For Immediate Release
Office of Mrs. Bush
December 27, 2002
Mrs. Bush to Greet New Year's Day Rose Parade® TV Viewers
114th Annual Event Celebrates "Children's Dreams, Wishes and
Imagination"
December 20, 2002 - Laura Bush will wish millions of television viewers
of the annual Rose Parade a special holiday greeting on New Year's
Day. The Rose Parade reaches approximately 60 million viewers in the
U.S. and millions more around the world through international
distribution. Mrs. Bush's message reflects the theme of the 2003
parade, "Children's Dreams, Wishes and Imagination."
"I am delighted to take part in a beautiful Southern California
celebration that has become a worldwide tradition, the annual Rose
Parade," said Mrs. Bush. "What a remarkable way to begin the New
Year: by sharing with the world's children our hopes for their dreams,
wishes and imagination."
The Rose Parade, a Southern California tradition for 114 years,
begins at 8:00 a.m. (11 a.m. ET) from Pasadena, California on January
1, 2003. Mrs. Bush's 60-second message -- recorded in the Diplomatic
Reception Room at the White House -- is set to air in the opening
minutes of the festivities on ABC, CBS, NBC, Tribune (KTLA), and HGTV.
Mrs. Bush also recorded a brief greeting in Spanish for broadcast on
Univision (KMEX).
Bill Cosby, Art Linkletter and Fred Rogers will serve as grand
marshals, and one million spectators are expected to line the parade
route.
For more information on the Rose Parade, contact the Pasadena
Tournament of Roses Association at (626) 449-4100.
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