The phrase "introductory ceremony" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing a formal event or ritual held at the beginning of something, such as a new job, school year, or town ceremony. For example: We attended the mayor's introductory ceremony, which officially welcomed him to our town.
And there will be some unconventional ploys, too, like a videotape featuring members of the cast of the most-watched show on television this summer; programs on two home-shopping networks, and an on-line version of the introductory ceremonies for Windows 95 to take place on Aug. 24 at the Microsoft office in Redmond, Wash.
A free introductory workshop in the Korean tea ceremony, which is intended to encourage meditation for the solo drinker and conversation for a group, will be given upstairs at HanGawi each Tuesday in September from 6 30 to 8 p.m.
If they had integrity, they would, like Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi, take courage to spread the beliefs of the Landmark Forum to all their friends, enroll them in the program, get them to come to the famed Tuesday night ending ceremony for their free introductory session.
Now that the fashion council has mastered the concept of brevity (the ceremony was swift, and the introductory videos were amusing enough), the next goal should be to make the event relevant to fashion, or at least less like a commercial.
But she is still prepared to set a target of filling the Millennium Stadium for the introductory double-header, when Wales will also play Italy after an opening ceremony in October that she promises will be "the greatest show rugby league has ever seen".
(The introductory theme for Tuesday's debate sounds a lot like an Olympics opening ceremony theme).
All winners are invited to an annual spring awards ceremony that celebrates the diverse and innovative learning experiences across all introductory seminar courses.
The history of Hollywood is, in part, a history of depredation, of abuse, yet the celebration of Hollywood's traditions and the assertion of continuity between the classic era and today's movies was on view in the ceremony from the outset, with the black-and-white faux-newsreel introductory shtick that started the show.
The introductory module to the clerkship, at the beginning of third year, includes a 're-affirmation ceremony' for the class, with the emphasis on professionalism behavior.
No introductory gongs blasting, or arching overtures about the cultural significance of this duo, or platitudes about the history of the tea ceremony in Japan.
