1.   EARLIER IN THE WEEK, the Philharmonic Gala, another awesome tent party, was held on the plaza of the downtown Music Center.

2.   For the past five years, the chain has been promoting Cinco de Mayo with food and drink specials and tent parties.

3.   He had just zipped down from Lincoln Center, where he lighted a tent party for NBC, in his equipment van.

4.   Outside the coliseum, vendors hawked campaign paraphernalia as participants strolled through tent parties sponsored by each candidate.

5.   You should have been queuing up for free beer and prime dead cow at the invitation-only tent party the Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas threw.

6.   Popular tent parties can quickly become death traps.

7.   Stars and wannabes flocked to a nearby tent party after the show.

8.   The wild proliferation of tent parties in India is as sure a sign of spring as the change in weather.