gala day
Frequency: 6.58.5 per million words
A day of public entertainment and celebration.
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- The village is buzzing for its annual gala day this Saturday.
- On gala day, the high street closes to traffic for parades and stalls.
- She volunteered to coordinate the children’s games for the seaside gala day.
- Rain threatened, but the town’s gala day went ahead as planned.
- Have you seen the programme for our school’s spring gala day?
- It wouldn’t be a proper gala day without the brass band and the bake-off.
- The mayor officially opened the park on the centenary gala day.
- Locals remember when the mining community hosted a huge gala day every summer.
- Next year’s gala day will be bigger, with fireworks and a charity run.
- “What time does gala day start?” “At ten, right after the fun run.”