Among dignitaries in the audience were Mrs. Chiang Ching-kuo, wife of the President of the Republic of China, GIO director-general Dr. James Soong and Mrs Soong, and Mrs Anna Chennault.
八隻象徵祥瑞的醒獅，分別由台上、台下擁向舞台中央的金鐘；一位身塗金漆，體型矯健的男舞者，在群獅簇擁中，敲響金鐘，為今年的金鐘獎頒獎典禮揭開序幕。蔣經國總統夫人、新聞局長宋楚瑜夫婦、陳香梅女士等貴賓，應邀觀禮。