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2012 Festival Events
(partial list)
Friday
Night Carnival
Saturday
 Ceremonial Tree
Planting: 11:00 am
The nation of
Japan donates
between 10 and 20
cherry blossom
trees, in honor of
the 100th
anniversary of the
1912 gift of 3000
cherry trees from
Mayor Yukio Ozaki of
Tokyo. Join us in
the special planting
at the park of these
young trees, (3-4
feet in height)
 Ribbon Cutting
Ceremony: 1:00 pm
The opening of
the park overlooking
the Chocolate Mill
Inauguration of
the Park: 2:00 pm
The park will be
officially sworn in
as a park.
Cherry Blossom
Festival Princess
Meet and Greet: 4:00
pm Meet the
princess and hear
about
 her duties as
princess and her
travel plans,
questions and photos
will be taken.
Carnival in the
Day and
Evening
Full schedule and
race information will
appear soon
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2012 RI Cherry Blossom Festival to Take
Place
May 18-20
Call
for entries to select RI Cherry Blossom
Princess to represent Rhode Island in
Washington, DC
Download application (PDF)
Deadline is January 24
The
RI Cherry Blossom Festival Committee is
pleased to announce a call for entries
to select a Cherry Blossom Princess to
represent Rhode Island at the 100th
Anniversary of the National Cherry
Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C.
from April 7-14, 2012 as well as the RI
Cherry Blossom Festival later this
spring.
Every year in April,
a young woman representing each state
and territory across the country travels
to Washington, D.C. to attend a week of
education, leadership, and cultural
activities, which includes a
Congressional reception, a grand ball,
and visits to foreign embassies. The
weeklong festival culminates with the
National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade.
One princess will be chosen out of all
the state delegates by a spin of the
wheel to become United States Cherry
Blossom Queen, and will go on to
represent the United States in Japan
later this spring.
APPLICATION
REQUIREMENTS:
Any woman interested
in representing the Ocean State as the
RI Cherry Blossom Princess must be
single, between the ages of 19 and 24,
and a high school graduate. Along with a
completed application and a phone or
in-person interview, each candidate must
submit a short essay about why she wants
to represent Rhode Island at the Cherry
Blossom Festival and what she believes
makes RI unique. The selected candidate
must be available for all scheduled
activities during the Festival and is
responsible for her own entrance fees,
room and board and wardrobe while in
Washington, D.C. Contact the RI Cherry
Blossom Princess selection committee
chairperson, Ewa Dzwierzynski,
ewadski@hotmail.com and by phone at
(401) 932-6868 for more information
about the Cherry Blossom Princess
program or to obtain an application.
The RI Cherry
Blossom Festival Committee will select
the RI Cherry Blossom Princess from the
pool of candidates who apply by January
24, 2012. Each candidate must email to
ewadski@hotmail.com the following:
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Contact
information: Full name, phone
number, address, email address and
education level completed
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Attached form
including completed essay
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A recent
photograph of candidate
More information
about the National Cherry Blossom
Princess Program is available
here.
Download application
(PDF)