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An Oscar for the Arts Ball

"And the Oscar, for the ball of the year? Undoubtedly the Arts Ball". The verdict is ours, and we're sure that all who attended "A Night in Hollywood" - the theme for this year's ball - will agree with this decision. Many, varied and at times outlandish were the costumes worn, the characters portrayed and the stars imitated. One of the best was Groucho Marx (John Barraud), above. Directing operations was Mike Allison (top right) as Romeo and Juliet (Joyce and David MacKenzie) got on with the balcony scene (right). And Deborah Gotto (below) was a realistic Bonnie of Bonnie and Clyde infamy.

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The Cleopatra of Hope, Jan Craggs

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Mixed bag here. Ron and Jenny Fletcher and Richard and Jacqueline Richardson.

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Col Edward Lawrence (Malcolm Muggeridge) and Nancy Barnicoat (Joan Crawford).

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Friar Tuck (John Dugdale), Ali Baba (Errol Ballantyne) and Ali's Missus (Elizabeth Ballantyne)

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The Bey and his mussus (Jack and Peggy Laird)

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In person, Sammy Davis jnr (portrayed by Chris Mahanty)

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A rather serious Laughing Cavalier (Roy Craggs)

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Husband and wife, Gurli and Jens Hansen, Romeo and Juliet extras, find an unusual way to end an argument

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Out of the saloon staggers Wild Bill Hic-hic-cup (Randal McMurtry) and a dance gal (Lorraine Watson).

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A chic sheik (Ian McWhannell), his Maid Marion (wife Jocelyn), new arrivals at Lower Moutere, and patroness of the arts, Barbara Wilkes.

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Hippy types, Anne Simpson and Peter Payne

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Auntie Mame (Richard Rainey) and Charlie Chaplin (Vera King-Turner).

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John Smith, the good, bad and ugly rolled into one.

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Every inch a king, yet still an earl, is Ethelred the Unready (John Earle)

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