a performance, activity, or event that precedes and sets the stage for the main eventthe parade down Main Street served as the overture for a weekend of fun and festivities
the parade down Main Street served as the overture for a weekend of fun and festivities
curtain-raisers, preambles, preliminaries, preludes, prologues(also prologs), warm-ups
countdowns, run-ups(chiefly British)lead-inskickoffs, starts
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