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-fest, half expect, VJ Day, VE Day (United Kingdom) or V-E Day (US), jollification, event manager,



Q. I half-expected to see you at that 12-hour performance of Dostoyevsky’s “Demons” that Lincoln Center Festival produced over the summer.

A. No, no, I’m a lowbrow. I read that material, more out of obligation than enjoyment. For enjoyment, for me, it’s a beer and the football game.




Prince to lead tributes on VJ Day


The Prince of Wales is to lead veterans in a service marking the 65th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day



jollification (noun) A boisterous celebration; a merry festivity.Synonyms:merrymaking, conviviality


Usage: The jollification that followed the team's come-from-behind victory provided Michael with the opportunity to slip away unnoticed.




Victory in Europe Day, generally known as VE Day (United Kingdom) or V-E Day (US), is a day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May ...


VJ Day, jollification,  event manager

Cool | 22.09.2009 | 18:30

Beethoven meets hip hop

This year, Bonn's prestigious Beethoven Festival entrusted a group of 16 secondary school students with the planning, marketing and managing of a whole concert!

The young people who took part in the ambitious arts management project produced an innovative programme in which hip-hop met classical music.
Interview: Kate Laycock


half expect 20 up, 2 down

When you don't honestly believe something to be the case, but wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be true.
My friend was so crazy, I half expected him to actually jump off the water tower into a tub of jello when the radio station offered him $10.



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COMBINING FORM

In nouns denoting a festival or gathering of a specified kind:a media-festa gabfest

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