On Tuesday, June 10, John Suau attended the annual review luncheon for the Cherry Blossom Festival at the Mandarin Oriental hotel. This was his introduction to the group, facilitated by Barbara Ehrlich who is the secretary on the board for the festival and was in attendance at the May 1st reception in Suau’s honor.
Ms. Erhlich facilitated many introductions to help advance the inclusion of the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. in next year’s festival. Suau was seated with Erhlich and Ann McClellan, who recently donated her collection of materials related to the Cherry Blossom Festival’s history.
John was able to meet with several civic leaders and will be working with the Cherry Blossom Festival leadership to plan a role for HSW in the 2015 festival.