Rose Festival Comes to an End

TYLER � Ideal weather brought out thousands who lined the streets for the Texas Rose Festival Parade. The parade, which helps end the annual rose festival, starts at Glenwood and West Front and then proceeds into Trinity Mother Francis Rose Stadium. Capping off Saturday�s parade was the Queen�s Float with Rose Queen Mary-Lawson Bracken Walden. This year�s festival theme is �A Tapestry of Blessings.�

In other activities, the Ladies� Brunch featured New York Times best-selling author Sandra Brown. Legendary financier T. Boone Pickens keynoted the Men�s Luncheon. Both of those events were held Friday. Also on Friday were the Queen�s Coronations.