concert n A miscellaneous public performance of songs, recitations, skits, etc.
   1966 PHILBROOK 155 Traditionally, Orangemen raise money by a variety of means: variety programs, dances, and community suppers. The programs are locally called 'Times' and 'Concerts' and are presented with enthusiasm by men who have thoroughly enjoyed their creation. They consist of songs, usually Newfoundland ballads, recitations, and skits of a slap-stick nature. 1969 Christmas Mumming in Nfld 82 A 'concert' resembles a variety show—with or without a theme—and might include one-act plays, skits of various kinds and individual acts, or a three act play by itself. 1975 RUSSELL 47 And that night last fall when the Women's Association had their concert, and we were all doin' our best with that song, the one that starts off '0 Canada'. . .

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