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Looks like the National Cherry Blossom festival will announce peak dates!

https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1498674454586695680

Diana Mayhew, president and CEO of @CherryBlossFest is making the announcement: March 20-April 17 are the official dates. 🌸

.@MayorBowser says the festival will be in person this year. Mayor seems particularly jubilant this morning, thanking partners and stakeholders and reiterating that the city is, indeed, open and welcoming of visitors.

.@CMBrookePinto is excited for the festival but esp for the color pink. She also notes increase in traffic as a positive-- feels like times before pandemic.

BREAKING: @lacroixwater is releasing a new Cherry Blossom flavor?! Way to bury this news!!! 🌸

They are currently showing a video that will probably be used to introduce future press conferences for the next month or so.

Many of the events will be live-streamed by the way. You can see a whole list here: nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/all-events/

.@TheEventsDC will be partnering up as usual with the @CherryBlossFest. This year, omg @REWickedestBand is going to be on the DC float! 🤩
Parade is on 4/9 and will be broadcast on @ABC

@JapanEmbDC spokesperson comments how weird and wonderful it is to not see people in little boxes.
This year, it marks 110 years since the gift of cherry blossoms. It's a "lasting symbol of the special friendship" and they are the root of this celebration. 🌸

.@wmata is offering a commemorative @CherryBlossFest artwork card, if that is your thing. (It is.)

THE STARS OF THE SHOW: @NatlParkService will now be making the peak dates announcement.

"The 3700 cherry trees are cultural treasures, rooted in history and tradition."

@NationalMallNPS will be sharing Cherry Talks with rangers plus Junior Ranger activity zones and badge will be available to teach about the history and lore of the blossoms.

To determine peak, @NatlParkService looks at the historical data, the March forecast and more to help predict:

Dates are.....

Mach 22-25, 2022!!! 🌸

March, even. Yay typos!

Peak bloom, of course, is 70% of the canopy in bloom, which means that we'll have a very bloomy March 🌸

And no, we're not crying. You're crying. Is this spring fever?

.@MayorBowser says that she wants DC to be the face of spring for the nation. DC will always be home to festivals AND demonstrations, "and we will do it all at once."

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