Rose Bowl Celebrations at DCA,

Rose Bowl Celebrations at DCA
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by Doobie Moseley
January 3, 2002
A look at the two Rose Bowl Celebrations at DCA on December 27th and January 2nd. Includes Regis doing Who Wants To Be a Millionaire - Play It!

On December 27th and January 2nd special events were held at Disney's California Adventure for this year's Rose Bowl National Champtionship.

  • This Page
    Introduction
    Videos
    December 27th - Page 1
  • Page 2
    December 27th - Page 2
  • Page 3
    December 27th - Page 3
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    December 27th - Page 4
  • Page 5
    Who Wants To Be a Millionaire - Play It!
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    January 2nd - Page 1
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    January 2nd - Page 2
  • Page 8
    Nebraska Marching Page - Page 1
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    Nebraska Marching Page - Page 2
  • Page 10
    Miami Marching Page - Page 1
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    Miami Marching Page - Page 2
  • Page 12
    Regis and Kelly
    Discuss It

Videos
15 video clips are included in this story. All are in RealVideo format for low or high bandwidth. All videos are available here and are linked at the appropriate places within the article.

December 27th - Page 1
On December 27th an event was held at Disney's California Adventure for this year's Rose Bowl teams - the Miami Hurricanes and the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The two teams play today for the NCAA College Football Championship. During the event the players were able to rides some of the attractions at Disney's California Adventure, play Who Wants To Be a Millionaire - Play It! with Regis Philbin himself and visit the ESPNZone.

The first major event was a ceremony to introduce some of the players and coaches. The ceremony was moderated by Pro Football Hall of Hame receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers Lynn Swann. Prior to Swann's introduction, The Power of Blast! woke up the crowd with a series of drum numbers. Next Swann introduced the Tournament of Roses President Ron Okum. Swann next introduced players from the Miami Hurricanes and then their coach Miami's Larry Coker gave a speech. Next were players from the Nebraska Cornhuskers and their coach Frank Solich giving a speech. Finally Disneyland Resort President Cynthia Harriss was introduced. She welcomed the teams and fans to the park and brought up some Disney characters to dance to Surfin' USA.

On these first three pages you'll find some pictures of the ceremony along with seven video clips which together show the entire event.

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The Power of Blast!
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Ceremony Part 1: Blast! (3 minutes 20 seconds)
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Lynn Swann
Ceremony Part 2: Lynn Swann (1 minute 46 seconds)
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