Sentence examples for hosting a ball from inspiring English sources

So into this story of 13th-century conflicts between France and Sicily, Verdi and his librettists inserted a 30-minute ballet with a flimsy dramatic pretext: the governor of Sicily, hosting a ball, presents an allegorical ballet about the four seasons to entertain his guests.

A college at Cambridge University has dropped plans to host a ball with a contemporary southern United States theme in the wake of accusations of racism.

Catherine had ordered that at the Château de Fontainebleau, each important noble should host a ball.

Crystal made her indelible mark in the 1970s when she, in a bit of a public-relations move, hosted a ball by the "House of LaBeija".

Capote's 'non-fiction novel', In Cold Blood, appeared in January 1966 and was already one of the greatest PR successes in the history of publishing when its author conceived of hosting a masked ball.

Well, this Halloween MoMA PS1 is hosting a drag ball with the help of Candy Magazine, so that previous assumption is pretty much out.

The Pontoon Bridge Hotel is hosting a costumed Titanic ball.

From there he zipped to Paris for the couture shows and then to Venice, where Dolce & Gabbana hosted a masked ball for 400.

7.30pm, Sky Sports 1. Field of Dreams (6.55pm, Film4) Kevin Costner's baseball drama still packs a poignant punch 27 years later, in which an Iowa farmer finds himself compelled to host a heavenly ball game.

During Samhain, a pagan holiday closely associated with Halloween that also takes place on October 31, the Circle Sanctuary will host a Witches' Ball for which many will dress up.

It's rumored to be haunted, it inspired one of the creepiest books of all time and it hosts a Halloween ball that recreates one of the most haunting moments from the story -- The Stanley Hotel could be the spookiest place to be on Halloween.