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Published by Barron Communications.P.O. Box 987, Monterey Park, CA 91754 May 2017
JournalWEST VALLEYServing Monterey Park - Rosemead - Alhambra -San Gabriel
Two long-time Monterey Park residents – Rudy More-no and William Wheeler - will serve a honored celebri-ties for this year’s Play Days celebration marking the city’s 101st Birthday.
Rudy Moreno, a local resident who has been a nation-ally recognized comedian for over 25 years, will serve as grand Marshal of the annual Play Days Parade on May13.
William Wheeler, a resident with a lengthy past as a volunteer and community leader will serve as the Honor-ary Grand Marshal.
This year’s Play Days parade is expected to have nu-merous community groups, school bands, Lion Dancers and marching groups, horses, and a few surprise guests.
The Mark Keppel and Schurr High School Marching Bands and support groups will be the start youth groups in the parade.
The traditional parade will start at Alhambra Avenue and Garvey Boulevard and travel west to McPherrin Street and terminate at Barnes Park.
The festival grounds with carnival rides, game and food booths will greet visitors and provide plenty of live enter-tainment. Service clubs, student groups, will host food and game booths at the site of the park tennis courts.
Live entertainment, including rock bands, traditional Americana music, Mariachis, Middle Eastern Belly Danc-ers, and youth dancers will be featured on the Festival stage starting Friday night, May 12 and continuing through Sunday, May 14.The Play Day’s festival observes the anniversary of the city’s incorporation in 1916.
Monterey ParkCelebrates
101st B-DayHuge Play Days Parade
Saturday, May 13Down Garvey Blvd.
(See Parade Line-up Inside)
Continuous EntertainmentFriday, Saturday & Sunday
At Barnes Park(See Entertaiment Schedule Inside)
Thrilling Carnival Rides for All Agesat Barnes Park
Through Sunday Night
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May 2017Page 2 West Valley Journal
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LINE UP CLASS NAME FOOTAGE
2017 MONTEREY PARK PLAY DAYS PARADE LINEUP 5/11/2017 1:03:04 PM 1
WELCOME BANNER101 BANNER 5MONTEREY PARK POLICE EXPLORER POST 300102 COLOR GUARD / BASIC 30NORTHERN SHAOLIM KUNG FU ASSOCIATION / DRAGON / LION103 NOVELTY 50MEHER MONTESSORI SCHOOL104 MARCHING UNIT 20
105MAYOR TERESA REAL SEBASTIAN106 WALKING 10MONTEREY PARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY107 MARCHING UNIT 20MONTEREY PARK WOMEN'S CLUB108 MARCHING UNIT 20ST. STEPHEN MARTYR SCHOOL109 FLOAT ( MINI ) 40MAYOR PRO TEM STEPHEN LAM110 AUTO ( CURTISS ) 10
111MARK KEPPEL HIGH SCHOOL BAND112 ID UNIT / SENIORMARK KEPPEL HIGH SCHOOL BAND113 TALL FLAGS / SENIORMARK KEPPEL HIGH SCHOOL BAND114 DRUM MAJOR / MACE SENIORMARK KEPPEL HIGH SCHOOL BAND115 BAND / HIGH SCHOOL ( AA ) 80
116COUNCIL MEMBER PETER CHAN117 AUTO ( MILLER ) 10COUNCIL MEMBER HANS LIANG118 AUTO ( HERRERA ) 10COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL ING119 AUTO ( HERRERA ) 10
120SAN GABRIEL HIGH SCHOOL BAND121 ID UNIT / SENIORSAN GABRIEL HIGH SCHOOL BAND122 TALL FLAGS / SENIORSAN GABRIEL HIGH SCHOOL BAND123 DRUM MAJOR / MILITARY SENIORSAN GABRIEL HIGH SCHOOL BAND124 BAND / HIGH SCHOOL ( AA ) 60
125U.S. KUNG FU CENTER126 NOVELTY 40SKIPPY DEE KLOWN127 CLOWN 5JMADA / JOHN MUIR ALUMNI DRUMMERS ASSOCIATION128 DRUM SQUAD 30MONTEREY PARK SPORTS CLUB129 MARCHING UNIT 30SONES DE MI TIERRA130 DANCE TEAM OPENSANCHEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL / WOODCRAFT RANGERS131 NOVELTY 40CITY CLERK VINCENT D. CHANG132 BIKE / OWN 10SOUNDERS DRILL TEAM & DRUM SQUAD133 DRILL TEAM / SENIOR 20SOUNDERS DRILL TEAM & DRUM SQUAD134 DRUM SQUAD 20SOUNDERS DRILL TEAM & DRUM SQUAD135 DRILL TEAM / JUNIOR 20
136RANCHO LA LAGUNA137 EQUESTRIAN FRRANCHO LA LAGUNA138 BAND ( NC ) 20RANCHO LA LAGUNA139 FLOAT ( NC )CUB SCOUT PACK 329140 FLOAT YOUTH 40
141KRANZ INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL BAND142 ID UNIT / JUNIORKRANZ INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL BAND143 TALL FLAGS / JUNIORKRANZ INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL BAND144 DRUM MAJOR / MILITARY JUNIORKRANZ INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL BAND145 BAND / INTERMEDIATE 80KRANZ INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL BAND146 DRILL TEAM / MSBC
147BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WEST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY148 CHEERLEADERS OPEN 30MONTEREY PARK FIRE & POLICE DEPARTMENT149 AUTO ( VAN HOOREBEKE ) 10MONTEREY PARK FIRE150 FIRE TRUCKS 40
Rudy Moreno was born and raised in the com-munity of Lincoln Heights a suburb of Los Angeles, just a short distance from Monterey Park where he now resides.
Rudy began his career at the age of 13 in garage bands with friends in his neighborhood, he attended Lincoln High School graduated at the age of 16 years old . Rudy went on to broadcasting school with a dream to work in radio , after several audition tapes , he received a call from a station in Santa Maria , California where he worked the weekend shift , Rudy continued to pursue his dream of broadcasting with stints in Santa Paula and then as an intern at LA radio station KLOS .
Rudy then worked in nightclubs as a DJ , and doing the typical DJ work at parties, social gatherings , weddings , etc
Eventually Rudy got married and decided to do the 9 to 5 thing and in 1991 was approached by band leader Rudy Salas of the famed rock group Tierra . “He said that I was so funny that I should be a come-dian and if I wanted to , he would help me and let me open for the band “ which they did and after that it just snowballed .
By the summer of 1991 Rudy was approached by TV Producer Jeff Valdez and he booked Rudy to his first TV appearance on Comedy Compadres , since then Rudy has appeared on over 40 television shows in his current career , including Jimmy Kim-mell , Criminal Minds , Everybody Loves Raymond , Arrested Development , shows on NBC , CBS , ABC, Starz , HBO , Showtime
Besides TV , Rudy continues to open in con-cert for such stars as Smokey Robinson , Black Eyed Peas , Bobby Caldwell, Los Lobos , Natalie Cole , and many more .
Rudy has been a National Headlining Comedian for over 25 years with shows in Las Vegas , New York , of course Los Angeles and has worked all of the A - List Comedy Clubs across the country . He has the longest running show in Los Angles at the Ice House in Pasadena this year marks his 18th consecu-tive year doing shows there .
Rudy is also an accomplished guitar player and has a working classic rock band
Rudy and his family are the creators of Komics for Kids an annual fundraising event to help inner city children .
Bio of ParadeGrand MarshalRudy Moreno
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Friday, May 12th
5:30 p.m.- 6:30p.m. Cheer Up ( Rock Band )6:30 p.m.- 7:00p.m. Chi Chi Dance Group (Asian Dance Group)7:00 p.m.-10:00p.m. Casual Encounter Karaoke Band
Saturday, May 13th
11:00 a.m. Play Days Parade Parade starts at Garvey and Alhambra Street, then travels east through downtown Monterey Park to McPherrin Street and goes north to Barnes Park.3:00 p.m.- 3:10 p.m. Majesty Cheer and Dance 3:15 p.m.-4:15p.m. Adjenai (Light Rock/Contemporary Band )4:30 p.m.-5:30p.m. Hanabi Taiko (Taiko Drumming)
5:30 p.m.-6:00p.m. YACA Dance Studio (Asian Dance Group)6:00 p.m.-7:00p.m. Montebello Performing Arts (Youth and Teen Dance Group) 7:30 p.m -9:30pm Gorilla Monsoon (Rudy Moreno Band - Rock and Blues )
Sunday, May 14th1:00 p.m.-2:00p.m. The Heartbeats (Vocal R &B)2:15 p.m.-3:15p.m. Sabrina ( Belly Dancing) 3:30 p.m- 4:00p.m. Grace Ge Dance Studio ( Asian Dance Group) 4:15 p.m.-5:15p.m. Stone & Co ( R & B Band ) 5:30 p.m.-6:30p.m. Jonny West (R &B/Soft Rock Band)
Play Days Performance Schedule
Celebrities Join the ParadeBands, Fire Trucks, Kung Fu Athletes
May 2017Page 4 West Valley Journal
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