[dropcap]W[/dropcap]aking up on New Year’s morning and watching the Tournament of Roses parade on television with family is tradition for Lehman High senior Caroline Salas.

When the first float takes off from the corner of Green Street and Orange Grove in Pasadena, Calif. Jan. 2, Salas, along with Lehman High junior Edgar Blanton and senior Maija Solis, will be right there to watch it happen.

Earlier this year, Salas, Blanton and Solis were selected to join the 300-piece Bands of America (...