They held a ceremony on the outside deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, a polar icebreaker, opening with Pomp and Circumstance and ending with All Right Now! Twenty-six students received 2014 Dean's Award for Undergraduate Academic Achievement.
They had a perfect programme to tickle a British audience, opening with Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 and ending with a madcap set of variations on God Save the Queen, which brought the packed house down.
When, as recently as 1990, Foula's new concrete jetty was opened with much pomp and Shetland county council promised a big, fast ferry that would carry more cargo and halve the crossing time to the mainland to little over an hour, the island's population surged to nearly 50.
Very often, projects that open with pomp and planning by one minister, who has spent some time understanding a particular sector, are abandoned or reversed by his successor in an attempt to stand out or second-guess why the predecessor was removed.
Opening day came with the usual pomp and ceremony associated with the arrival of new members, many of whom had fought in bruising campaigns to win their seats.
Even when publications do run photos of the pomp and circumstance of a play's opening night — if Scarlett Johansson is starring in the show, say — that coverage usually appears in news articles and Us Weekly spreads, not critical reviews.
DESPITE the scandals, Sochi's winter Olympics will open on Friday amid pomp and ceremony.
"Even if the conference will open among the usual pomp later this week, the inability or unwillingness to convene it as initially scheduled still should not be ignored".
Pita's Dream Within a Midsummer Night's Dream opens with the formal pomp and circumstance of a classical pas de six, danced to the dignified measures of Handel's Sarabande.
Here's David Davies opening a phone box with the kind of braggadocio that Hulk Hogan would barely have gotten away with in his pomp.
