There was a fanfare, the band played "Hail to the Chief," and the President and Mrs. Kennedy entered modestly, tanned from Palm Beach.
It's a fanfare for the common dog: a nuzzly celebration of humanity and the deep, hopeless love of doggy-woggies that is written on Britain's heart in pet-friendly ink.
In a lesser writer's hands, it could have been a fanfare of mawkishness but, instead, Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid were rewarded with a script that was by turns enormously touching and mischievously tart.
Beckham Shoots Nyman Scores borrows its rhythm from the burbling cadences of commentator John Motson; After Extra Time is a fanfare composed for the 1996 European Championships, which degenerates into an intimidating throb of hooligan saxophones but goes on so long you wish it could be decided on penalties.
There was a fanfare as Her Majesty, wearing a mint green outfit of fine silk tulle, embroidered with tiny star-shaped flowers, arrived at St Paul's for the service at 10 30 BST and the crowds chanted "God save the Queen".
His friendships with Diebenkorn and Park later chilled when they made what Smith felt was a "fanfare" of their return to figurative art, while Bischoff remained a lifelong friend.
ILM decided the effect appeared too "animated-looking", and defied common sense: "if there was a fanfare to decloaking, everyone would know the Klingons were coming and blow them out of the sky before they could even finish materializing," Ralston said.
The track starts with 24 seconds of heavily effected guitar, drums and "bizarre sound effects" before the first verse begins, rising in volume as a looping bass line joins the mix and Gruff Rhys speaks the lines "This song is daunted by a radical new vision, no more imperial colonial bastards, no more romantic comedies, this is a fanfare introduction to a high-powered, purposeful theme".
Dribs and drabs have come out about N-Gage but details are sketchy and there probably won't be a big fanfare.
