On Saturday, June 1st 2013, the Greeley Chorale will perform a joint concert with the Donaghadee Male Voice Choir in Ulster Hall, Belfast. Ulster Hall was built in 1859 and opened in 1862. It was openend to provide the expanding city of Belfast with a larger multi-purpose venue. Even though larger concert halls have been opened in the city since then, Ulster Hall has remained a popular venue.
Belfast
Corporation bought the building in 1902 and the Hall has been host to famous
figures from the beginning: from Jenny Lind and Caruso to Charles Dickens and
John McCormack, from Lord Carson and the Dalai Lama to Barry McGuigan and the
Rolling Stones.
During
World War II, the Ulster Hall was used extensively as a dance hall in order to provide
entertainment for the American troops stationed in Northern Ireland. A shipment
of American white oak planking later mysteriously arrived in Belfast to
refurbish the dance floor.
Moreover, the Mulholland
Grand Organ in the Ulster Hall is one of the oldest examples of a functioning classic
English pipe organ.
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