Tough trek to Pasadena for Salvadoran band

Young musicians jumped several hurdles and traveled five days by bus to represent their country in the Rose Parade.
By Francisco Vara-Orta and Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
December 31, 2007

A five-day trek from El Salvador to Pasadena was not supposed to be part of the Rose Parade route for the 230-member youth marching band Nuestros Ã