Wuxi Expat King Declares 2015 to be the Year of Frank Sinatra in the Wuxi China Expatdom

His Majesty, Defender of the Expatdom, Lord of the Realm, King Sir Alec Guiness has declared 2015 to be the Year of Frank Sinatra in the Wuxi China Expatdom. In 2014, it was been the year of the gun in the Wuxi China Expatdom.

Said His Majesty:

"The 2014 Year of the Gun celebrations in Wuxi were a great success. All wise, and thus reactionary Wuxi Expats became armed to the teeth and learned everything there is to know about firearm safety. There are now five hundred billion firearms in the Wuxi China Expatdom. The level of manners and civilization has risen accordingly. The stock of wildlife has increased dramatically for Wuxi Expat hunters to enjoy the sublime and moral sport of hunting. Thanks to the efforts of conservationally minded Wuxi Expat hunters, vast herds of elephants, elk, deer, tigers, bears and any other animals that you want to hunt roam the vast plains of the Hui Shan District. Yes, 2014 for Wuxi Expats was thus the greatest year that a civilization any time in human history has ever had."

"For a Monarch like myself who has to administer the Expatdom in 2015, it will be a tremendous challenge to follow that, to come up with an encore, as it were. But fortunately for me, I visited the site of Marc Steyn and learned that 2015 will be the centenary of Frank Sinatra. Sinatra's singing, his great phrasings were of such a sublime quality, that he must surely have been a Wuxi Expat in fact, if certainly he is in spirit. And of course, Sinatra's connections with our greatest Wuxi Expat, Double Saint Archduke Sir Harry Moore Emeritus are well known. Sinatra, on numerous occasions, credited his fellow Rat Pack pal Archduke Harry for the idea of phrasing his songs so as to show the emotional intention of a song's lyrics. It has even been suggested that Archduke Harry wrote songs under the nomme de plume of Cole Porter. Some books have been written claiming that Sinatra's fame musical arranger, Nielson Riddle, was in fact Archduke Harry in disguise. And you may be surprised to know that when Sinatra, Archduke Sir Harry, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Dean Martin were having their late night crony sessions, Archduke Sir Harry was the only person who could leave the party early. And if Sinatra tried to leave the party early, he would be easily put in his place by Harry saying, "Where do you think you're going?""

"So to mark this year of Sinatra, Wuxi Expats are encouraged to play Sinatra music, dress like Sinatra or any of his Rat Pack confreres. I will also suggest, but this is not an order, that any music from the rock and roll era and the rap area not be played. I want all Wuxi Expats to finish the process of completely civilizing the Wuxi China Expatdom. We are now well-armed and polite, and Catholic in our beliefs. All we need to do now is listen to some classy music and dress classy as well."