Belfast City Hall

Scottish Country Dance Instruction

BELFAST CITY HALL (S4x40) Sq.Set Dorothy Bell Belfast Diamond Jubilee Book

1- 8 All set touch hands and turning away from partner dance to corner positions, turn corners 2H and dance back to original places
9-16 All dance Grand Chain (start RH to partner) ½ way and face clockwise in prom hold with partner, all promenade ¾ round (1s in 2nd place etc.)
17-24 Side couples (1s+3s) circle 4H round to left and set, 1s+3s turn away from partner and curve back to places (as bar 16)
25-32 2s+4s repeat bars 17-24
33-40 All circle 8H round to left ½ way (2 bars) and dance in, turn right about (all touching LH) dance out to reform and circle 8H round back to place

(MINICRIB. Dance crib compiled by Charles Upton, Deeside Caledonian Society, and his successors)

Keith Rose's Crib Diagram

Belfast City Hall - Full Size And Key To Symbols

Dance Information

RSCDS Belfast Branch celebrated its 60th Anniversary in 2006 with a Grand 60th Anniversary Ball in Belfast City Hall.

Belfast City Hall stands in Donegall Square in the centre of Belfast and is the headquarters of Belfast City Council. Belfast was granted city status by Queen Victoria in 1888, and the growth of the city led to plans for a new civic building to replace the existing Town Hall in Victoria Street.

The City Hall was designed by Alfred Brumwell Thomas and built on the site of the former White Linen Hall. Construction began in 1898 and took eight years, with the completed building opening on 1 August 1906. Built mainly of Portland stone, it has four corner towers and a central copper-clad dome rising about 53 metres.

In 1921 the City Hall was used for the first meeting of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, which was formally opened there by King George V on 22 June. The Great Hall was badly damaged during the Belfast Blitz in May 1941 and was subsequently rebuilt.

The surrounding grounds contain the Titanic Memorial, the Belfast Cenotaph, a statue of Queen Victoria and several other memorials and statues. Belfast City Hall was designated a Grade A listed building in 1975.

Belfast City Hall - Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

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