Sentence examples for gala day from inspiring English sources

Yesterday was a great gala day at Blackpool, the occasion being the opening of a promenade pier.

A gala day might even be made of it on the lines of a Sports Meeting, with the hotel's orchestra compelled to play regimental marches on massed saxophones.

At that point in the seventies, some time between Chirpy, Chirpy, Cheep, Cheep and Ray and Deirdre Langton's first child in Coronation Street, Durham all but shut down for Gala Day.

Upon investigation at the local libary he discovered that what he must have in mind was Gala Day - a harvest festival of the region, featuring foot races and a picnic supper.

As most will recall, the summer opened with an uneventful 4 June (School's gala day), a drawn test between England and Sri Lanka at Lord's, and a referendum called by one Old Etonian being hijacked by another Old Etonian and ending up with a result that neither Old Etonian wanted.

At the Fourth of June (the annual gala day at Eton that celebrates the birthday of George III) the young Keynes wore "a perfect dove" of a waistcoat.

Things got hot — like really hot — at the 2016 Alvin Ailey opening night gala Tuesday.

Opening night gala Friday 6 to 9 p.m. Through Feb 8. Princeton High School, 151 Moore Street, Princeton.

The award will be presented at the 10th annual Cornell Hospitality Icon and Innovator Awards gala, Tuesday, June 5, at the Pierre Hotel in New York.

The award will be presented at the 11th annual Cornell Hospitality Icon and Innovator Awards gala, Tuesday, June 4, at the Pierre Hotel in New York City.

Presumably, that means the rehearsals scheduled for Tuesday, concerts Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, a gala Saturday night and three high profile concerts at Carnegie Hall next week.