1.   Novelist John Updike was scheduled to open the festival with a reading last night.

2.   The decision to open the festival with the Cunningham company set the bar surprisingly high.

3.   The L.A. jazz-rock band was supposed to open the festival, but got stuck in traffic.

4.   The Rebirth Brass Band will open the festival in the afternoon, followed by the Flying Neutrinos and the Sun Ra Arkestra.

5.   The troupe had been scheduled to open the festival next Thursday.

6.   This season, however, he opened the festival to more modern plays.

7.   Burkina Faso Premier Ernest Paramanga Yonly opened the festival Saturday night in a packed outdoor stadium.

8.   So they called on Woody Allen, a comic legend in France, to open the festival Wednesday.

9.   The dance troupe officially opens the festival on Thursday.

10.   The festival was opened to the public the following year, drawing researchers and scientists interested in genetic research.