When, in my enthusiasm, I proposed the party, my city editor ( who disliked the club and many of its members ) tried to block my participation in the gala event.

The National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Awards weekend is an annual gala event which takes place at a site selected by the President.

A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival.

The première was a gala event held as a benefit for several naval charities and Coward was pleased to see a large presence of military personnel.

A gala celebration event took place on Sunday, June 3, which featured the marching of Torah scrolls from the local Jewish Community Center along Haverford Road to the new site following speeches by rabbis, Commissioner Rogers, Assemblyman Leach, and the President of the synagogue, followed by food and dancing with live music in the sanctuary.

To mark the event, the railway held a gala over 6 – 8 August 2010 with all available home engines and two visitor engines.

A community jury selects winners in up to 10 award categories, presented at a gala entertainment event in mid-autumn.

* September 29 – in a gala event dedicated to the victims and rescuers of 9 / 11, Bernard Hopkins defeats Félix Trinidad by a knockout in round 12 to unify the World Middleweight Championship

Following the 2006 election, Liberal MP Paul Zed ( Liberal, New Brunswick ) and former MP Dennis Mills ( Liberal, Ontario ) organized a gala event to pay tribute to Copps and heal wounds caused by party infighting.

The mission arrived at San Francisco carrying the newly-created Korean national flag, visited many American historical sites, heard lectures on American history, and attended a gala event in their honor given by the mayor of San Francisco and other U. S. officials.

The Managers ' Ball is an annual gala social / charity event held in the spring at a premier Chicago location.

He launched their million pound appeal at a special gala event.

The gala evening event ( held at the Cafe Royal ) saw Spencer take first prize with a 3-2 win over Ray Edmonds.

In June 1996, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Disney's 34th animated feature, had a gala world premiere at this stadium, with over 65, 000 people attending the event.

The main event usually lasts throughout the afternoon and plays host to bands, battle reenactments, races, stalls and amusements such as tug-o-war and beat-the-goalie competitions, with the events of the afternoon culminating in the crowning of the gala queen.

The gala day is viewed as an important event in Newmilns ' social calendar as it brings together and caters for the whole community.

On 18 May 2007 he performed at The Natural History Museum London as the support act for Tina Turner at the Bedrock Ball, a charity gala evening in aid of ' Cauldwell Children ' The event marked Turner's return to live performance after a 7 year absence.

To celebrate the event, the company held a gala banquet at the Oriental Hotel.

Ben and Riley concoct their own plan to steal the Declaration during a gala event, and execute it just before Ian and his own team arrive.

The gala fashion show event held in November at the Royal Albert Hall featured some of the world's best-known fashion designers including Armani and Yves Saint Laurent, with designs presented by top models including Grace Jones, Michael Caine, Freddie Mercury and Boy George.

In 2000, the 100th anniversary of Cap and Skull, a large gala event was held and members donated a large endowment for an annual scholarship to Rutgers students.

That success was celebrated by the gala event, " An Extraordinary Evening ", featuring former President George H. W.

In the summer of 1995, a gala event in New York honored renowned design editor and author Beverly Russell, a member of the Kendall Board of Trustees and recipient of an honorary doctoral degree from the college.

Elsewhere, Dru, strong as Buffy dreamed, arranges her own gala event, while Spike, using a wheelchair but quite undead as well, directs his gang to collect scattered pieces of the demon Judge to reassemble for her present.

Wearing a light colored suit and a bright tie, he was dressed more for some gala occasion than for a funeral.

At the Academy Awards gala, Chaplin was given a twelve-minute standing ovation, the longest in the Academy's history.

On his birthday, 16 April, City Lights was screened at a gala at the Dominion Theatre in London, the site of its British premiere in 1931.

Although a gala wedding was planned for Fort Riley, Kansas, the death of Stuart's father on September 20 caused a change of plans and the marriage on November 14 was small and limited to family witnesses.

In 1989, Nancy was honored at the annual gala awards dinner of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, during which she received the council's lifetime achievement award.

In 2005, Reagan was honored at a gala dinner at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D. C. where guests included Dick Cheney, Harry Reid and Condoleezza Rice.

" The first award was presented at a gala fund-raiser on April 27, 2009, with help from performers Bernadette Peters, Michael Cerveris, Will Gartshore and Eleasha Gamble.

It was originally performed by Lesley Colier and Wayne Eagling himself at an Amnesty International gala in Drury Lane, but in 1984 the Royal Ballet School presented it again at the Sadler's Wells theater.

In June 2007, the Canadian High Commission in South Africa declined to grant Winnie Mandela a visa to travel to Toronto, Canada, where she was scheduled to attend a gala fundraising concert organised by arts organisation MusicaNoir, which included the world premiere of The Passion of Winnie, an opera based on her life.

Hellenistic etiology connects the name with Galatia ( first attested by Timaeus of Tauromenion in the 4th c. BC ), and it was suggested the association was inspired by the " milk-white " skin ( γάλα, gala, " milk ") of the Gauls ( Greek: Γαλάται, Galatai, Galatae ).

In 1949 the Festival Hall was used for the first time again and there was a gala concert with the Vienna Philharmonic led by Hans Knappertsbusch.

" On 19 May 2005, during the centennial gala of his birth province, Saskatchewan, Leslie Nielsen was introduced to HM Queen Elizabeth II.

At a gala in Monaco, organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations ( IAAF ), she was declared the " Female Athlete of the Century ".

The film premiered at the closing gala of the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, and was released in the United States on June 11, 1982.

While it was originally planned to reopen in time for the centenary on 25 May 2008, delays prevented this, and the house was finally reopened with a gala concert and 3D animations on 24 May 2010, the eve of its own 102nd birthday and the Argentina Bicentennial.

Sting's first involvement in the human rights cause came in September 1981 when he was invited by producer Martin Lewis to participate in the fourth Amnesty International gala The Secret Policeman's Other Ball following the example set at the 1979 show by Pete Townshend.

At the gala opening evening on July 28, a live auction will be held and among the items to be auctioned will be the large white sawhorse which was left in Morris's place when he was kidnapped, and a one of a kind glass bead " Morris ", designed and created by Tryon Master Bead Artist Julie McIntyre.

The gala celebration, complete with a picnic, marked the town's formal opening, and was attended by a trainload of people from Oklahoma.