mistress of ceremonies
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“Parks & Rec’s” Aubrey Plaza is mistress of ceremonies for this year’s edition of the Oscars’ Eve celebration of indie flicks.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2019
As the lone female soloist of “Rubies” — its dangerously commanding mistress of ceremonies — the much younger Emily Kikta was just as terrific an example of Balanchine’s view of girl power.
From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2018
She has been the restaurant’s greeter and mistress of ceremonies since shortly after her son, Jody Manor, bought the place 26 years ago.
From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2016
His re-edit of Vogue by Madonna was a dancefloor staple last year, cutting her into a fierce mistress of ceremonies.
From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2013
Gradations of rank and lists of noble families, the alpha and omega of a mistress of ceremonies, were never in her mind.
From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
