This seemed a surprisingly informal part of the ceremony: a big bowl of awful tasting squishy cactus, which each member dipped a hand into, to come up with a fistful of little soft nougats.
Some have been forced to take out loans, borrow from family members or dip into retirement accounts to pay for basic necessities.
WHY It allows audience members to "dip their toes into a '60s sound and get in the mood for the edgy fun," said Charlie Rosen, the 21-year old bassist and musical director.
In this case it did, but only after all the members of the orchestra dipped into their own pockets to reduce the debt.
"If yours is one of the 6,000 being studied by our members, you can dip into the vast pool of information we will have collected about all the people who bore that name".
Elsewhere, though, he was much more guarded, even philosophical, and no doubt some will say that this is a reflection of the fact that opposition to the Glazers has become so much fiercer since the revelations that family members have been dipping into the cash flow.
In Ohad Naharin's all-male "Black Milk," to music by Paul Smadbeck, the troupe members Clifton Brown, Jeffrey Gerodias, Jamar Roberts, Matthew Rushing and Mr. Sims dipped their hands into a pail, smeared their faces and bodies with a dark liquid and then began to run and leap.
Americans' confidence in the possibility of a fiscal-cliff deal dipped last week as members of Congress left for the holidays, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday.
Shares of Montpelier Re are down 8.3% over the past 12 months, and M100 members bought in as the stock dipped 3.2% last week.
