It was splendid to welcome back to the stage seven of the company's former luminaries -- Lupe Serrano, Martine van Hamel, Nina Ananiashvili, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Alessandra Ferri, Natalia Makarova and Frederic Franklin -- but much more could have been made of their historical significance.
Prizes for the hundred winners of the competition, called "Be a Splendid Beijinger and Welcome APEC — Civilized, Polite Passengers," included subway passes and certificates of honor, according to the Wall Street Journal.
From singles to families, all comers receive a warm welcome, splendid service and an outstanding selection of 18 beers, ales and stouts on tap: Six Point Righteous Ale, Old Rasputin Imperial Stout, Allagash White, Dogfish Head 90 Minute, Brooklyn Brown, to name a few.
Paint a picture of this proud, splendid and welcoming hotel, with it's elegant facade, its morning-coated doorman and its worldly concierge, waiting to welcome you in.
I ask the fans for another favour – come to Milan airport and welcome this splendid team home.
The most magnificent were Orthodox Church ecclesiastical vestments, onto which Russian artisans had sewn jewels, along with a letter from Tsar Boris Godunov himself, saying, "You Tuscans do splendid work and are welcome any time you want to come".
When I go to Saudi Arabia, King Fahd welcomes me in splendid fashion... Do you think a head of state will spare that much time for just anyone?
Welcome to Chicago in July 1976 and the splendid suburban home of luxuriantly coiffured and moustachioed airline pilot Tom and his beautiful wife Drina.
This year brought another splendid crop of American histories, biographies and novels, a continuing and most welcome trend.
Although depriving the sci-fi crowd of "Star Wars" scenes prevented a true audience frenzy, it was a welcome opportunity to focus on the Philharmonic's unabashed and splendid performance.
UNICEF welcomes this donation, and hopes that other donors will follow the splendid example of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation".
