DONATION TO CRESCENT ARTS CENTRE 6th June 2024
Patricia Moorhead, events co-ordinator VCBOGA presenting Sophie Hayles, Chief Executive, Crescent Arts Centre with the donation and copy of ‘Victoria College Belfast, The First 150 Years’.
Following the 2023 VCBOGA Autumn Event, which was a visit to the former ‘Home’ of Victoria College, the Crescent Arts Centre, the Committee agreed to donate £75 and a copy of ‘Victoria College, the First 150 Years’ by Julie Kerr, to the Chief Executive of the Crescent Arts Centre, Ms Sophie Hayles.
The donation was in recognition of the warm welcome the ‘Old Girls’ received during the visit to their ‘Alma Mater’. Crescent Arts Centre staff enthusiastically led the guided tours of the building and assisted the guests when refreshments were served. The donation contributed to the Mairtín Crawford Awards for Short Story and Poetry, held during the 2024 Belfast Book Festival in June 2024.
Photos are courtesy of The Crescent Arts Centre
Belfast Book Festival 2024 in the former assembly hall!