1.   As the ceremony started, I wondered if any of the other students were going to take it as seriously as Cheri Haught, the valedictorian, did.

2.   Before the ceremony started, she spent some time visiting a tiny boy in a giant wheelchair.

3.   But even before the opening ceremonies started, Dignity spoke out.

4.   Just as the ceremony was starting, thunder and lightning cracked the sky, which everyone thought was quite appropriate.

5.   The ceremony starts as his mother, Dana, hands him a sparkler.

6.   The ceremonies start at noon Central time.

7.   The dedication ceremonies start on Wednesday with a symposium on the role of black Union troops, followed by a tribute on Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery.

8.   At Pondok Ranggon, the relatives of the victims appeared tired and depressed when the ceremony started about three and a half hours later than scheduled.

9.   Before the ceremony started, children holding posters with black-and-white portraits of the victims lined up along a cemetery pathway.

10.   One minute before a special ceremony starts, religious facilities have been asked to ring bells or pound ceremonial drums.