11.   Organizers expect to sell half a million tickets.

12.   This year, in the wake of highly publicized cases of school violence, organizers are expecting more.

13.   Weather threatens the party, but organizers still expect it to be the largest ever.

14.   While television ratings have been unexceptional, organizers expect them to grow as the tournament builds.

15.   Organizers expect more people will take part in the second flotilla.

16.   Organizers expected more farmers to settle after the first harvests got under way.

17.   Organizers expected the event to sell out by nightfall.

18.   Organizers expect a definitive word Wednesday.

19.   Organizers expect slightly larger crowds than last year, says Moira Henderson, co-ordinator of the Canada Day program at the federal Heritage Department.

20.   Organizers expect the rather bizarre bazaar to attract thousands and easily rival the colorful yard sale in August of neighboring country celebrity Wynonna Judd.