Hundreds of Thousands of Winnipegers, and Tens of Millions of Manitobans welcome the Wuxi China Expatdom Contingent.

An estimated three hundred thousand people came to the Winnipeg International Airport to greet the Wuxi China Expatdom contingent arriving on a connecting flight from Vancouver.  Screaming "Gorzo!  Gorzo!  You are our only hope!  Free us from the tyranny of the Ayatollah of Mordor!" the excited, but peaceful crowd, threw flowers and Tim Horton's Donuts at the Royal WCE Couple, Inspector Harry Callahan, and the WCE Trio.  Long-time Winnipeg Airport observers said they haven't seen such excitement since a flight carrying the Beatles stopped over at the Airport in the mid-1960s.

Various Winnipeg dignitaries, groveled and kow-towed to the Royal Couple and the WCE musicians, as they made their way to the limousine that was to take them on the rest of their journey to Brandon, Manitoba for the Wuxi Expatdom Vision Song Contest.  Mayor Sam Katz offered Gorzo the Mighty and Ayira: the Chosen One, keys to the city.  The head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers offered Gorzo the starting Quarterback position.  Prominent Manitoba Moose season ticket-holders asked Gorzo if he could help fund a new NHL hockey team to be called the Winnipeg Mighty Jets.  The Premier of Manitoba asked if he could name a power line after Gorzo.  Gorzo and Ayira, still feeling jet lag, graciously and gracefully responded to all requests earning lusty cheers of approval from all present.

An estimated thirty million Manitobans then lined Winnipeg's Portage Avenue and the Trans-Canada Highway, all the way to Brandon, to watch and greet the Wuxi China Expatdom Contingent.  Near Portage La Prairie, the contingent stopped to take a "respite" at a truck-stop, and were given a standing ovation by three million farmers and truckers.  The stall that Gorzo used was declared hallowed ground and off-limits forever in perpetuity.  At Carberry, the town elders renamed their town and declared March 23, to forever be a town holiday.  Near Chater, Harry Callahan and the WCE Trio decided to perform an impromptu concert for the fifty thousand people who had gathered and couldn't wait till the contingent had arrived in Brandon. 

The WCE contingent was then taken to Canadian Forces Base Shilo, where they would stay at the 600 room Sheraton hotel that was specially-constructed for their visit.  "The compound" as the local Shilo residents call it, has a moat surrounding it, anti-aircraft guns on the perimeter,  an Olympic-sized pool, and an 18 hole par 70 golf course.