"It is the first time that the award has gone out of the country" said BKSTS Patron Sir Sydney Samuelson, perhaps somewhat chauvinistically, as he presented the Dolby Sponsored 'Projection Team of the Year Award' to Andy Forrest, Chief Projectionist, and his team from the Edinburgh Filmhouse. The Dolby contingent were delayed en route due to problems with the railways, which gave Sir Sydney plenty of time to 'fill in' any awkward silences that might have otherwise occurred (not very likely at the CTC Party, is it?) by telling us tales of projection booths that have long disappeared, and the audience cheered loudly when he mentioned that earlier in December 2005 he had celebrated his 80th birthday, making him five years older than the BKSTS.
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