The Daily News Leader from Staunton, Virginia • 33

i i'l WEEK OF DEC. 28, 1980 THROUGH JANUARY 3, 1981 eoutfiful flowers cadtam rassrcadefl mm California gals with a hankering for a flower in their hair will be out of luck New Year's Day. Every available blossom in the state will most likely be found on one of the 61 floats that will highlight the 92nd annual Tournament of Roses Parade. It's impossible to give an accurate count, of course, but 'those in the know' estimate that about 20 million fresh flowers will be used. And that's a lot of posies! Then, the day after the parade, flower growers begin all over again.

It's big business, too. and these growers are well aware that anything can happen to wipe out their investments light freezing in early spring, extended dry spells in summer, unusual hot weather in December or a heavy rainfall. One grower sadly recalls the year a Hawaiian volcano erupted, ruining a field of orchids just days before the parade. Television star and conserva the 1897 parade were members of the Grand Army of the Republic who had fought in the Civil War. The following year, because of the war with Spain, President William McKinley was consulted about even holding the event, and he promptly gave his blessing.

Then, in 1899, rain fell for the first time on parade day, making the streets a sea of mud. One entry, a six-in-hand, paraded unoccupied the ladies who were to have ridden in it flatly refused to brave the Float decoration begins about 48 hours prior to the parade. The hardier blossoms, such as chrysanthemums, are applied first, and more delicate flowers just before parade time. In fact, huge shipments of van-da orchids, gingers and heliconias are flown in literally hours before the parade begins. ly-rvUi tionist Lome Greene is this year's Grand Marshal, and CBS and NBC will have cameras posted along the 5.5-mile parade route.

Michael Landon and Kelly Lange are returning as NBC's hosts, with Bob Barker, Phyllis George, John Schneider and Loretta Swit helming CBS's coverage. The Rose Parade dates back to 1889, when members of Pasadena's Valley Hunt Club decided to decorate their buggies with flowers and drive in formation to a park. For the first few years, these parades were followed by a picnic lunch and an afternoon of games. As news of the fresh-flower parade spread, the New Year's Day event' became too big for the club to handle, so the Tournament of Roses Association was formed. In 1896, a public subscription raised $595 to underwrite parade expenses.

A 'standout' in "CBS' Happy New Year, America" will come your way from three times zones across the U.S., with music ranging from pop to ballroom to country. Multi-talented Paul Anka anchors the special from the Grand Ballroom of the Las Vegas Hilton, and he'll be joined by orchestra leader Les Brown and his Band of Renown. The focus then shifts to fes- 3- V. Happy Nev Year! on CBS tivities in New York City and Texas. Singing star Bobby Vinton will be entertaining at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, reinstating a 13-year-old network tradition of live New Year's Eve broadcasts from that famed hotel.

Meanwhile, "Dukes of Haz-zard's" star Catherine Bach will host the traditional live remote from Times Square. A wide variety of high-voltage entertainment ushers in 1981 when both CBS and ABC herald the arrival of a new year at exciting, colorful, festive locations, beginning at 11:30 p.m.. New Year's Eve. Dick Clark, Barry Manilow, Charlene Tilton and Greg Evigan are co-hosting ABC's "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," a gala celebration which features the grand countdown in New Y'ork City's Times Square. THEN AND NOW Lorne Green and Marshal of the 92nd Pasadena (Calif.) Tour-Michael Landon, who starred as father and nament of Roses Parade and Landon provides son on NBC-TV's "Bonanza," series (back- commentary of the New Year's Day event ground photos), will be together again on Thursday, Jan.

1 (11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.) on NBC-home screens when Green serves as Grand TV. lobo' launches new season Wv- rev- if involved in a women's mud-wrestling match. Cited by the governor for the low crime rate in Orly County (where they forgot to report the statistics), Lobo and his deputies are sent to the Fulton New's Years Thursday, Jan. 1 10:30 a.m. CD Cotton Bowl Festival Parade QD NBC Star Salute To 1981 11:30 CD Tournament Of Roses Parade IE CBS) 92nd Pasadena Tournament Of Roses Parade 2:00 Sugar Bowl: Georgia vs.

Notre Dame CD Cotton Bowl: County Sheriff's Department. Chief Carson and Sgt. Jones resent the 'hick cops' in their very professional department and begin an all-out campaign to conceal details of investigations from them. Specials University Baylor vs. University Alabama 4:30 OD IB Rose Bowl Pre-Game Show 4:45 QD fB QD Rose Bowl: Michigan vs.

Washington 5:00 QCDO Festival Of Lively Arts Fridav, Jan. 2 3:00 p.m. CD Peach Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. Smiling Claude Akins, that 'good ole country takes on the city slickers in Atlanta when Sheriff Lobo moves from Orly County to the wicked, big metropolis for the second season of NBC-TV's "Lobo," beginning Tuesday, Dec. 30 (8-9 p.m.).

Returning as Lobo's sidekicks are Mills Watson and Brian Kerwin. New to the cast are Nicolas Coster as Chief of Detectives J.C. Carson, Nell Carter as Sgt Hildy Jones, and Amy Botwjnick and Tara Buck-man as police officers Peaches and Brandy. In the premiere episode, titled "The Dirtiest Girls in Town," Lobo and his deputies Perkins and Hawkins find themselves up to their hubcaps in goo when they become very schedule Wednesday, Dec. 31 (11:30 p.m.-l a.m.).

Dick Clark will be reporting on the grand countdown to the new year in New York City's Time Square. SUPERSTAR BARRY MANILOW (1) guest stars and Charlene Tilton of "Dallas" and Greg Evigan of "BJ and the Bear" fame will co-host "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 1981," which airs as part of the late night.