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  SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- Fans, float decorators ready for wet Rose Parade in Pasadena
Although several hundred die-hard fans camped out overnight along the Rose Parade route, crowds were thin and front row spots remained open a half-hour before start time as many people remained pinned to building walls to escape the rain.
The Sweepstakes award – the parade's top honor for the float with the "most beautiful entry with outstanding floral presentation and design" – went, fittingly, to the float sponsored by the FTD flower delivery company.
Hundreds of plastic ponchos for band musicians and parade volunteers were ordered, horses were fitted with skid-resistant shoes, and float-builders rolled out sheets of plastic to protect orchids and other delicate flowers.
signonsandiego.com /news/state/20060102-0907-ca-roseparade-rain.html   (690 words)

  
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For the first time in a half-century, the Rose Parade could be strutting in the rain.
Hundreds of fans with umbrellas have staked their spots along the parade route, while decorators have finished up flowering the floats and adjusting electronics for rain protection.
A never-on-Sunday rule pushed the 117th parade to today when forecasters say conditions likely will be wet and windy.
www.wbir.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=31095   (127 words)

  
 Wet Rose Parade forecast threatens half-century record of no rain - North County Times - State / West -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The prospect put parade organizers and volunteers in a tizzy Friday as they worked around the clock to paste flowers, seeds and other organic materials onto the floats.
Ironically, the parade is being held on Monday, Jan. 2, rather than in its traditional New Year's Day slot because the Tournament of Roses has a never-on-Sunday rule.
The Rose Parade often gives its TV audience an idyllic sun-splashed view of Southern California as much of the rest of the nation is in the freezing grip of winter.
www.nctimes.com /articles/2005/12/31/news/state/14_42_5412_30_05.txt'   (952 words)

  
 » A Woefully Wet Parade News - Events Quarterly
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina thousands may lay dead, tens of thousands hurt and millions are wet yet thirsty, alternately sweltering and shivering, sadly facing unfaceable loss.
In the midst of the surreal flood of coverage we are caught up in, the plight of New Orleans looms the largest in the Medias’ wide unblinking bewildered eye.
As we parade past the pointing fingers to rebuild the now silent city and sullen aching coast.
www.eventsquarterly.com /blog/?p=231   (952 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- Fans, float decorators ready for wet Rose Parade in Pasadena
PASADENA – Hopes for a dry Rose Parade appeared all but washed away Monday morning as rain fell steadily along the parade route and forecasts called for downpours throughout the day.
Rain also did not keep hundreds of die-hard fans from arriving Sunday night carrying umbrellas and tarps to camp out along the Rose Parade route in preparation for what could be the first rain-drenched parade in 51 years.
Hundreds of plastic ponchos for band musicians and parade volunteers have been ordered, horses will be fitted with skid-resistant shoes, and float-builders are ready to roll out sheets of plastic to protect orchids and other delicate flowers.
signonsandiego.com /news/state/20060102-0702-ca-roseparade-rain.html   (671 words)

  
 Vancouver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vancouver has a wet climate and is surrounded by water; while early records show that there may have been as many as fifty creeks and streams in the area, currently only four are left.
The area of downtown along Davie Street is home to most of the city's gay clubs and bars and is known as Davie Village.
The influx of Hong Kong immigrants in the 1980s led to the popularization of a brag invented by new-immigrant Chinese youths from Hong Kong, who dubbed the city "Hongcouver".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vancouver   (6303 words)

  
 Movie Info for The Wet Parade on MSN Movies
Directed by Victor Fleming, Wet Parade chronicles the effects of alcoholism and the Prohibition on the lives of two families from very different backgrounds.
The two stories collide when Kip Tarleton (Robert Young) and Maggie May (Dorothy Jordan), both children of alcoholic fathers, join in a common fight against alcohol, feeling it was a key factor in the destruction of their lives.
Wet Parade also features actor Jimmy Durante in a small role as a bearded federal agent.
entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=95357   (158 words)

  
 Raining On Their Parade - CBS News
The Tournament of Roses is traditionally held on New Year's morning, but a never-on-Sunday rule pushed the 117th parade to Monday.
Before the parade began, decorators made last-minute adjustments to protect electronic equipment inside the slow-moving vehicles.
The Sweepstakes Award, the parade's top honor for the float with the "most beautiful entry with outstanding floral presentation and design," went, fittingly, to the float sponsored by the FTD flower delivery company.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/01/02/entertainment/main1173086.shtml   (675 words)

  
 SMITHFIELD JAYCEES PARADE WAS WET AND WONDERFUL
If it's not truly the case that Mother Nature is frowning on the parade, last Saturday's weather certainly made it seem to be the case, Jaycee president Stephanie Scheibe said.
I judged the parade for the second consecutive year as did John Edwards, editor of the Smithfield Times.
Then, just a week before the annual parade, she was handed the responsibility for that, when the parade chairman had to go out of town.
scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/vp941214/12130111.htm   (757 words)

  
 Pedro hit in head by ball thrown at parade - Baseball - MSNBC.com
Martinez was later hit by a baseball thrown from banks of Charles River.
BOSTON - Pedro Martinez was hit in the forehead by a baseball thrown from the banks of the Charles River while he was riding on an amphibious vehicle during the World Series victory parade for the Red Sox.
The ball was later seen floating in the water as the vehicle floated down the river for the final leg of the parade.
msnbc.msn.com /id/6368283   (373 words)

  
 IMDb Title Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Easter Parade: On the Avenue (2005) (V) The Mad Parade (1931)
Parade of Bicyclists at Brooklyn, New York (1896)
Sleazemania on Parade (1992) (V) The Sleuths at the Floral Parade (1913)
www.imdb.com /Title?PARADE   (1453 words)

  
 3.2 million toast Red Sox at wet parade - Baseball - MSNBC.com
An estimated 3.2 million fans packed the seven-mile parade route in spitting rain and temperatures in the 50s, standing in dense crowds, hanging from windows and cheering from rooftops.
The parade wound from Fenway Park, past Boston Common and City Hall and onto the Charles River, with Red Sox players riding 17 of the amphibious vehicles known since World War II as “ducks.”
Throughout the parade, music blared from speakers on the lead vehicle, with selections including the “Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s “Messiah,” and “Dirty Water” — the Boston-themed Standells hit that is played after every home victory at Fenway Park.
msnbc.msn.com /id/6355480   (840 words)

  
 LA Observed: Stephanie gets wet **   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Nancy H: "Worse than the rain on the parade was the treatment of Stephanie Edwards on the KTLA Rose Parade telecast.
Sure enough, today as we watched the parade, it was just as she described it.
Stephanie had to sit down in the pouring rain and do absolutely nothing during the parade since her parade program containing all of the trivia was destroyed by the rain." Secants and Tangents
www.laobserved.com /archive/2006/01/stephanie_gets_wet_1.html   (1093 words)

  
 TIME.com: The New Pictures -- Mar. 28, 1932 -- Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Wet Parade (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) is an honest and clever adaptation of Upton Sinclair's sloppy tract on Prohibition (TIME, Sept. 28).
The Wet Parade is thus a horrid but exciting reprobate's progression, replete with all the disasters that can befall a drunkard as he lurches toward the grave.
It is brilliantly acted by a fine cast, coherently constructed and, unlike D. Griffith's miserable picture The Struggle, manufactured in the present tense.
www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,929875,00.html   (671 words)

  
 The Wet Parade - Movie Info - Moviefone
Synopsis: Directed by Victor Fleming, Wet Parade chronicles the effects of alcoholism and the Prohibition on the lives of two families from very different backgrounds.
The Wet Parade - Cast, crew, movie showtimes, The Wet Parade info, trailer, plot summary, synopsis, The Wet Parade preview, and more on Moviefone.
The Wet Parade - Cast & Crew, movie showtimes, plot, synopsis, exclusive features, trailers, clips, theater listings, reviews, message boards, dvd, videos, rentals and more on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /movie/the-wet-parade/1079672/main   (159 words)

  
 KKTV | Pueblo West Parade Goes Dry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In recent years Pueblo West has built a Fourth of July tradition of a wet parade, but this year things are different.
Last Fourth of July several people threw water balloons that were either frozen or had rocks in them.
Turnout for this years parade was lower than in years past and people who did show up said that was because of the new rule.
feeds.coloradospringsnews.net /?rid=7ec281c0487feba7&...   (77 words)

  
 Science Timeline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A parade of six megaliths mark the position where Sirius, the bright 'Morning Star,' would have risen at the spring solstice.
The Galenic doctrine assumed that health depends on a balance of affinities or antagonisms associated with various bodily fluids or 'humors:' blood and fire (hot and dry), yellow bile and air (hot and wet), fl bile and earth (cold and dry), and phlegm and water (cold and wet).
About 800, Jabir ibn Hayyan, later known as Geber, was educated reading translations from Greek and based his chemical system "on two substances: sulphur, which...is hot and dry, and mercury, which is cold and wet.
www.sciencetimeline.net /prehistory.htm   (6591 words)

  
 The Wet Parade (1932)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
There are movies which were made a long time ago and which seemed today as relevant as they were then;"the wet parade" is not one of them: it oddly blends melodrama with social comment and a touch of film noir thrown in.
I have seen this movie and would like to comment on it
Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for The Wet Parade (1932)
www.imdb.com /title/tt0023685   (278 words)

  
 eBay - wet stone, Tools, Construction items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Antique Wet Stone Folk Art Carving Wood Case NM 1890
Wen Wet Stone Drill Scissor Sharpener Grinding Wheel
Vintage Primitive Wet Stone Knife Sharpener Wooden Box
search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=wet+stone&newu=1&krd=1   (597 words)

  
 Huckleberries Online: Parade Goer Sez Huckleberries All Wet
See -- there is so much of that lately that it is hard to tell the arrogant losers from the people who were only trying to help a little girl be comfortable and see the parade.
The yelling of "down in front" was at first a joke that we were had among ourselves, but after awhile of watching people take advantage of our and other's kindest for this child we became annoyed.
My sincerest apologies to the "self-serving individuals, one of which is you," for trying to make a Christmas parade special for a little girl.
www.spokesmanreview.com /blogs/nhb/archive.asp?postID=5644   (961 words)

  
 PC World Steve Bass's Tips & Tweaks From Pasadena: the Very Wet Rose Parade
I was good and wet, but the poor dears in the parade -- the first to be rained on in 51 years -- were soaked to the bone.
If you're a Southern California Rose Parade watcher, you must have noticed that KTLA's long-time co-host, Stephanie Edwards, wasn't in the booth with Bob Eubanks.
Steve, good catch with the spat in the booth...there is more of this going on...maybe it is a sign of the times...people on edge.
blogs.pcworld.com /tipsandtweaks/archives/001163.html   (428 words)

  
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Created:4/8/2006 12:51:22 PM Last Updated:4/9/2006 3:12:27 PM The Martin Luther King parade took place an hour after the end of the Cherry Blossom Festival parade on Constitution Avenue.
The parade began at Ballou High School at 2 p.m.
The parade is usually held in January to honor King's birthday, but Ward Eight council member Marion Barry decided to move the event to April because the parade has been canceled before because of cold weather.
www.wusatv9.com /news/news_article.aspx?storyid=48294   (476 words)

  
 Manila Standard Today -- Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
FROM a deep freeze, Magnolia surged back to life yesterday, as it downed Rain or Shine, 80-70, to avert a sweep of the Philippine Basketball League Heroes Cup Finals at the San Andres Gym.
The Wizards came armed to the teeth against the Elasto Painters, drawing balanced scoring from at least seven players to rain on the Elasto Painters’ parade and cut the series lead to 2-1.
As expected, Arwind Santos played big for Magnolia and finished with 14, but former Ginebra guard Kim Valenzuela also shone on offense and matched Santos’ production.
www.manilastandardtoday.com /?page=sports01_feb10_2006   (273 words)

  
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Created:4/8/2006 10:54:10 AM Last Updated:4/9/2006 3:12:16 PM Large crowds, ducking under umbrellas, lined Constitution Avenue to get their looks at the very wet parade.
The Grand Marshal of today's parade was "Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak.
Many attending the parade used Metro because several streets near the pardae route are closed.
wusa9.com /news/news_article.aspx?storyid=48291   (448 words)

  
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Raindrops on roses could be the order of the day in Pasadena, California.
Proposal made to improve school security in Campbell County
HEART OF THE MATTER: A look at the ad blaming Bob Corker for Chattanooga's 911 woes
www.wbir.com /news/archive.aspx?storyid=31095   (211 words)

  
 Inauguration--Parade
Many demonstrators lined the route, some waving signs, some chanting and some even booing as various units passed by.
It was a miserable day for a parade, cold and wet.
The parade also got off to a late start; according to one story the parade does not begin until the former president departs from Andrews.
www.gwu.edu /~action/inaupa.html   (713 words)

  
 Trivia Contest - World Cultures European
It was interpreted as a sign of nature in mourning for the death of Christ.
• In 1999, the world's smallest St. Patrick's Day parade was held In Dripsey, Co. Cork?
It was just 25 yards long and went from from one pub to another.
www.irishcultureandcustoms.com /TriviaDidyouknow.html   (6617 words)

  
 wet & Wild beach Club after Carnival!
>> >> Parties>> Wet & Wild after Carnival
Check out the nr 1 tradition after the grand carnival parade.....Wet & wild beach club.
The one one that can bring you the best variety in pop music and randb.
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