The party gets started in its big top in Brooklyn's Prospect Park on March 26.
It gets started in less than two hours — plenty of time to set up a split screen with the President's speech.
But tomorrow night, before the season gets started in earnest, the festival features the Blue Hill Troupe in a benefit performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta "Iolanthe".
To save time and keep the members happy, the club staff gets started in the morning before anyone else is on the beach, setting up the chairs and umbrellas of those who come to the beach every day.
The first commissioner who strays too far in public remarks and annoys the mayor may be plucked off the television circuit, and Mr. Bloomberg's aides may become more remote once the ugly business of trimming the city's budget gets started in earnest.
After a light holiday session, corporate earnings season gets started in earnest Tuesday as investors hear from healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson before trading begins.
