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At the end of the ceremony, Paris and Théo performed a galliard—a dance from the Renaissance era—as their recessional.
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
Students were still advised to maintain social distance before the recessional began.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2022
The festivities kicked off with an outdoor cocktail hour, and guests walked over immediately after the recessional.
—Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2022
As a surprise to guests, the couple hired the band Hudson Horns to play for their recessional.
—New York Times, 12 Mar. 2021
In about 10 seconds, the same newlyweds will teleport back to square one and start the recessional all over again.
—Laurence Scott, Wired, 2 Mar. 2020
Wolf said he is committed to student expression and cited Glendale High recently adding a recessional to its ceremony that allows the senior class to select one or two songs that represent the graduating group.
—Andrew J. Campa, Glendale News-Press, 23 July 2019
Their recessional was the throne-room theme from A New Hope.
—Rob Ledonne, Billboard, 25 May 2018
With regard to the American 21st century, Gaddis’s favorite novelists and philosophers perhaps argue against both optional intercessions abroad and moralistic lead-from-behind recessionals.
—Victor Davis Hanson, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2018
Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
Students were still advised to maintain social distance before the recessional began.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2022
The festivities kicked off with an outdoor cocktail hour, and guests walked over immediately after the recessional.
—Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2022
As a surprise to guests, the couple hired the band Hudson Horns to play for their recessional.
—New York Times, 12 Mar. 2021
In about 10 seconds, the same newlyweds will teleport back to square one and start the recessional all over again.
—Laurence Scott, Wired, 2 Mar. 2020
Wolf said he is committed to student expression and cited Glendale High recently adding a recessional to its ceremony that allows the senior class to select one or two songs that represent the graduating group.
—Andrew J. Campa, Glendale News-Press, 23 July 2019
Their recessional was the throne-room theme from A New Hope.
—Rob Ledonne, Billboard, 25 May 2018
With regard to the American 21st century, Gaddis’s favorite novelists and philosophers perhaps argue against both optional intercessions abroad and moralistic lead-from-behind recessionals.
—Victor Davis Hanson, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2018
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