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21/05/2004
Belfast gears up for Lord Mayor’s Show
Belfast once again is preparing to kick off the summer season with the year’s annual Lord Mayor’s Show.
The theme of this year’s Show, which takes place on Saturday May 29, is ‘Youth’.
Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Martin Morgan, will use the event to mark the end of his year in office, which finishes just a couple of days later, on June 1.
Councillor Morgan said that it was highly appropriate that the 2004 Lord Mayor’s Show was taking youth as its theme.
“As one of the youngest Lord Mayors in Belfast’s history, I fully recognize the contribution which young people have made and continue to make to our society, our city and its future development,” said the Lord Mayor.
“I am delighted to say that, during my term of office, Belfast City Council has been examining ways to improve its services, and access to them, for children and young people.”
Councillor Morgan pointed out that, over recent years, the Lord Mayor’s Show had undergone major improvements, with Belfast City Council committing considerable resources to its continuing development.
“The Show, quite rightly, has taken its place at the centre of our annual programme of events, celebrating not only the end of the Lord Mayor’s year, but also all that is great about this city of ours, Belfast,” he said.
This year’s Lord Mayor’s Show once again will follow a circular route between Cathedral Quarter and the City Hall, through the heart of Belfast.
More than 1,000 people will take part in this year’s procession, drawn from 18 community groups and more than a dozen businesses from across the City.
The parade of around 30 floats and up to a dozen bands, will leave Writer’s Square, opposite St. Anne’s Cathedral, at 1pm and move along Royal Avenue and Donegall Place to the City Hall. It then will do a lap of City Hall before returning to Writer’s Square.
(MB)
The theme of this year’s Show, which takes place on Saturday May 29, is ‘Youth’.
Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Martin Morgan, will use the event to mark the end of his year in office, which finishes just a couple of days later, on June 1.
Councillor Morgan said that it was highly appropriate that the 2004 Lord Mayor’s Show was taking youth as its theme.
“As one of the youngest Lord Mayors in Belfast’s history, I fully recognize the contribution which young people have made and continue to make to our society, our city and its future development,” said the Lord Mayor.
“I am delighted to say that, during my term of office, Belfast City Council has been examining ways to improve its services, and access to them, for children and young people.”
Councillor Morgan pointed out that, over recent years, the Lord Mayor’s Show had undergone major improvements, with Belfast City Council committing considerable resources to its continuing development.
“The Show, quite rightly, has taken its place at the centre of our annual programme of events, celebrating not only the end of the Lord Mayor’s year, but also all that is great about this city of ours, Belfast,” he said.
This year’s Lord Mayor’s Show once again will follow a circular route between Cathedral Quarter and the City Hall, through the heart of Belfast.
More than 1,000 people will take part in this year’s procession, drawn from 18 community groups and more than a dozen businesses from across the City.
The parade of around 30 floats and up to a dozen bands, will leave Writer’s Square, opposite St. Anne’s Cathedral, at 1pm and move along Royal Avenue and Donegall Place to the City Hall. It then will do a lap of City Hall before returning to Writer’s Square.
(MB)
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