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unusual facts about Tournament of Roses



Charles Frederick Holder

Charles Frederick Holder (1851–1915) was the inventor of big-game fishing and a founder of Pasadena's Tournament of Roses and the Tuna Club of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island, California.

Strongsville High School

Strongsville's marching band, the "Marching Mustangs," has participated in the Hollywood Christmas Parade, the Orange Bowl Parade, the Tournament of Roses Parade, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and in the Inauguration Parade for President George H.W. Bush.


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1986 Rose Bowl

The game was presiding over by the 1986 Rose Queen Aimee Richelieu, San Marino High School, the Royal Court (Shannon Guernsey, Christine Huff, April Lake, Tracey Langford, Julene Penner and Loreen Weeks), the Tournament of Roses President Frederick D. Johnson, Jr., and Rose Parade Grand Marshal Erma Brombeck.

Wallace Wade Stadium

General John L. DeWitt, commander of the Western Defense Command, advised the Tournament of Roses Association not to hold the game at the Rose Bowl Stadium itself.