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Young women try out for Tournament of Roses

Altadena resident Ashlee, who declined to publish her last name, is one of about 1,000 young women and a few young men expected to tryout for the 2013-2014 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Saturday, September 14, 2013. Hopefuls had 15 seconds to impress the selection committee. The committee conducts a month-long selection process to pick the final seven members of this year's royal court.
(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
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About 1,000 young women from Pasadena and surrounding communities lined up outside the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Assn.’s Tournament House on South Orange Grove Boulevard on Saturday to compete for an opportunity to be part on the Royal Court for the Tournament of Roses.

PHOTOS: Tournament of Roses Royal Court tryouts

The young women vying for a seat on the 2014 Royal Court conducted interviews with the selection committee from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tryouts will resume at the Tournament House from to 2 to 6 p.m. on Monday.

Seven women will be named to the Royal Court on Oct. 7 and will eventually make more than 100 appearances before the 125th Rose Parade on New Year’s Day as they represent their schools, communities and the Tournament of Roses.

The queen of the Royal Court will be announced on Oct. 24.

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Follow Kelly Corrigan on Twitter: @kellymcorrigan.

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