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The Pasadena Doo Dah Parade is a popular farcical and flamboyant parade held in Pasadena, California, about once a year. The event has been copied by the Columbus, Ohio, Ocean City, New Jersey, and Kalamazoo, Michigan Doo Dah Parades. Norfolk, Virginia has a Doo Dah Parade but its connection to the Pasadena parade is uncertain. [1]
In 1979 The Waitresses, consisting of 35 participants, marched in the Pasadena Doo Dah Parade as the "All City Waitress Marching Band." The group marched wearing waitressing uniforms, led by a bandleader , the band members performed an original piece based on the song " McNamara's Band ", playing pots , pans and cooking tools instead of ...
Cherry Capri, Queen of the 2004 Pasadena Doo Dah Parade. As a performer, Capri has headlined three Mondo Lounge weekenders [3] [4] [5] and the Mondo Tiki event at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel. [6] She has sung at Tiki Oasis and tiki clubs across the country. [7]
The quirky queue will hit the streets of the Short North at 1 p.m. on Independence Day, while a block party takes place in Goodale Park.
Los Angeles used to hold the Fiesta de las Flores in the springtime, but the parade couldn't stay fresh long enough to outlast its predecessor, Pasadena's Rose Parade. That time L.A. got jealous ...
The Rose Parade is satirized by the popular Doo Dah Parade, an annual event that originated in Old Pasadena in 1978, and soon gained national notoriety. [60] Reader's Digest named the Doo Dah Parade "America's Best Parade", and was a recent feature in 50 Places You Must Visit Before You Die!. [60]
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Pasadena suffered demographically as many residents decamped for the nearby suburbs or the Inland Empire, causing an overall decrease in population. Despite these setbacks, many local artists and hipsters moved in to take advantage of low property values. Their legacy can be seen today in the Doo Dah Parade which began in 1976.