Canada - Cheremosh Ukranian (sic) Dance Ensemble - This was one of the groups assembling on Castlegate in advance of the procession up Union Street to celebrate the opening of the International Youth Festival in 1999. Various groups performed within the city and surrounding towns.
The terra cotta statue on Simpson's building for the 'North of Scotland Bank' (1839-42) was by his friend James Giles, and was in appreciation of agricultural improvement in the northeast. It is a representation of the Greek 'mother-earth' goddess Demeter (adopted as Ceres in later Roman mythology).