http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/
some sort of musical festival where some of the audience stand or "promenade" (cheaper than sitting). The worst is the 73rd where flags get waved and stuff.
Roger.
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From: "Michael Snider" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 04:59
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> On Sunday, August 12, 2001, at 11:51 PM, david.bircumshaw wrote:
>
> > And bad poems by social climbers have now become a feature of the Proms.
>
> In the States, Proms are dances held at the end of the last year of high
> school -- I can't imagine any sort of poem being a feature of these
> events. What is a Prom over there?
>
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