State well represented at Rose Parade
Wisconsin News-- The Pulaski High School marching band near Green Bay was one of 16 bands in the official two-hour Rose Parade. It took place under sunny skies with readings in the 60's. And while the NBC-TV announcers mentioned the temperature difference between Pulaski and Pasadena, they did not say that the band's classmates were in school at the time.
PASEDENA, Calf. - The Pulaski High School marching band near Green Bay was one of 16 bands in the official two-hour Rose Parade. It took place under sunny skies with readings in the 60's. And while the NBC-TV announcers mentioned the temperature difference between Pulaski and Pasadena, they did not say that the band's classmates were in school at the time.
As one of the two teams in the Rose Bowl Game, Wisconsin had a float with a huge white football helmet and the Badger cheerleaders doing their routines. The University of Wisconsin marching band performed right behind. The Rose Parade went for five-and-a-half miles, Wisconsin lost the Rose Bowl Game to Oregon, 45-38.
An Occupy Wall Street protest parade followed the Tournament of Roses Parade yesterday. Police said about 400 protestors took part, but organizers said it was more like five-thousand. While the Occupy Wall Street protestors marched for about a-third of the same route before veering off to a rally. Three truckloads of Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies in riot gear took up the rear. There were no immediate arrests, and officials said the marchers were noisy but peaceful.
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