The 2016 Flower Girls and their escorts in front of Central City’s historic opera house.Stefan Krusze, Villager Media Group, Special to The Denver Post “The sun always shines on Central City Flower Girls.” And if Pat Pearce says so, it must be true. Even if rain is falling as he speaks. Pearce, the Central City Opera’s general/artistic director, was right, because late afternoon showers gave way to sunshine June 25 when the Flower Girl Class of 2016 was introduced in Central City’s Teller House Garden. A tradition that began in 1932, the Flower Girl presentation is both a prelude to the opera’s annual Summer Festival and a means of introducing teens to the art of opera with the hope they will become the audience of tomorrow. Eighteen young ladies who, come fall, will be seniors in high school were introduced by J.