Evening star., 1947-04-11
Weekend Jam
Of 100000 Seen
Al Cherry Fete
Sunny Weather, With
Trees in Full Bloom,
Promised by Bureau

More than 100000 persons are ex-
pected to jam the area around Tidal
Basin for the Cherry Blossom Fes-
tival this week end, when the
weather promises to be good and
assurance is being given the bios
SONS will be in bloom.
The Greater National Capital
Committee summed it up this way
today: Mature will extend its
friendly hand to the officials of the
Cherry Blossom Festival Committee
to make the festival to be staged at
the Tidal Basin Saturday and Sun
day one of the gayest, most colorful
and spectacular of Washington's
events"
A full schedule of events has been
arranged for the two days, including
the crowning of the Cherry Blossom
Queen, Miss Nancy Anderson ,daugh-
ter of Secretary Of Agriculture An
derson, at 2:30 pm. tomorrow.
Sunny Day Forecast.
The Weather Bureau predicted
mostly sunny weather and rather
windy for tomorrow Temperatures
will be mild. Sunday also is ex-
pected to be fair with the tempera-
tlIre staying in the Cos.
The weather today will be warm,
reaching in the middle 70s by after
noon. Clouds will increase and
showers are expected late this after
noon or tonight but not over the
week end.
Edward j. Kelly, assistant SUI
perintendent of National Capital
Parks, said "a scattering of cherry
blossoms are out already" and ex-
pected warm weather today to COM
plete the job in time for the fes-
tival.
Band Opens Program.
The program at the Tidal Basin
tomorrow begins at 1870 pm. with
a band concert by the United States
Army Band, led by Capt. Hugh j.
Curry.
At 2 pm, Miss Anderson and her
court will arrive at the pageant area
with District leaders. Thomas p.
Morgan, jrs general chairman of the
festival committee; Edgar Morris,
chairman Of the Greater National
Capital Committee, and Commis-
sioner Guy Mason will welcome the
crowds. The queen will be crowned
at 2:30 pm. by Attorney General
Tom C. Clark.
After the theme song of the festi-
val, Cherry Blossom Time" is sung
by Soloist Connie Kruger, pageant
celebrating Peace Under the Bios
SONS" with Representatives of the
United Nations participating. AL
Peace Tableau" will be presented
by the Evelyn Davis Dance Play
house Group. Taking part in this
will be Miss Joselyn Freer, Miss
Helen Bowdoin, Miss Mary Ann
Cummings. Miss Eunice Kennedy
and Miss Patricia Polk Morgan.
Assembly to Sing.
The pageant will be closed with
the entire assembly singing Amer
lea, the Beautiful" and the "Star
Spangled Banner"
On Sunday a similar program will
be given at the Tidal Basin at the
same times, with the exception of
the crowning.
A band concert by the United
States Navy Band, with 1t. Comdr
Charles Brendler conducting, will be
given at $50 pm, both tomorrow
and Sunday.
The park police yesterday issued
regulations for driving and parking
in the Tidal Basin area during the
festival.
Motorists may enter the park
from Fourteenth street NV. via
the Inlet Bridge road south of the
Jefferson Memorial and via River
side drive from the Lincoln Me-
mortal. Traffic leaving the park will
be routed north on Seventeenth
street NV.
No Parking Permitted.
No parking will be permitted on
the Tidal Basin roads, the Park
Police warned. They urged that
visitors park their cars north of the
Mall and walk or use public trans
portation. Walking is the best way
to obtain the best views Of the bios
SONS, the Park Police emphasized.
Meanwhile, plans for another
Cherry Blossom Festival in the
Bethesda and Chevy Chase sections
ON April 10 were under way.
Miss Nancy Darby of Gathers
burg, queen of this festival, will be
crowned in ceremonies at the Naval
Medical Center, Bethesda, at 2 pm.
April 10. Following these cere-
monies Miss Darby and her party
will lead a motorcade through the
area along a special route which
shows the best of the cherry bios
SONS.
The route runs from Dorset ave-
nue. to Brookside drive, north on
Brookside drive to Woodlawn ave-
nue, west on Woodlawn avenue to
Shadow road, north on Shadow road
to Chamberlain avenue and east on
Chamberlain avenue to Bradley
boulevard.