Nature adheres to its own timetable and doesn't have to follow our festival schedule. The Cherry Blossom Festival also gives the community an opportunity to dress up and shine. Look around, it's a big community project. Public Works' employees have made our highways and byways look grand with sprinkles of pansies. We have new signs to direct visitors to our downtown and museum districts.
Residents turn on the Southern hospitality, big time.
Bands and choirs and family days and pink pancakes and riding tours, walking tours and spirit tours. We clean up pretty good. This Cherry Blossom Festival marks the end of a long reign for Carolyn Crayton, its founder, president and chief executive officer. She has led the festival from its meager beginnings to become one of the top events in the country. Some statements have not been as good-natured.