1.   Instead, they get the splendor of descending the stairs to their official welcome.

2.   The Boro party will then go inside to meet the Mayor, Coun Eddie Bolland, and councillors to enjoy the official welcome.

3.   After receiving an official welcome on arrival at the Omani town of Salalah on Monday, Peres met with Sultan Qaboos bin Said.

4.   Clinton was greeted by Foreign Minister Jose Angel Gurria in a brief ceremony ahead of an official state welcome planned for Tuesday morning.

5.   He grinned and offered his official welcome to Cameron Indoor Stadium, his basketball home.

6.   In his statement, Carter jokingly described the graffiti as part of his official welcome.

7.   The convention was given an official welcome by Rick Sheehy, the president of the City Council in Hastings.

8.   The official welcome took the form of a coyote serenade.

9.   The U.S. Olympic team received its official welcome and the American flag was raised today in the Olympic Village.