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Article: Cherry blossoms'soft whisper of spring: Festivals abound as the colorful trees burst into bloom.(Features)(Homefront)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- March 14, 2001
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For many of us still buried in snow, springtime seems like a distant dream. Not so in Macon, Ga. There, nature is putting on a different performance altogether.
"The cherry trees are popping like popcorn as we speak," effuses Carolyn Crayton, founder of that city's annual Cherry Blossom Festival, which begins tomorrow and continues through March 25. Last year, this celebration drew 700,000 participants to its 500 events, and this year, with much of the nation craving spring more than a Survivor star craves Mom's home cooking, it could be bigger than ever.
But, of course, snow-weary Americans have many choices when it comes to ogling spring's ...