What is "opening ceremonies"

Usage examples of "opening ceremonies".

The most probable place for the assassins to strike would be outside of the main auditorium, just before the opening ceremonies or just after—.

The king and queen had come early for the interview in order to be on time for the opening ceremonies.

On Saturday morning, Kren dutifully went to the opening ceremonies, and then participated in the fencing tournament.

Ah well, I had hoped that King Aillas would be present at the opening ceremonies, but we shall not delay, and he will miss nothing of substance, since we must proceed through a round or two of encomiums, salutes, noble breast-beating, laudatory allusions and the like.

Wilf, why don't you take one of these comfortable lobby chairs for a few cycles, then join us in the grand ballroom for the opening ceremonies?

A wagon of the guard force took him to the stadium, then, and in a light downpour he watched the opening ceremonies and the first few competitions.

Both the FBI and the Secret Service had command posts set up on the side of Liberty Island that faced Ellis Island, where the opening ceremonies would take place.

However, because of the flimsy materials used in its' construction (a result of Imperial corruption), it collapsed during the opening ceremonies.

They talk of affairs of state: taxation, the two Patriarchs, the opening ceremonies for the Hippodrome, a few days off.