123rd Rose Parade

A Picture Perfect Day!
It was a picture perfect day for the thousands that turned out to view 123^rd Pasadena Rose Parade on Monday, which is normally held on January 1, however keeping in line with the Tournament of Rose’, Never on a Sunday tradition. In 1893, the first the then-3-year-old parade would have fallen on a Sunday, officials decided it would be best to avoid interfering with Sunday worship services and instituted a policy of moving events to January 2 whenever January 1 fell on a Sunday. The last time the “Never on a Sunday” policy was in effect was 2006.
Photography: Micheal D Thomas / Empire Beat Magazine