Photo Gallery: First round of tryouts for 2019 Tournament of Roses Royal Court
Angela, 17, of Temple City and a student at Gabrielino High School, is the first Royal Court contestant of the afternoon on the second day of the first round of tryouts for the 2019 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Monday, September 10, 2018. About 350 young women, between 17 and 21, and residents of the Pasadena Area Community College District were expected today, and about 360 tried out on Saturday. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Daphne, 17, of Arcadia and a student at Arcadia High School, and Volunteer Steve Henson, of South Pasadena, walk on a red carpet path to an area where refreshments will be served on the second day of the first round of tryouts for the 2019 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Monday, September 10, 2018. About 350 young women, between 17 and 21, and residents of the Pasadena Area Community College District were expected today, and about 360 tried out on Saturday. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Katherine, of Pasadena and a student at CIS Academy in Pasadena, waits with fellow Royal Court contestants at the first holding station before the interviews begin on the second day of the first round of tryouts for the 2019 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Monday, September 10, 2018. About 350 young women, between 17 and 21, and residents of the Pasadena Area Community College District were expected today, and about 360 tried out on Saturday. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
2018 Rose Queen Isabella Marez talks with first round contestants for the 2019 Royal Court about what they should expect on the second day of the first round of tryouts for the 2019 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Monday, September 10, 2018. About 350 young women, between 17 and 21, and residents of the Pasadena Area Community College District were expected today, and about 360 tried out on Saturday. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Young Royal Court contestants walk passed the front doors of the Tournament House on the second day of the first round of tryouts for the 2019 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Monday, September 10, 2018. About 350 young women, between 17 and 21, and residents of the Pasadena Area Community College District were expected today, and about 360 tried out on Saturday. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
The first line young women gather in before being assigned a number for their tryout on the second day of the first round of tryouts for the 2019 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Monday, September 10, 2018. About 350 young women, between 17 and 21, and residents of the Pasadena Area Community College District were expected today, and about 360 tried out on Saturday. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
The Melody of Life is the 2019 Tournament of Roses theme, displayed with a sign designed by a prominent float designer at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Monday, September 10, 2018 for the 2019 tryouts. About 350 young women, between 17 and 21, and residents of the Pasadena Area Community College District were expected today, and about 360 tried out on Saturday. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Trays of numbers that will be the only identifier for the young women trying out for the 2019 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Monday, September 10, 2018. About 350 young women, between 17 and 21, and residents of the Pasadena Area Community College District were expected today, and about 360 tried out on Saturday. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
2018 Rose Queen Isabella Marez talks with first round contestants for the 2019 Royal Court about what they should expect on the second day of the first round of tryouts for the 2019 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Monday, September 10, 2018. About 350 young women, between 17 and 21, and residents of the Pasadena Area Community College District were expected today, and about 360 tried out on Saturday. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)