Here is a look at some of the numbers surrounding this year's festival:
n 19 events specifically for kids
n 40 dogs competing in the 2009 Ultimate Air Dogs competition
n 50 sections of scaffolding, crossbars and planks used for the sound stage at the Open Space
n 59 different food options from the 10 local vendors available at the Cherry Festival Food Court
n 112 Porta Johns at the Open Space
n 628 inches last year's Cherry Pit Spit winner David Murray, of Traverse City, spat a cherry pit
n 725 males registered for the 2009 Festival of Races
n 978 females registered for the 2009 Festival of Races
n 1,255 cherry festival volunteers for 2009
n 13,287 National Cherry Festival Commemorative Pins sold in 2008
n 28,000 feet of electrical cable at the Open Space
n 25 million pounds of cherries expected to be locally harvested this year
