1.   Previously the award had gone to composers and arrangers.

2.   The top team award went to the quartet led by former Lancashire champion Bob Bardsley, including Helen Sharpe, Lindsay Hayward and Margaret Innes.

3.   Among the men, the award went to Lewis.

4.   And the purple-and-gold heart award went to Rooks and Blount, who played despite feeling lousy due to illness.

5.   And the award should go to . . .

6.   And the chutzpah award goes to ... ?

7.   Awards this year went to Gerald R. Levin of Time-Warner and Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa.

8.   Awards go to doers, not talkers.

9.   Awards usually go to people who are famous, in recognition for things they have accomplished.

10.   Best Vegas lounge act award goes to Shecky Green.