Peach Blossom 2017 at Fresno State

The Peach Blossom Festival of Oral Interpretation at Fresno State, in its 59th year, took place March 9 and 10. About 4,300 youth participants from 141 schools across the Central Valley — from Tulare County to the south and Merced County to the north — perform poems and literature that they have memorized in competitions taking place throughout the campus. Participants are in grades 1 through 6.