BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Cherry Blossom Festival -- Parade (2022)

DC -- Natl Cherry Blossom Festival -- Parade (2022):

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Description of Pictures: The National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade®
PRESENTED BY EVENTS DC
* Grand Marshal – Laz Alonso
* Strawberry Shortcake
* Peppa Pig
* Tag Team
* Taylor Dane
* Freddie Jackson
AND MORE!!

One of DC’s largest spectator events is back in 2022! The energy-filled Parade runs for 10 blocks along iconic Constitution Avenue Northwest. Grand colorful helium balloons, elaborate floats, marching bands from across the country, celebrity entertainers, and performers burst down the Parade route in a spectacle of music and showmanship seen only once a year during the Festival!
Portions of the parade are free to the public to view along the route and are first-come, first-serve. Tickets are available for reserved grandstand seating in the performance areas of the Parade. Purchase your tickets today — they make an unforgettable gift for loved ones!
Celebrities and other exciting Parade elements confirmed to-date include:

* Grand Marshal Laz Alonso, star of Amazon Prime series The Boys and one of Variety’s “Top Ten Actors to Watch”
* Taylor Dayne, award winning and Grammy nominated vocalist of the 1980’s hit “Tell It to My Heart”
* Rare Essence, Washington’s premier Go-Go band for over four decades
* Grammy nominated R&B crooner Freddie Jackson known for his hit song “You Are My Lady”
* 90’s rap duo Tag Team, best known for their 1993 single “Whoomp! (There It Is)”
* Wendy Moten, NBC’s The Voice runner-up in 2021 and Grammy-winning Nashville western swing band The Time Jumpers’s member.
* American Idol’s 3rd place winner and award winning singer/songwriter, Grace Kinstler
* Online Viral Sensation, Sharpe Family Singers
* Ten marching bands from across the nation including Washington D.C.’s Ballou High School Majestic Knights Marching Band, Washington D.C.’s Different Drummers, and the Parade’s inaugural appearance from the United States Naval Academy Drum and Bugle Corps.
* Giant colorful balloons including Peppa Pig, Blossom Trio, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Bubbles the Fish and more!
* The broadcast will be anchored by Azubuike “Ike” Ejiochi of Good Morning America as well as Alison Starling and Robert Burton from local 7News. 7News reporter Eileen Whelan and TV personality Carson Kressley will provide commentary from the street.

Curious as to what else is in store? Check out the full Line of March below; this document will be available in hard copy onsite at the Parade. Scroll on to take a peek at our parade preview for 2022 and the 2019 Parade below.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. CBPAR1_220409_137.JPG: User comment: Driver: Matthew Sharpe Car: 1999 Black Convertible Mustang Cobra
2. CBPAR1_220409_193.JPG: Lydia Sohn (Miss Maryland 2021)
3. CBPAR1_220409_197.JPG: Lydia Sohn (Miss Maryland 2021)
4. CBPAR1_220409_219.JPG: I originally thought this was the Starship Enterprise but you'll see later what it is.
5. CBPAR1_220409_374.JPG: Miss Cherry Blossom Princess from Japan
6. CBPAR1_220409_406.JPG: The sunshine varied a lot.
7. CBPAR1_220409_502.JPG: User comment: Brian Nicklas and his 2020 Velocity Blue Pony Package Ecoboost Mustang.
8. CBPAR1_220409_507.JPG: User comment: Brian Nicklas and his 2020 Velocity Blue Pony Package Ecoboost Mustang.
9. CBPAR1_220409_517.JPG: User comment: Brian Nicklas and his 2020 Velocity Blue Pony Package Ecoboost Mustang.
10. CBPAR1_220409_532.JPG: User comment: Jade Ridout (Miss DC Outstanding Teen 2021) and Andolyn Medina (Miss DC 2021)
11. CBPAR1_220409_535.JPG: User comment: Jade Ridout (Miss DC Outstanding Teen 2021) and Andolyn Medina (Miss DC 2021)
12. CBPAR1_220409_540.JPG: User comment: Jade Ridout (Miss DC Outstanding Teen 2021) and Andolyn Medina (Miss DC 2021)
13. CBPAR1_220409_546.JPG: User comment: Jade Ridout (Miss DC Outstanding Teen 2021) and Andolyn Medina (Miss DC 2021)
14. CBPAR1_220409_557.JPG: User comment: Jade Ridout (Miss DC Outstanding Teen 2021)
15. CBPAR1_220409_560.JPG: User comment: Jade Ridout (Miss DC Outstanding Teen 2021)
16. CBPAR1_220409_571.JPG: User comment: Jade Ridout (Miss DC Outstanding Teen 2021)
17. CBPAR1_220409_578.JPG: User comment: Andolyn Medina (Miss District of Columbia 2021)
18. CBPAR1_220409_582.JPG: User comment: Andolyn Medina (Miss District of Columbia 2021)
19. CBPAR1_220409_586.JPG: User comment: Andolyn Medina (Miss District of Columbia 2021) accepts her Hot Wheels Mustang from NCRMC member Brian Nicklas.
20. CBPAR1_220409_588.JPG: User comment: Andolyn Medina (Miss District of Columbia 2021) accepts her Hot Wheels Mustang from NCRMC member Brian Nicklas.
21. CBPAR1_220409_591.JPG: User comment: Andolyn Medina (Miss District of Columbia 2021) accepts her Hot Wheels Mustang from NCRMC member Brian Nicklas.
22. CBPAR1_220409_593.JPG: User comment: Andolyn Medina (Miss District of Columbia 2021) accepts her Hot Wheels Mustang from NCRMC member Brian Nicklas.
23. CBPAR1_220409_605.JPG: User comment: Andolyn Medina (Miss District of Columbia 2021) accepts her Hot Wheels Mustang from NCRMC member Brian Nicklas.
24. CBPAR1_220409_615.JPG: Andolyn Medina (Miss District of Columbia 2021) accepts her Hot Wheels Mustang from NCRMC member Brian Nicklas.
25. CBPAR1_220409_616.JPG: User comment: Andolyn Medina (Miss District of Columbia 2021) accepts her Hot Wheels Mustang from NCRMC member Brian Nicklas.
26. CBPAR1_220409_619.JPG: User comment: Andolyn Medina (Miss District of Columbia 2021) accepts her Hot Wheels Mustang from NCRMC member Brian Nicklas.
27. CBPAR1_220409_647.JPG: User comment: Lydia Sohn (Miss Maryland 2021) accepts her Hot Wheels Mustang from NCRMC member Brian Nicklas.
28. CBPAR1_220409_651.JPG: User comment: Lydia Sohn (Miss Maryland 2021) accepts her Hot Wheels Mustang from NCRMC member Brian Nicklas.
29. CBPAR1_220409_653.JPG: User comment: Lydia Sohn (Miss Maryland 2021) accepts her Hot Wheels Mustang from NCRMC member Brian Nicklas.
30. CBPAR1_220409_661.JPG: User comment: Lydia Sohn (Miss Maryland 2021) accepts her Hot Wheels Mustang from NCRMC member Brian Nicklas.
31. CBPAR1_220409_663.JPG: User comment: Lydia Sohn (Miss Maryland 2021) accepts her Hot Wheels Mustang from NCRMC member Brian Nicklas.
32. CBPAR1_220409_667.JPG: User comment: Lydia Sohn (Miss Maryland 2021) accepts her Hot Wheels Mustang from NCRMC member Brian Nicklas.
33. CBPAR1_220409_669.JPG: User comment: Lydia Sohn (Miss Maryland 2021) accepts her Hot Wheels Mustang from NCRMC member Brian Nicklas.
34. CBPAR1_220409_672.JPG: Lydia Sohn (Miss Maryland 2021)
35. CBPAR2_220409_046.JPG: What I originally thought was a Starship Enterprise turned out to be an ANA plane.
36. CBPAR2_220409_057.JPG: I didn't think they'd manage to get Dory inflated in time but they succeeded.
37. CBPAR2_220409_546.JPG: User comment: Driver: Matthew Sharpe Car: 1999 Black Convertible Mustang Cobra
38. CBPAR2_220409_550.JPG: User comment: Driver: Matthew Sharpe Car: 1999 Black Convertible Mustang Cobra
39. CBPAR3_220409_049.JPG: Jade Ridout (Miss DC Outstanding Teen 2021)
40. CBPAR3_220409_055.JPG: Andolyn Medina (Miss District of Columbia 2021)
41. CBPAR3_220409_062.JPG: Jade Ridout (Miss DC Outstanding Teen 2021)
42. CBPAR3_220409_073.JPG: User comment: Driver: Matthew Sharpe Car: 1999 Black Convertible Mustang Cobra VIP: Andolyn Medina
43. CBPAR3_220409_076.JPG: User comment: Driver: Matthew Sharpe Car: 1999 Black Convertible Mustang Cobra VIP: Andolyn Medina
Wikipedia Description: National Cherry Blossom Festival
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The National Cherry Blossom Festival is a spring celebration in Washington, D.C., commemorating the March 27, 1912, gift of Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo City to the city of Washington, D.C. Mayor Ozaki donated the trees to enhance the growing friendship between the United States and Japan and also celebrate the continued close relationship between the two nations. Large and colorful helium balloons, floats, marching bands from across the country, music and showmanship are parts of the Festival's parade and other events. ...

Cherry Blossom Festival

The first "Cherry Blossom Festival" was held in late 1934 under joint sponsorship by numerous civic groups, becoming an annual event. The cherry trees had by this point become an established part of the nation's capital. In 1938, plans to cut down trees to clear ground for the Jefferson Memorial prompted a group of women to chain themselves together at the site in protest. A compromise was reached where more trees would be planted along the south side of the Basin to frame the Memorial. A Cherry Blossom Pageant was begun in 1940.

On December 11, 1941, four trees were cut down. It is suspected that this was retaliation for the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan four days earlier, though this was never confirmed. In hopes of dissuading people from further attacks upon the trees during the war, they were referred to as "Oriental" flowering cherry trees for the war's duration. Suspended during World War II, the festival resumed in 1947 with the support of the Washington, D.C., Board of Trade and the D.C. Commissioners.

In 1948, the Cherry Blossom Princess and U.S. Cherry Blossom Queen program were started by the National Conference of State Societies. A Princess was selected from each state and federal territory, with a queen chosen to reign over the festival. In 1952, Japan requested help restoring the cherry tree grove at Adachi, Tokyo along the Arakawa River, which was the parent stock of the D.C. trees but had diminished during the war. In response, the National Park Service sent budwood back to Tokyo.

The Japanese ambassador gave a 300-year-old stone lantern to the city of Washington to commemorate the signing of the 1854 Japan-US Treaty of Amity and Friendship by Commodore Matthew C. Perry. For a number of years, the lighting of this lantern formally opened the Festival. Three years later, the president of The Pearl Company started by Mikimoto Kōkichi donated the Mikimoto Pearl Crown. Containing more than five pounds of gold and 1,585 pearls, the crown is used at the coronation of the Festival Queen at the Grand Ball. The next year, the Mayor of Yokohama gifted a stone pagoda to the City to "symbolize the spirit of friendship between the United States of America manifested in the Treaty of Peace, Amity and Commerce signed at Yokohama on March 31, 1854."

The Japanese gave 3,800 more Yoshino trees in 1965, which were accepted by First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. These trees were grown in the United States and many were planted on the grounds of the Washington Monument. For the occasion, the First Lady and Ryuji Takeuchi, wife of the Japanese ambassador, reenacted the 1912 planting. In 1982, Japanese horticulturalists took cuttings from Yoshino trees in Washington, D.C., to replace cherry trees that had been destroyed in a flood in Japan. From 1986 to 1988, 676 cherry trees were planted using US$101,000 in private funds donated to the National Park Service to restore the trees to the number at the time of the original gift.

In 1994, the Festival was expanded to two weeks to accommodate the many activities that happen during the trees' blooming. Two years later, the Potomac and Arakawa became sister rivers. Cuttings were taken from the documented 1912 trees in 1997 to be used in replacement plantings and thus preserve the genetic heritage of the grove. In 1999, fifty trees of the Usuzumi variety from Motosu, Gifu, were planted in West Potomac Park. According to legend, these trees were first planted by Emperor Keitai in the 6th century and were designated a National Treasure of Japan in 1922. From 2002 to 2006, 400 trees propagated from the surviving 1912 trees were planted to ensure the genetic heritage of the original donation is maintained.
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  - 2022_DC_Pageant_4Medina_220619 2022 Miss District of Columbia Competition (4 of 9) -- Goodbye -- Andolyn Medina and Jade Ridout Farewell Appearances
  - 2022_DC_Pageant_9Post_220619 2022 Miss District of Columbia Competition (9 of 9) -- Post-Award Shots on Stage
  - 2022_DC_Pageant_2Welcome_220619 2022 Miss District of Columbia Competition (2 of 9) -- Welcome and In-Between Presentations
  - 2021_DC_Miss_DC_Send2_211204 2021 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off -- Andolyn Medina to Miss America Pageant @ Embassy of Czechoslovakia -- (Page 2 of 3) Presentation
  - 2021_DC_Miss_DC_Send3_211204 2021 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off -- Andolyn Medina to Miss America Pageant @ Embassy of Czechoslovakia -- (Page 3 of 3) Photos afterward
  - 2021_DC_Miss_DC_Send_211204 2021 Miss District of Columbia Send-Off -- Andolyn Medina to Miss America Pageant @ Embassy of Czechoslovakia -- (Page 1 of 3) Mingling beforehand
  - 2021_DC_Teen_DC_Send_210723 2021 Miss District of Columbia's Outstanding Teen Send-Off for Jade Ridout
  - 2021_DC_Pageant_7Awards_210613 2021 Miss District of Columbia Competition (7 of 8) -- Crowning (Andolyn Medina)
  - 2021_DC_Pageant_2KCox_210613 2021 Miss District of Columbia Competition (2 of 8) -- Goodbye -- Katelynne Cox stage appearances
  - 2021_DC_Pageant_8Post_210613 2021 Miss District of Columbia Competition (8 of 8) -- Post-Award Shots on Stage
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