Eric's Civic and other thoughts...!

 The fundraising High Tea held at James Wallace’s home, ‘Rannoch’ was a great success.

 Since 2004 the Friends have presented  “The Golden Elephant” award to a promising upcoming NZ short filmmaker, and is gifted by the Friends of the Civic Charitable Trust as an appreciation for the art of filmmaking and the association of cinema with Auckland's Civic Theatre.

The award this year was present by Peter Wells to Christopher Banks for his short film Teddy.

Present on the occasion were many wonderful people. Thomas O’Brien’s secretary, Rona von Zalinsky is 101 years young. Many who had worked at the Civic, danced there,and associated with, were able to be present. Many from the art world took this opportunity to view the magnificent collect at James’ home, and the wonderful delicacies were an enticement. Modesty forbids me uploading the photo of myself with a plate of Chocolate Mud cake, mounted by lashings of whipped cream. A wonderful afternoon was the verdict of all.

check out some of the photos on the slide show page