While some 300 so called A-list celebrities had celebrated Elton’s birthday last night at the cathedral St. John the Devine in Harlem, New York, some 300 A-list Elton John fans got together on March 25, 2007 to celebrate Eton’s 60th birthday with a “Lunch Around The World” event - international style.

For the first time ever - six Lunch Around The Worlds had united to host this annual fundraiser! LATW teams from London, Germany, Manhattan, Washington DC/Baltimore, Philadelphia, Staten Island plus the Hercules Fan Club (eltonfan.net) joined forces in this unique event!

This year’s fundraiser indeed was an international event with guests coming as far as Canada, Russia, Japan, Israel, all parts of Europe and most of the US states. Elton himself didn’t give us the honor of his presence, but Jerred Price from Leachville, Arkansas did a great job acting as his substitute, both by his looks and his fabulous piano playing and singing.

While the final result of this event is not yet known, we are already sure that quite a lot of money has been raised for the Elton John Aids Foundation.

For more details and pictures of this event see the 'NYC Blog' on www.sixty-years-on.com.

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