's float. Nine trumpet players and one snare drummer are selected from those who audition for the band for the unit.
  University marching bands from the two schools competing in the Rose Bowl Game are invited to march in the parade. They typically accompany the float that represents the school and conference.
  Bands that have a long-standing arrangement to be in the parade include:
  The official Tournament of Roses Honor Band hosted by Pasadena City College consisting of members of the college's Lancer Marching Band and talented high school musicians from throughout California (89th Rose Parade appearance in 2018).
  The Los Angeles Unified School District All City Honor Band
  The Salvation Army Tournament of Roses Marching Band consisting of local and visiting Salvation Army musicians (100th appearance in 2019)
  The United States Marine Corps West Coast Composite Band
  In 1891, the Monrovia Town Band was the first musical group to perform in the Rose Parade. In 1998, the Washington Township High School Minutemen Marching Band from Sewell, New Jersey became the first band in the history of the Rose Parade to decorate its entire ranks with live flowers, in keeping with the practice of decorating the parade floats.  From the neighboring town of Arcadia, the Arcadia High School Apache Marching Band and Colorgaurd has appeared for 15 years, returning about every four years.  The Allen Eagle Escadrille from Allen, Texas had a record breaking 780 members in the 2016 Rose Parade.
  In addition to the parade, the bands participate in a two-day, three-show Bandfest at Pasadena City College's Jackie and Mack Robinson Stadium, usually on December 29 and 30 (December 30 and 31 when the parade is on January 2). Twenty bands participated in the 2016 parade.
caption: Londonderry High School Marching Lancer Band, from New Hampshire during the 2004 parade
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