Opening ceremonies of the Olympics are locked in an arms race of pomp and circumstance.
He is frequently seen at opening ceremonies of public and private art exhibitions.
Mr Birch, an Australian, helped produce the opening and closing ceremonies of the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 and the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.
He also has the added capability to brag about the fact that he was part of the live, opening-day ceremonies of Disneyland back in 1955.
Carol Jackson, of the Greater Manchester Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), said the prosecution "was not an attack upon the practices or ceremonies of Shia Muslims".
Washington (CNN) -- First Lady Michelle Obama will lead the U.S. delegation to the opening ceremonies of the London Olympics in July, she said Tuesday.
An estimated 700M people watched the 2010 World Cup final and nearly one billion viewed the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Knowledge, skills, diversity, the semantics of ornamentation, and the ceremonies of creating carpets are all important cultural components, providing Kyrgyz people with a sense of identity and continuity.
If their identity is confirmed, Leicester Cathedral said it would work with the Royal Household, and with the Richard III Society, to ensure the remains were treated with dignity and respect and reburied with the appropriate rites and ceremonies of the church.
So I ripped up my remarks and quickly brought up our master of ceremonies, David Asman of Fox News.
In his later years, Guardi was commissioned to document some of the ceremonies and celebrations of the Most Serene Republic of Venice, including a series involving the doge.
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But the atmosphere is too rich for the pallid plot: Jack Skellington, the bony master of ceremonies in Halloweentown, discovers the spirit of Christmas and tries to import it into his ghoulish world.
At an elegant black-tie dinner on 28 October 1993 at Washington's ANA Westin Hotel, the Center for Security Policy will host its fourth annual "Keeper of the Flame" award ceremonies in honor of Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr.
Like all the best masters of ceremonies, Robson knows that the real stars of the show are the players.
During the month between the end of the trials and the opening ceremonies, many of the sprinters are invited to lucrative European track meets.
The rites held at Chilmeoridang in the village of Gun-rip are representative of similar ceremonies held throughout the island of Jeju in the Republic of Korea.
The heads of state and government and thousands of World War II veterans took part in the ceremonies amid one of the biggest security operations staged on French soil.
It has also floated the idea of holding traditional ceremonies to ask the spirits of the dead children to return home to communities like Kahnewake.
But there is widespread expectation that Francis will soon name a new master of liturgical ceremonies more in line with his priorities of bringing the church and its message of love and service to ordinary people without the "high church" trappings of his predecessor.
It opened the day after the opening ceremonies and closes on the day of the closing ceremonies, 12 August.
An informal review of medal ceremonies by The Wall Street Journal found that, as of Wednesday, about 16% of 129 gold medal winners cried at some point during the ceremony.
Nixon spurned her embrace and signalled the master of ceremonies to resume the program.
It was the idea of Ric Birch, director of ceremonies for the Sydney games.
That is to reckon without Mr Lafontaine's gifts as string-puller and master of ceremonies.
This Sunday, Ellen DeGeneres will try her comedic chops as master of ceremonies at the 79th Annual Academy Awards.
The Morongo are buying old pottery and baskets and reviving tribal ceremonies, some of which were barely remembered outside anthropological texts.
The 39-year-old Harris has starred in three Broadway productions, including "Assassins, " ''Proof, " opposite Anne Heche, and as the exuberant master of ceremonies in "Cabaret.
Afterwards Msgr Guido Marini, papal master of ceremonies, called out the words "Extra omnes" - "Everybody out" - and the chapel doors were locked to outsiders.
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