Festival visitors face spring showers to see May flowers at Tulip Time in Pella
KCCI
[{'start': '1.968', 'end': '2.635', 'text': "HOURS.  ALL RIGHT.  WELL, TWO LA TIMES FIRST DAY IN  PALO WAS FULL OF GORGEOUS COLORS  AND SOME SPRING SHOWERS.  BUT EVEN ACTUAL RAIN ON THE  PARADE COULDN'T STOP THAT  CELEBRATION.  KCCI'S PEPPER PURPURA WAS IN  TOWN THIS AFTERNOON ENJOYING THE  FESTIVITIES.  I LIKE THE FUN.  NOW THAT THE CITY OF PELLA IS  BLOOMING.  I'VE NEVER SEEN THOSE.  DOWNTOWN IS BOOMING ON ITS FIRST  DAY CELEBRATING THE FLOWER  THAT'S BROUGHT THIS IOWA TOWN.  ITS FAME SHOULD COME AND LOOK AT  THESE THOUSANDS OF TULIPS.  IT'S WORTH THE ONE HOUR DRIVE  FROM DES MOINES.  MONTHS AFTER THESE HOLLINSEND  BULBS HIT THE IOWA DIRT, THEIR  COLORS ARE ON DISPLAY.  BUT THE LATE MIDS AND THE LIGHTS  ARE STILL OUT.  SO THERE'S STILL LOTS OF COLOR  HERE AT TULIP TIME, LEAVING A  NARROW WINDOW TO SOAK IN THE  BEAUTY, EVEN IF IT MEANS GETTING  SOAKED BY SPRING RAIN.  I DON'T MIND GETTING A LITTLE  WET, I JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE  TO SWIM.  AND AS GORGEOUS AS THESE BLOOMS  ARE, THE CORE OF THIS FESTIVAL  IS TRULY ABOUT MAINTAINING  TRADITION.  THE REASON WE HAVE THE FESTIVAL  IS TO HONOR OUR DUTCH HERITAGE.  THE FOUNDER OF OUR TOWN.  AND SO WE HONOR HIM AND ALL THE  700 SETTLERS AND ALL THE PEOPLE  THAT CAME AFTER THEM.  IT'S WHY DUTCH HERITAGE IS WOVEN  INTO THE FESTIVAL'S TRADITIONS,  LIKE BACK THE YASHIMA BAKERY FOR  A TASTE OF THE CULTURE.  EVERYBODY JUST STEPS UP TO  HANDLE THE INFLUX OF PEOPLE, AND  IT'S REALLY AN EXCITING TIME FOR  US.  SO WHETHER YOU'RE HERE FOR THE  CULTURAL EXPERIENCE.  OR THE BEAUTY, THERE'S SOMETHING  TO DISCOVER IN PELLA.  PEPPER PURPURA, KCCI EIGHT NEWS.  IOWA'S NEWS LEADER.  ALL RIGHT.  WE HAVE A PRO TIP FOR YOU.  AND YOU ARE GOING TO THANK US  FOR THIS ONE.  YOU REALLY ARE.  THERE IS A WAY FOR DUTCH LETTER  FANS TO BEAT THE LONGER LINES AT  JANSMA BAKERY.  THE BAKERY SAYS IF YOU ARE ONLY  LOOKING TO BUY 6 OR 12 DUTCH  LETTERS, YOU CAN VISIT THE STAND  BEHIND THE BAKERY.  I SUGGEST MAYBE 12 TIMES TWO.  IT OPENS AT 10 A.M. FRIDAY AND  SATURDAY, AND IF YOU WANT TO  DROP SOME OFF.  OH, PLEASE DO.  AS A THANK YOU"}]