It is usual that the head of state, particularly in parliamentary systems as part of the symbolic role, is the one who opens the annual sessions of the legislature, e. g. the annual State Opening of Parliament with the Speech from the Throne in Britain.

A formative event was his singing performance at his school's annual Speech Night in December 1926 – none of his family were present, and the sense of loneliness he felt that night remained with him throughout his life.

* 1957 – Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first Canadian Monarch to open up an annual session of the Canadian Parliament, presenting her Speech from the Throne in Ottawa, Canada.

Other ceremonies sometimes associated with the Westminster system include an annual Speech from the Throne ( or equivalent ) in which the Head of State gives a special address ( written by the government ) to parliament about what kind of policies to expect in the coming year, and lengthy State Opening of Parliament ceremonies that often involve the presentation of a large ceremonial mace.

By tradition, the Chancellor has been allowed to drink whatever he or she wishes whilst making the annual Budget Speech to parliament.

Skinner has traditionally cracked jokes, usually about the Royal Family, during the annual Queen's Speech ceremony.

On 24 November 1998, in opening the second session of Parliament, the Queen delivered her annual Speech from the Throne ; the Speech is written for her by the ruling party and outlines that party's legislative agenda for the upcoming year.

It is used for some of the City of London's official functions, including an annual dinner, hosted by the Lord Mayor, at which the Chancellor of the Exchequer customarily gives a speech – his " Mansion House Speech " – about the state of the British economy.

The Speech Team at SMIS is also a strong team, and they compete in the annual Speech Contest amongst other KPASSP schools.

TVW also produces an annual Telethon for the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and the Telethon Speech and Hearing Centre.

The school motto was introduced in 1953, with the school's first annual Speech Day held on the same year.

In December 1949, the Association of Directors of Speech Activities, a group of instructors attending the annual meeting of the Speech Association of America, met in Chicago.

Meeting at three meetings at the annual convention of the Speech Association of America, the group founded the American Forensic Association and drafted its first Constitution.

In 2008, Mayo was recognised as the " radio broadcaster of the year " at the 34th annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards and the " Speech Broadcaster of the Year " at the Sony Radio Academy Awards, receiving the latter for his " ability to paint colourful pictures of location and event and his ability to bring the very best out of his guests, encouraging conversation and interaction between them while skilfully nudging and controlling them " and for being " a master of light and shade, handling serious and lighter issues with aplomb.

Its various sections include ' Speech Day ', which covers the annual event and includes a printed list of all the prize-winners ; ' School Life ', which has recently been divided into ' Kindergarten and Junior Section ', ' Middle Section ' and ' College Section ' and narrates the main events that took place on each campus during the academic year ; ' Originalities ', which publishes some of the school year's best pieces of writing ; ' Sports ' which covers the annual sports events, including the annual ' Sports Day ' of each campus ; ' Art ' which publishes the finest artwork produced by Grammarians in the given year ; ' Urdu ', which comprises the top selection of Urdu articles and pieces of creative writing of the academic year.

In May 2008, Saturday Live won Best UK Speech Programme at the annual Sony Radio Academy Awards.

Merits earned by students through good conduct, academic work, CCA, helpfulness would be added up to the total points of each house and therefore would be counted towards the House Challenge Shield which is presented to the school at its annual Speech Day.

* Speech on the " The Pathology of Excellence " at Baylor University's Honors Program fifth annual Harry and Anna Jeanes Academic Honors Convocation in Waco, Texas, April 22, 1997.

Armed Forces Day is the annual report on this investment, a public presentation designed to give our own people, and the people of other lands who stand with us for peace with freedom and justice, the best possible opportunity to see and understand what we have and why we have it.

Following its construction, the Arc de Triomphe became the rallying point of French troops parading after successful military campaigns and for the annual Bastille Day Military Parade.

Highlights of the 1950s included the much-heralded marriage of Abner and Daisy Mae in 1952, the birth of their son " Honest Abe " Yokum in 1953, and in 1954, the introduction of Abner's enormous, long lost kid brother Tiny Yokum, who filled Abner's place as a bachelor in the annual Sadie Hawkins Day race.

They perform at both military and civilian airfields, and often perform directly over major cities such as San Francisco's " Fleet Week " maritime festival, Cleveland's annual Labor Day Air Show, the Chicago Air and Water Show, and Seattle's annual Seafair festival.

An annual private media summit called Captivate, renamed from Gamers Day in 2008, is traditionally used as a platform for new game and business announcements.

For instance, since 2006, annual Canada Day celebrations have been held at Trafalgar Square — the location of Canada House — in London, England ; initiated by the Canadian community in the United Kingdom, endorsed by the Canadian High Commission, and organised by a private promotions company, the event features Canadian performers and a demonstration of street hockey, among other activities.

The South Side hosts one of the city's largest parades, the annual African American Bud Billiken Day parade.

The Netherlands has hosted an annual domino toppling exhibition called Domino Day since 1986.

Establishing the annual observance Spay Day USA in 1994, The Doris Day Animal League now partners with the Humane Society of the United States and continues to be a leading advocacy organization.

In October 1979, Rosenthal's liability insurer settled with Day for about $ 6 million payable in 23 annual installments.

Recently Day has participated in telephone interviews with a radio station that celebrates her birthday with an annual Doris Day music marathon.

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Day promoted the annual Spay Day USA, and on a number of occasions, actively lobbied the United States Congress in support of legislation designed to safeguard animal rights.

Users must make a subscription for either an annual Long Term Hire Card costing € 10 or a 3 Day Ticket costing € 2.

Geisel's birthday, March 2, has been adopted as the annual date for National Read Across America Day, an initiative on reading created by the National Education Association.

HBC formerly sponsored the annual HBC Run for Canada, a series of public-participation runs and walks held across the country on Canada Day to raise funds for Canadian athletes.

Many cities across the country have annual St Patrick's Day parades ; The nation's largest is in New York City — one of the world's largest parades.

IKEA has taken over title sponsorship of Philadelphia's annual Thanksgiving Day parade in 2008, replacing Boscov's, who filed for bankruptcy in August 2008.

Since that time, Major League Baseball has adopted a new annual tradition, " Jackie Robinson Day ," in which all players on all teams wear # 42.

The Keystone Kops re-emerge every year in the town of Cedar Springs, Michigan during their Red Flannel Festival, and also in Sitka, Alaska during the annual Alaska Day festival.

Labour Day ( Labor Day in the USA ) is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of workers.

Just six weeks after Dandy Brandon's arrival at the mansion, the little surgeon and his svelte young wife gave their annual open house and ball, to which only New Orleans' oldest and wealthiest families were invited.

They had watered their stock at immense profit, then had raised the price of coal fifty cents a ton, netting themselves another $20,000,000 in annual profit.

introduction of the `` dialogue '' principle proved strikingly effective at the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Catholic Association for International Peace in Washington the last weekend in October.

An exhibit, `` Macropathology -- An Ancient Art, A New Science '', was presented at the annual meeting of the American Medical Association.

The measure, for federal income tax purposes, of the dividend to individual stockholders would be the fair market value of the shares at the time of each annual distribution.

For the year 2000 this means servicing ( A ) the protection requirements of a watershed producing at least 200 million acre-feet of water each year, ( B ) recreation and wildlife resources used each year by 635 million visitors, ( C ) a timber resource supporting an annual cut of 21 billion board feet, and ( D ) 60 million acres of rangelands.

at best the annual increase appears to be a matter of inches rather than feet.

Martin, who has been in office in Washington, D. C., for 13 months spoke at the council's annual meeting at the Multnomah Hotel.

The crowd at the twenty-first annual K. of C. Games, final indoor meet of the season, got a thrill a few minutes earlier when a slender, bespectacled woman broke the one-week-old world record in the half-mile run.

With the announcement of a `` special achievement award '' to William A. ( ( Bill ) Shea, the awards list was completed yesterday for Sunday night's thirty-eighth annual dinner and show of the New York Chapter, Baseball Writers' Association of America, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

The gala is the Thrift Shop's annual bundle party and, as all Thrift Shop friends know, that means the admission is a bundle of used clothing in good condition, contributions of household equipment, bric-a-brac and such to stock the shelves at the shop's headquarters at 1213 Walnut St..

The women's committee of St. David's Church will hold its annual pre-Fair pink parade, a dessert bridge and fashion show at 1 p.m. on Monday, April 17, in the chapel assembly room, Wayne.

`` Meet the Artist '' is the invitation issued by members of the Greater Philadelphia Section of the National Council of Jewish Women as they arrange for an annual exhibit and sale of paintings and sculpture at the Philmont Country Club on April 8 and 9.

When the Achaeans entertained Wednesday last at their annual Carnival masquerade ball, Miss Margaret Pierson was chosen to rule over the festivities, presented at the Muncipal Auditorium and chosen as her ladies in waiting were Misses Clayton Nairne, Eleanor Eustis, Lynn Chapman, Irwin Leatherman of Robinsonville, Miss. and Helene Rowley.

But an official statement adopted by the 33-man Emory board at its annual meeting Friday noted that state taxing requirements at present are a roadblock to accepting Negroes.

-- Washington County's 36th annual fair will close Saturday evening with 4-H and FFA awards program at 7, public dance at 8 and variety show at 8:30.

The presentation was made before several hundred persons at the annual meeting of the League at Olney Hall, College of Marin, Kentfield.

The top 3 students from 11 participating Dallas County high schools will be honored by the Dallas Sales Executives Club at a banquet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Sam Houston Room of the Sheraton-Dallas Hotel as the club winds up its annual Distributive Education project.