Both Uses of
finale
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- Then the assembled company would sing, "Maycomb County, Maycomb County, we will aye be true to thee," as the grand finale, and Mrs. Merriweather would mount the stage with the state flag.
p. 290.2 *finale = the final part of a performance
- They said later that Mrs. Merriweather was putting her all into the grand finale, that she had crooned, "Po-ork," with a confidence born of pine trees and butterbeans entering on cue.
p. 297.1finale = final part of a performance
Definition:
the final part of a series of events -- often of a performance and especially a musical performance