gala opening

Example Sentences

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The novelty of a concrete pier was celebrated in a September 1909 gala opening, with a playlet starring Queen Santa Monica and Rex Neptune.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Those attending Thursday night’s gala opening similarly had to offer a negative test result in the last 24 hours.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2021

Even by the lowered standards of a gala opening, though, this “Samson” was dim and inert.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 4, 2018

Start here, with the gala opening of the Carnegie season, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting a suite from “On the Waterfront” and the Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story.”

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2017

Everywhere she saw well-to-do and prominent persons who had turned out for the gala opening.

From Whispering Walls by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)