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Conquest champ Billie Jean King will bring in the New Year as Grand Marshall for the Rose Procession..
The 39-time Conquest champion coming from Long Seaside is going back to her roots to function as Grand Marshall for the 136th Flower March.
Competition of Roses Head Of State Ed Morales revealed today on the front steps of the famous Tournament House as King created a grand entry to Elton John's hit track "Philadelphia Flexibility"-- a track famously written in her honor that worked as the concept for her WTT squad.
Master's collection as Grand Marshal connections flawlessly in to this year's procession style: "Absolute best Day Ever!", celebrating life's greatest seconds.
Billie Jean King's impact stretches much past sports and also the tennis courthouse. Called among the "one hundred Crucial Americans of the 20th Century" by daily life journal, she is the first woman athlete to obtain the Presidential Medal of Liberty, and she is going to become the initial individual girl sportsmen to obtain the Congressional Gold Medal.
King is actually likewise the owner of the Women's Sports Base, the Women's Tennis Association, as well as the Billie Jean King Foundation.
As Grand Marshal, Master is going to use down Colorado Blvd, initiating the new year along with the appeal and practice the Procession is understood for as well as participate in the pre-game event at the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the 111th Flower Championship Game.
" Being Actually from Long Seashore as well as growing in Southern California I possess fond minds of seeing the parade with my loved ones and also I am actually deeply recognized to be called Grand Marshal of the 2025 Flower Ceremony," claimed Master. "This procession is actually a wonderful party of delight and neighborhood, as well as it definitely exemplifies the "Finest Day Ever" for all that go to or even watch.