0 a special public occasion at which there is a lot of entertainment, usually in the form of different types of performances: --
1 a sports competition, especially in swimming: --
a swimming gala
2 a special public occasion at which there is a lot of entertainment: --
a gala affair
Small burghs in my constituency run common ridings, miners' galas, fishermen's festivals and so on, but those burgh authorities will cease to exist in 1975.
I have heard him on numerous occasions in different parts of the country and at miners' galas putting the view of the union.
As this was an important event in young children's lives, should they not have been allowed to attend such a gala?
Why does he not popularise the costermonger's gala costume?
A six-lane pool has been approved whereas an eight-lane competitive pool is necessary to establish a facility suitable for galas, which would have generated income.
I had the privilege, just 40 years later, of opening the gala celebrating the centenary of that school.
There is many a slip between the blueprint and the grand gala opening day of the new hotel.
They take place mostly on bank holidays and gala days.
