Written by Richard Pagliaro | @Itenisi_Manje | Monday, October 7, 2024
Photograph credit score: J. Emilio Flores/Cal State LA
Grand Slam champion Billie Jean King will carry within the New 12 months as Grand Marshall of the Rose Parade.
The 39-year-old Grand Slam champion from Lengthy Seaside is returning to his roots to function Grand Marshall for the 136th Rose Parade.
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President’s Event of Roses Ed Morales was introduced at the moment on the entrance steps of the long-lasting Event Home because the King made his grand entrance Elton John’s the hit single “Philadelphia Freedom”—a music in his honor that served because the theme music for his band WTT.
King’s choice as Grand Marshal is definitely linked to the theme of this yr’s present: “The Finest Day Ever!”, celebrating life’s greatest moments.
Billie Jean King’s affect extends past sports activities and the tennis court docket. Named one of many “Most Necessary Individuals of the twentieth Century” by LIFE journal, she is the primary lady to obtain the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and would be the first feminine athlete to obtain the Congressional Gold Medal.
King can also be the founding father of the Girls’s Sports activities Basis, the Girls’s Tennis Affiliation, and the Billie Jean King Basis.
As Grand Marshal, the King will trip down Colorado Boulevard, usher within the New 12 months with the pomp and custom the Parade is thought for and take part within the pregame ceremony on the School Soccer Playoff Quarterfinal within the 111th Rose Bowl Sport.
“Being from Lengthy Seaside and rising up in Southern California I’ve fond reminiscences of watching this parade with my household and I really feel honored to be named the Grand Marshal of the 2025 Rose Parade,” mentioned King. “The present is a gorgeous celebration of pleasure and neighborhood, and represents the “Finest Day Ever” for all who attend or watch.”
