promenade concert

British

noun

Often shortened to: prom. a concert at which some of the audience stand rather than sit

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Promen�′der.—Promenade concert, an entertainment in which the audience promenades or dances during the music.

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In 1901 his popular march “Pomp and Circumstance” was played at a promenade concert, the stirring melody of his song “Land of Hope and Glory” being effectually utilized.

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And remember, besides, that this marketing is just as great an amusement to the peasant women as a promenade concert is to fine ladies.

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Could you send me out the programme of the coming Promenade Concert season?

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He was thinking of what the Promenade Concert usually means to people who have been taught something by co-education.

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