US BANDS TO GIVE CITY TOURISM BOOST

Date Published: 29-Dec-2009

A group of over 500 people have been brought to the city in a bid to encourage tourism in Galway.

The group from the US which includes 2 marching bands from Delaware University and Massachussetts State University will parade through the city at 12.30 this afternoon.

The bands will finish the parade with a half hour recital in Eyre Square.

The City Mayor Declan McDonnell is due to host a civic reception for the group at 3 o'clock in the Galway city musuem.