give an introduction

My sister Princesse would give an introduction to the performance, describing our history.

He recalled a humiliating experience on his first day of seventh grade in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, when his teacher asked each student to stand up and give an introduction.

Tony Lewis, a professor of New Testament languages and literature at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, will give an introduction to the Gospel of Mark.

All levels of experience are welcome and a caller will give an introduction to first-timers at 8:30 p.m.

Another no-show was Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin, who had been expected to give an introduction alongside that of President Dmitri A. Medvedev, who spoke innocuously of the Bolshoi as a “national brand.”