Yesterday I attended the official swearing-in of Ian Adamson as High Sheriff of Belfast, an appointment announced by Ian in The High Sheriff, by Cllr Dr Ian Adamson OBE (Saturday, January 1. 2011).
About two hundred guest attended the magnificent ceremony in one of the main Reception Rooms of Belfast City Hall. Although my camera battery gave up at the critical moment, a fuller report will follow with (DV) photos. Of course the Lord Mayor of the city attended along with other leading political figues; but the guest whose presence most surprised me was singer/songwriter Van Morrision. Ian tells me that “Van the Man” is an admirer of Ian's books.
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