Sentences with phrase «began as a celebration»

Christmas is a pagan holiday, on a pagan date for the winter solstice, Easter began as a celebration of the pagan god Ester.

The film began as a celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Star Trek: The Original Series.

Shane Meadows» low - key masterpiece «This is England» managed to remind the world that British skinhead culture began as a celebration of music and black culture, rather than of racism and punching people at soccer games.

It's held before the hectic surfing season begins as a celebration of local culture and the natural beauty of the region, and is aimed at local people although visitors are more than welcome to join in.

The marathon which began as a celebration of the end of the Maya Calendar in December 21, 2012 has become one of the most sought after running events in Belize.

Just the Beginning» began as a celebration of the Integration of the Federal Judiciary on September 19, 1992, in Chicago, IL.

Not exact matches

Some Celebration residents believe that AMC began to see the town's theater as an annoyance and always intended to close it up once the Pleasure Island theater got on its feet.

At night, the castle magically turned into snow white as the Christmas celebrations began (there was a whole Frozen motif this year).

The limited event will begin on April 13, 2018 and is described as a «celebration of friendship.»

But as the sex abuse scandal continues to embroil the Roman Catholic Church in more than a half - dozen countries across Europe - and with allegations being raised that the pope himself responded inadequately to abuse allegations before he began leading the church in 2005 - Benedict's anniversary celebration has been overshadowed by international scrutiny of his leadership.

My son Stephen and I spent an unusual, albeit unusually moving, Independence Day: We attended the golden wedding anniversary celebration of my friends Piotr and Teresa Malecki, which began with a Mass of thanksgiving in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel of Cracow's Wawel Cathedral — the place where Piotr and Teresa had exchanged vows on July 4, 1964, kneeling before their old kayaking and hiking friend, the archbishop of Cracow (who, as Pope St. John Paul II, was canonized some two months before the Maleckis» jubilee.)

He began his day at an event with former President George W. Bush, who name - dropped Fu from the podium at an event billed as a Celebration of Human Freedom.

The last song was a loud and boisterous celebration and all of a sudden all the kids, as one, without prompting, just began to head for the scaffolded stage, climbing the step and they began to dance.

A single woman in her 20s who is discovering her body and her desires might be approaching masturbation as a celebration of sexuality and the gift of her body and desires; she could equally begin using masturbation as a place to take her sorrows, longings, and insecurities.

But as his high school experience slammed to a close in a series of disrupted celebrations, we began to face the inevitable: drug addiction.

Samhain began as a Celtic celebration marking the end of harvest and the beginning of winter's hardship.

Some couples find it meaningful to speak their revised vows to each other, as a part of an informal love feast, a private celebration of the beginning of a new chapter in their marriage.

The black majority Church's praise and celebration style was beginning to really influence the UK Church worship and reflected their substantial growth as a movement mainly in the British cities, with worship leaders Noel Robinson, Mark Beswick and Muyiwa leading the way.

Last year's monumental celebration saw black filmmakers and actors propelled to the forefront as Hollywood began a redemption narrative against #OscarsSoWhite.

The ball is in the hands of a Receiver in the endzone and just as the celebration was about to begin for Team Holway, the ball was batted to the ground!

As they realised defeat was upon them, and as Sevilla began their celebrations, the dying moments were punctured with several stoppages for squabbleAs they realised defeat was upon them, and as Sevilla began their celebrations, the dying moments were punctured with several stoppages for squabbleas Sevilla began their celebrations, the dying moments were punctured with several stoppages for squabbles.

The event begins at 4:30 am as the swim was traditionally held as a celebration of high summer, it is a «sunrise swim».

With the confetti raining down over the podium, the United States Men's National team held the Gold Cup trophy high in the air, bouncing as the celebrations began.

NNM began as National Nutrition Week in 1973, and was «promoted» to a month - long celebration in 1980.

It's only fitting that #NSBW17 kicks off at the beginning of #NationalNutritionMonth; just as breakfast is the best way to start your day, celebrating breakfast is the best way to start a month - long nutrition celebration!

The Facts about National Adoption Month: National Adoption Month began as a week - long celebration in Massachusetts in 1976.

After our day and a half of API celebration and sessions, Dr. Darcia Narvaez's program will begin with world - renowned academics, including API Advisory Board member Dr. Bruce Perry, founder of the Child Trauma Academy, as the keynote.

As I've embraced the liturgy and begun to recognize our needs for times of celebration and ritual, for the acknowledgment of what is significant in our years and weeks and days, I've come to see that space is sacred.

SNF's Celebration of School Nutrition Heroes was a huge success at LAC, and the Foundation will continue to honor the 2014 heroes as the search for next year's nominees begins.

Relations between India and Bangladesh began to sour almost simultaneously with the victory celebrations of December 1971, and India came to view Bangladesh as a problem.

The university's MLK Celebration begins Tuesday, as the campus community comes together for a prayer and reflection in NU's Alumni Chapel.

This is so because of the significance of this year's celebrations to us in the Niger Delta region and especially at the NDDC as it marks the beginning of the fulfilment of the Federal Government's promise to clean up the region, starting with the strategic Ogoni cleanup exercise.

The about - to - be concluded 40th anniversary celebration of Ogun State may have just reared its ugly side as reactions have began trailing the photo shoot that was taken at the Palace of the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo.

The three - day event, expected to mark the beginning of the «Lagos @ 50» celebrations this year, will showcase the works of students from tertiary institutions in Nigeria as well as other budding artists.

A holiday celebration of sorts began Sunday in Dunkirk as Governor Cuomo announced a plan that assures the future of the NRG power plant.

Trump's public schedule for the inaugural celebration began at Arlington, where he and Pence stood at attention as a bugler played taps at the Tomb of the Unknowns.

Cuomo called on all sides — politicians, activists, police officers and residents — to begin this week «as a period of reflection and calm and peace and unity» during the Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanza celebrations.

As we bring 2017 to a close, I am so honored to be joining these eight fabulous women in a celebration of new beginnings with our style inspiration for ringing in the year 2018.

Mar fro T.O and fro shares beautiful photographs of her beautiful Canada, as well great recipes and a fantastic post at the beginning of each month with daily celebrations and -LSB-...]

Mar fro T.O and fro shares beautiful photographs of her beautiful Canada, as well great recipes and a fantastic post at the beginning of each month with daily celebrations and suggestions for blog prompts.

However, as anyone who is anyone knows, the real celebration begins on the Saturday before... aka TOMORROW!

And just like that, daytime became as good a time as any to break out your party shoes — let the celebration begin!

These numbers appear at the beginning of Tony Scott's latest melodramatic thriller, aptly unnerving as they set up just such an event: a young man is taken from his wedding celebration.

His is a historical drama that opens with grim intent as it plays out the events which led up to Queen Elizabeth II's coronation; viewed not as the celebration of the beginning of a reign, but mourning the end of another.

The story begins following the victory celebration in the Ewok village on Endor as R2 - D2 and C - 3PO have gathered to tell Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca and other rebels of their adventures that led to the events in «Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.»

Beginning Friday, August 25th, Focus Features will stream one of three classic films — The Motorcycle Diaries, The Constant Gardner and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind — on Facebook each Friday, as part of the company's 15th Anniversary celebrations.

My birthday is always right before the start of school, so it's not hard to believe that I ended up in academia; my birthday being so closely aligned with the start of school, I thought the beginning of school as a celebration of my birthday.

The lesson begins by exploring what is meant by sacrament, discussing the different names for the Eucharist such as Mass, Divine Liturgy, describing the events of Holy Week and the Easter celebrations.

As I began to focus in on the significance of writing and plan how I could contribute to the National Day on Writing's «Why I Write» Celebration, I found myself coming back to the words of George Orwell in his 1946 «Why I Write» essay:

Now, before all of you teachers begin wild celebrations, you need to know what appears to be taking their place — shared attribution (as will be determined by the Ohio Department of Education).