31.  Midafternoon brought the traditional parade up Congress Avenue, and four inaugural balls ushered in the evening.

32.  MTV hosted an inaugural ball.

33.  Nonetheless, tens of thousands of well-wishers lined Pennsylvania Avenue for the parade, and thousands more attended lavish inaugural balls into the evening.

34.  On Saturday, revelers at a multistate inaugural ball at the District of Columbia Armory in Washington celebrated the new administration.

35.  People bored by the pomp and stodginess of official inaugural balls can attend dressed-down counter-balls.

36.  President Bush joked about having to dance at the inaugural balls.

37.  Sample will take in a variety of activities, including the parade, the inauguration and the inaugural ball.

38.  She may pick out a new beaded top the day of the inaugural ball, she said.

39.  She will wear a black wool gabardine suit with jeweled buttons to the inaugural balls.

40.  Some hardy optimists will argue that an inaugural ball is more a celebration of American democracy than of any political party or its musical preferences.