Photo Gallery: Tournament of Roses Royal Court tryouts
Raven (no last name allowed to be published), 17 of Pasadena and a senior at La Canada High School, is all smiles after going through the tryouts for the 2013-2014 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Saturday, September 14, 2013. About 1,000 young women and a few young men were expected to show up for the tryouts. Hopefuls had 15 seconds to impress the selection committee. The committee goes through a month-long process of selection to pick the final seven members of this year’s royal court. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
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. The young women will compete for an opportunity to be on the Tournament of Roses Royal Court.
A long line of participants waited for their turn to try out for the 2013-2014 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Saturday, September 14, 2013. About 1,000 young women and a few young men were expected to show up for the tryouts. Hopefuls had 15 seconds to impress the selection committee. The committee goes through a month-long process of selection to pick the final seven members of this year’s royal court. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Ashlee, (no last name allowed to be published), center, 16 of Altadena and a senior at Muir High School, gets a bit nervous along with other participants as they wait for their turn to try out for the 2013-2014 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Saturday, September 14, 2013. About 1,000 young women and a few young men were expected to show up for the tryouts. Hopefuls had 15 seconds to impress the selection committee. The committee goes through a month-long process of selection to pick the final seven members of this year’s royal court. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
La Canada High School senior Kathleen (no last name allowed to be published), 17 of Pasadena, arrives for her turn to try out for the 2013-2014 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Saturday, September 14, 2013. About 1,000 young women and a few young men were expected to show up for the tryouts. Hopefuls had 15 seconds to impress the selection committee. The committee goes through a month-long process of selection to pick the final seven members of this year’s royal court. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Ashlee, (no last name allowed to publish), 16 of Pasadena and a senior at Muir High School, relaxes with a smile after her turn to try out for the 2013-2014 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Saturday, September 14, 2013. About 1,000 young women and a few young men were expected to show up for the tryouts. Hopefuls had 15 seconds to impress the selection committee. The committee goes through a month-long process of selection to pick the final seven members of this year’s royal court. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Participants had to a waiting area for their turn to try out for the 2013-2014 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Saturday, September 14, 2013. About 1,000 young women and a few young men were expected to show up for the tryouts. Hopefuls had 15 seconds to impress the selection committee. The committee goes through a month-long process of selection to pick the final seven members of this year’s royal court. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Claire (no last name allowed to publish), center, 17 from La Canada and from Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, waits for her turn to try out for the 2013-2014 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Saturday, September 14, 2013. About 1,000 young women and a few young men were expected to show up for the tryouts. Hopefuls had 15 seconds to impress the selection committee. The committee goes through a month-long process of selection to pick the final seven members of this year’s royal court. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Knowing he almost has no chance at advancing, Andy, (no last name allowed to publish), center, 17 and a senior, still takes his turn at trying out for the 2013-2014 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Saturday, September 14, 2013. About 1,000 young women and a few young men were expected to show up for the tryouts. Hopefuls had 15 seconds to impress the selection committee. The committee goes through a month-long process of selection to pick the final seven members of this year’s royal court. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
A line of participants walk over to waiting chairs for their turn to try out for the 2013-2014 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Saturday, September 14, 2013. About 1,000 young women and a few young men were expected to show up for the tryouts. Hopefuls had 15 seconds to impress the selection committee. The committee goes through a month-long process of selection to pick the final seven members of this year’s royal court. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
A passerby takes a second look as Raven (no last named allowed to publish) a senior at La Canada High School and from Pasadena, arrives to try out for the 2013-2014 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Saturday, September 14, 2013. About 1,000 young women and a few young men were expected to show up for the tryouts. Hopefuls had 15 seconds to impress the selection committee. The committee goes through a month-long process of selection to pick the final seven members of this year’s royal court. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
India, (no last name allowed to be published), 17 of Pasadena and a senior at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, arrives to try out for the 2013-2014 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Saturday, September 14, 2013. About 1,000 young women and a few young men were expected to show up for the tryouts. Hopefuls had 15 seconds to impress the selection committee. The committee goes through a month-long process of selection to pick the final seven members of this year’s royal court. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
A long line of participants waited for their turn to try out for the 2013-2014 Tournament of Roses Royal Court at the Tournament House in Pasadena on Saturday, September 14, 2013. About 1,000 young women and a few young men were expected to show up for the tryouts. Hopefuls had 15 seconds to impress the selection committee. The committee goes through a month-long process of selection to pick the final seven members of this year’s royal court. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)