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Glendale Unified music students to march in Rose Parade
How does a young musician prepare for the audience of a lifetime? Start with a cutthroat audition process, add instrument checks, 5 a.m. call times and 5-mile practice marches, and then follow the piccolos down Colorado Boulevard.
That is the routine for...Tags: Education, Students, Festive Events, Television, Arts and Culture
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Where Rose Parade floats are born
Millions of Americans are familiar with the Rose Parade, the storied Pasadena pageant whose flower-covered floats have dazzled viewers for more than a century.
What's less known is that most of those rolling creations are produced by a trio of local...Tags: Festive Events, Los Angeles Times, Arts and Culture
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Caruso extends lifeline to Glendale's Rose float
Americana at Brand developer Rick Caruso extended a lifeline to Glendale’s float entry in the annual Tournament of Roses Parade on Tuesday, donating $25,000 in a last-minute challenge to the community to raise the other half needed to salvage the...Tags: Politics, Rick Caruso, Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Contracts
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Elephant float kerfuffle charges on
The ongoing drama over Glendale’s elephant-themed float for the Tournament of Roses Parade continued on Tuesday, with the builder of the design calling criticism from animal rights activists unfair.
Last week, People for the Ethical Treatment of...Tags: Politics, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Arts and Culture
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Nightmare becomes a dream come true
Where you stumble lies your treasure, and that’s just what struggling actress and filmmaker Christy Oldham found during a brief, dark period, when she became a phone sex operator to pay rent in Burbank.
The treasure came in the form of raw material...Tags: Entertainment, Plymouth, Arts and Culture, Celebrities, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (movie)
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Council sees elephant in the room
Donors may have saved Glendale’s float entry in the Tournament of Roses Parade from the chopping block due to a budget shortfall, but now its circus elephant design — and how it came to pass — is facing scrutiny. The City Council on...Tags: Circuses, Politics, Animals, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Arts and Culture
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Rose float funds roll in
GLENDALE — Just a week after Americana at Brand developer Rick Caruso issued a $25,000 challenge grant to save Glendale’s float entry in the Tournament of Roses Parade, the money has poured in, apparently saving a 97-year-old program from...Tags: Politics, Rick Caruso, Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Elections
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Occupy movement plans to protest Rose Parade
An activist who helped expand the Occupy Wall Street movement to Los Angeles is setting his sights on new territory: Pasadena’s iconic Rose Parade.
“Everything is not coming up roses,” said Peter Thottam, an Occupy L.A. organizer who...Tags: Entertainment, Protest, Television, Arts and Culture, Occupy Wall Street
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Sheriff wows Women's Civic League crowd
Founded in 1946 and growing strong with 89 members, the Women’s Civic League continues to make its presence felt in Glendale. Thursday’s luncheon meeting at the Elks Lodge was no exception. Speaker Sheriff Lee Baca started the league’s...Tags: Los Angeles Unified School District, Arts and Culture, Child Development, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Lee Baca
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Ottoman band's plug is pulled
A planned parade for an Ottoman military marching band in Hollywood has been canceled amid uproar from Armenian groups who said the event was an affront to them because of the genocide that began in 1915.
Ottoman Turks killed roughly 1.5 million...Tags: Hate Crimes, Genocide, Social Organizations, Culture, Eric Garcetti
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Ottoman military marching band event canceled amid protests
A planned parade for an Ottoman military marching band in Hollywood has been canceled amid uproar from Armenian groups who said the event was an affront to the genocidal murders that took place in 1915.
Ottoman-Turks killed roughly 1.5 million...Tags: Hate Crimes, Genocide, Social Organizations, Culture, Eric Garcetti
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'Sacred Music' around Glendale
The fifth World Festival of Sacred Music is coming to Los Angeles, and Glendale is hosting part of the celebration of life-affirming performances.
Held every three years, the World Festival of Sacred Music was born 14 years ago, when founder Judy Mitorna...Tags: Sacred Music (genre), Dalai Lama, Entertainment, Iran, Arts
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