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If you have already voted....diolch yn fawr. If you have not we include detailed directions below. We have become aware that many people have gone to the page to vote and found it somewhat confusing. In some cases people have 'Liked' the app and thought they had voted. This is not the case . Please check by following the instructions below....if you have not voted you will be allowed to do so. If you have the page will simply offer you the opportunity to 'Share With Friends'. There is nothing to fear....the app will not allow you to vote twice:)
Currently we are ranked at position 114 with 162 votes. We need to stay in the top 200 to qualify for $20,000. Please read the directions below and vote for us ( or check if you think you already may have done ) WE URGENTLY NEED AT LEAST 200 VOTES A WEEK TO STAY IN THE RUNNING!!
2. Click on 'Search and Vote' which is in a bar with a green background just below the 'Like' button. DO NOT just click on the 'Like' button. You need to click 'Like' but this alone does not constitute a vote. All this will do is 'Like' the application. This is very important...a lot of people have done this and thought they had voted. CLICKING ON LIKE DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE VOTED.
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If anyone has a blog or website there is a link button and code on our voting page. Unfortunately this is a bitly link which seems to expire after a few days. I have attached the link code ( click linkcode.txt below ) which we are using on AmeriCymru ( which works ) as a text file. Anytone can use this and it takes people straight to our voting page ( assuming they are logged into FB and have given the app permission to access their profile.
Can someone help. First off just before England played their first game, they insulted the Welsh and themselves, by stating that the Welsh Guards fought the Zulus at Rorkes Drift.
It was B company of the 24th of foot the Warwickshire regiment, who were renamed the "South Wales Borderers" on their return from South Africa, by Queen Vic.
Then at the German game, you would have thought we were still at war with them.
They have been our allies all my life, and I stood shoulder to shoulder with them against the Warsaw pact.
Then when Brazil played north korea, they were all n korean fans, the people who want to start the thrid world war. Am I missing something here or are they just fools, by the way this has all been on ITV.
They are evil commies who want to kill everyone else.
Come on just because England are rubbish don't take it out on everyone else please.
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Just a quick note to say that we have incorporated the FaceBook 'Like' button on AmeriCymru. You will find it near the top of the right hand column on every page of the site just below the 'Sign In' box.
This means that you can 'like' pages on AmeriCymru at any time ( whether you are signed in to AC or not ) and they will appear in your activity stream and on the pages of your FaceBook friends. Of course you need to be signed into FaceBook in order for this to work.
We think that you'll agree that this is a useful and easy way to draw attention to your favorite AmeriCymru content amongst your FaceBook friends
Enjoy!In other developments we have replaced the blog module in the center column on the homepage ( just below the 'activity feed' ) and added a scrollbar so that we can provide easier access to the last 20 blogposts on the site. We are keen to enhance the usefulness of the blogging function for our members. A post on AmeriCymru can be accessed from the 'activity feed' and the new blog module and is also likely to be featured in our weekly broadcast email ( the next one will go out on Tuesday next week ) This reaches around 5000 people directly and many, many more via Twitter and FaceBook. If you have an event or a product ( book, cd etc ) or a blog to promote please consider posting about it on the site and we will do our level best to ensure that you get the maximum exposure for your message.
( This is not an official press release but rather the personal observations of a Cymuned supporter ) Dear Supporter, ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2010 Cymuned's Annual Conference will be held on the 3rd of July this year, in Llanllyfni, Gwynedd. It will start at 10.30 am and finish by 3.30 pm. If you register in advance, attendance is free. You can register by replying to this email. There is an entrance charge of 5 if you choose not to register in advance. *** WAKESTOCK - EMPTY PROMISES? Since they started, the Wakestock festival in the Pwllheli area have said that they would promote local bands and the Welsh language. Despite that, the 'Welsh version' of their website is a bit of a joke - if you click on the Welsh flag (no, there's nothing else to suggest there's a Welsh version!), you get exactly the same website with a Welsh menu that takes you to English language pages. The phrase 'dog's dinner' comes to mind. One of our supporters who lives locally emailed the company to offer to help with the translation. He was refused pretty blunty to begin with, but when he got in touch with them again, they said they would accept his offer. Since that, he's heard nothing. If you think that a festival which makes so much money out of the beauty of Pen Llŷn should spend a few pence on translating their website (or even just accept a volunteer's offers!), you can email Wakestock at: info@wakestock.co.uk *** COMMUNITY GROUP AIMS TO REGENERATE CARDIGAN TOWN CENTRE http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid_wales/10208231.stm *** SAINSBURYS STILL SEEM TO THINK THAT WELSH DOESN'T EXIST Sainsburys are currently leafleting people in the Llanbedr Pont Steffan (Lampeter) area to promote a new store that will be opening there. Despite plenty of previous occasions when they have been told that using Welsh is polite in communities where a lot of people speak Welsh, the leaflets don't have a word of Welsh. Peter Evans has already emailed them to draw their attention to this, and to ask what their policies will be regarding employing local staff and using Welsh in the new store. If you'd like to ask them the same questions, and increase the chance they might take it seriously, you can email: customerservice@sainsburys.co.uk *** THREAT TO THE FUTURE OF HEDD WYN'S HOME The Lottery Heritage Fund and CADW have refused an appeal for funds to help keep the home of Hedd Wyn, one of the most famous of all Welsh chaired bards, open to visitors. The sums required are tiny compared to what they give to heritage sites in England. If you would like to sign the petition calling on them to fund the appeal, please go to: http://www.petitiononline.com/heddwyns/petition.html *** NEW WEBSITE AND 2010 EISTEDDFOD Thank you to everyone who has offered to help test our new website, or to lend a hand in the Eisteddfod. We'll be getting in touch with you over the course of the next fortnight. In the meantime, if anyone else would like to help with either, we'd be glad to hear from you. Cofion cynnes, Aran on behalf of Cymuned's Executive Committee * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dewi Sant told us to "Do the little things." To see what he had in mind, have a quick look at: www.cymuned.net/ymlaen/dewisant * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Are you a dreamer or a doer? Cymuned can't survive without YOUR help. Have a look at: www.cymuned.net/ymlaen/ourfuture to hear how to make things change. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |
| The Welsh Argentine Guitar Duo are Luis Orias Diz and Adam Khan. Argentina and Wales have strong links and the duo is exploring the musical heritage of both countries as well as performing works from their respective folk traditions and pieces by living composers from Wales and Argentina. AmeriCymru spoke to the duo about their history, influences and their forthcoming Album and tour of Wales details here :- 
Americymru: We read in your bio that you met while taking master classes with Cuban composer guitarist Leo Brouwer? Care to tell us a little about that experience? Adam/Luis: Having the chance to play for and take lessons with Leo Brouwer was a very important experience, He is one of the most important people in the guitar community and his compositions have become a part of the standard repertoire and will remain so for centuries. It was very interesting playing his own compositions for him and discovering why he wrote them and his conception of how they should be played.Americymru: It has been said of you that:- 'The duo sounds like one guitarist playing with immense concentration'. At what point did you discover how amazingly well you work together? when did you decide to form the Duo? Adam/Luis: After we met in Portugal in the mid nineties we often talked about working together but the distance between Wales and Argentina made it unlikely that we would be able to do something serious, luckily in 2006 we got offered the chance to record Brouwer's complete repertoire for guitar duo with Argentine record label "Guitar Masters". After this experience we decided to try and put together a project and use the cultural connections between our two countries as a catalyst to encourage composers to write new works and to research the music of Welsh Patagonia. Adam/Luis: 'Interludio' was recorded in Buenos Aires in 2006 for PAI records and it was a pretty crazy time, We had not seen each other for more than 9 years and had no idea how we would sound together or how we would get on as people, I flew out to Argentina we did a couple of gigs and everything seemed to slip into place, we recorded the album in about 3 days and I flew home!....and that was supposed to be the end of it, it was only supposed to be a one off collaboration. When I heard the recording some 6 months later I thought that we should try and continue working together, but we needed a focus as there are many Guitar duo's around the world, so we needed to offer something different. I started to look into the Welsh connections between the 2 countries and this is what led us to work only on music from Wales and Argentina and to look for Argentine composers of Welsh descent. 'Voyage to Patagonia' is the culmination of this, it is packed with Welsh and Argentine folk music as well as pieces written especially for the project by Stephen Goss, Howard Rees and Dafydd Bullock, It was recorded in Buenos Aires during 2009 and early 2010 and we spent much more time in the studio really working on our sound and the musical ideas we wanted to put across.Americymru: Where can people go to hear/purchase your work? Adam/Luis: Both of our cd's are available for download at iTunes and you can buy physical copies of the cd's from various internet retailers, just search 'Welsh Argentine guitar duo' and you will find plenty of choicesAmericymru: You have worked in the past with Welsh Guitarist and composer Stephen Goss. Can you tell us a little about that collaboration? Adam/Luis: Stephen Goss is a very important Composer and Guitarist who originally comes from Swansea, He is currently professor of composition at Surrey university. I have known Stephen since 2003 when I was Guitarist in residence at the Dundee international guitar festival. When we decided on the direction we wanted to take the duo Stephen was one of the first people I contacted and he was keen to get involved by arranging some welsh and Patagonian folksongs for us. His music is well worth investigating.Americymru: What kind of music do you perform live? What is your typical concert repertoire? Adam/Luis: We basically play Welsh and Argentine folk based music and some more serious classical pieces by contemporay Welsh and Argentine composer's such as Howard Rees and Fernando Millet. We will be playing 'Voyage to Patagonia' in it's entirity during our summer concerts in the UK.Americymru: You will be touring Wales this year. Care to tell us a little about your plans? Adam/Luis: We have lots of concerts in Wales during July and are really looking forward to sharing our music with the people, details of our tour dates can be found at www.welshargentineguitarduo.comAmericymru: This will not be your first visit to play in Wales. Care to tell us about your previous tours and engagements? Adam/Luis: Well I was born in Neath and grew up in the area so I have been playing concerts on my own in Wales for years, hundreds of them!. As a duo we toured Wales in 2008 and had a great time, Luis even has a slight Neath twang to his British accent!Americymru: You celebrate the connection between Wales and Argentina in your music, indeed the very name of the band does that. Can you tell us a little about how this historical connection affects your own lives and where our readers can go to discover more about it? Adam/Luis: Again there is a lot of information about it on our website but I would urge any welsh people to make the trip to Patagonia, you will be amazed at How strong the Welsh culture and language is alive there, we played several concerts in Patagonia and the Welsh Chapel in Gaiman was a surreal and wonderful experience, it was like being in Wales but in the middle of the desert.Americymru: Any last message for the readers and members of AmeriCymru? Adam/Luis: Thanks for reading we really hope you might check out our Cd and make friends with us on AmeriCymru. We are hoping to come over and do some dates in the USA so if anyone can help us please get in touch! |
UP, UP AND AWAY...LLANGOLLEN FESTIVAL CELEBRATES REFURBISHED PAVILION WITH A SPECTACULAR BALLOON RELEASE
By Ceri Shaw, 2010-06-10
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Free Festival Tickets Up For Grabs To celebrate the refurbishment of the Llangollen International Pavilion, Llangollen Eisteddfod were proud to invite everyone to a spectacular and colourful balloon release on Thursday 10th of June at 2pm in the presence of celebrated, multi-million selling and original electric string quartet (and stars of one of the festivals evening concerts this year) Bond! Five thousand balloons took to the skies, with 100 special gold balloons. Those lucky enough to find one of the special gold Llangollen Eisteddfod balloons will have the chance of winning tickets to the Festival or the evening concerts - including the Concert featuring Bond on Thursday, July 8th. All you have to do is go online to www.llangollen2010.co.uk to see if your gold balloon number is one of the winners! It is anticipated that several winning balloons will travel overseas to countries in Europe and beyond and will serve to further enhance Llangollens International message. Dozens of people turned up to watch the balloon release, those included were dozens of Dinas Bran School pupils. This is a brilliant idea says Cardiff-born BOND violinist, Eos Chater, and we are really excited to be involved with it. Imagine the thrill of finding one of these winning balloons and receiving free tickets to the Festival or one of the spectacular concerts. If youre really lucky, it might even be ours! The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod has always been associated with colour, says the Festivals Chief Executive Mervyn Cousins, and now, here we are, turning the skies over Llangollen into a wonderful mosaic! It will be a great day out for the whole family and, of course, there is also the chance of winning a rare ticket to one of our justly famous evening concerts. But were also eager to draw attention to the improved facilities at Llangollen this year. The Festival is bigger and better than ever and now, thanks to the renovations made possible by our friends at Denbighshire County Council and the Welsh Assembly Government, so is the Pavilion itself. The Llangollen Eisteddfod is something we can all be proud of in Wales, says Hugh Evans, Leader of Denbighshire County Council, and we at Denbighshire County Council are happy to have contributed to the overall 1.6million redevelopment, supported by the Welsh Assembly Government, to create a world class pavilion which is no less than this great event deserves. This will hopefully be seen as a significant investment in what is an important cultural phenomenon. Llangollen is a national and international treasure. The 1.6 million investment by Denbighshire County Council and the Welsh Assembly Government will secure the provision of an Over-Pavilion New Canvas together with the renovation and renewal of the steel structures underneath. In addition to improvements in lighting, access and seating within the building there has also been a major overhaul of the entrance with new designs from local artists and wonderful images of the beautiful local scenery. The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is a hugely significant event says Alun Ffred Jones, Heritage Minister of the Welsh Assembly Government, not only for us in Wales but to the thousands upon thousands of people who flock here each year to compete and to sample its unique and multi-cultural atmosphere. The Welsh Assembly Government recognizes the huge importance of this event as a symbol of peace and harmony in a troubled world and as a crucial ambassador for our nation and is therefore delighted to invest to safeguard its growth in the twenty first century. I am convinced that the public and the performers will both appreciate these massive improvements to the Llangollen Pavilion, says Mervyn Cousins, particularly in terms of the acoustics in the Main Hall and in the areas of catering. These will have long-term benefits for the pavilion too of course because it is an all-year-round venue and the hope is that these new improvements will make the pavilion a much more attractive proposition for business conferences and meetings. We have been working closely with the Eisteddfod to create a new business plan allied to the refurbished pavilion says Iwan Prys-Jones, Corporate Director of Denbighshire County Council, the improvements to the pavilion are fantastic and we hope it will bring new investment to the area and attract a wider business base. Members of the public were invited to celebrate the new pavilion on Thursday, June 10th at the spectacular balloon release and, with a little bit of luck, they might also have the chance of winning free tickets to the Festival or some of this years evening concerts - including the one featuring Bond on Thursday, July 8th. We are so looking forward to playing in Wales, particularly at Llangollen, says BOND cellist, Gay-Yee Westerhoff, and it will be great fun to help out at the balloon event. Enjoy the colour and the spectacle - and, of course, well keep our fingers crossed for everyone! Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfods Opening Gala Concert featuring Katherine Jenkins on Monday 5th July opens the full facility. For more information on all this years evening concerts- and the daytime events - log on to www.llangollen2010.co.uk |
The fan voting period for the Vans Warped Tours' Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands stage is over. Thanks to all our friends ( and we DO thank everyone from the bottoms of our hearts ) everywhere, The Legendary Clampetts finished this stage in the # 2 position for the tours stop in St. Louis, Missouri. Now, a panel of indiustry pro's that the Ernie Ball Company has put together are starting to make the final desicions on which bands win one of the coveted 5 spots at each locality of the tours progression. Winners have already been announced for Carson, CA, Mountain View, CA, Ventura, CA and Phoenix, AZ. In every location - either the first or second place band has been chosen as one of the 5 winners !!!
SO....we're asking everyone we know for ONE MORE bit of help to put us over the top. If you're on twitter, myspace or facebook.....then please send this(see below) tweet or comment or wall posting to show your support for us, and help generate a new wave of "buzz".
I voted for The Legendary Clampetts for the St. Louis stage, now it's your turn !!
Obviously, the more people that we can get to send this simple one line message, the better our chances. So, please - click a link below and post your support to these sites. P.S., it couldn't hurt to pass this along to your friends, casue we'd like to be their friends too.. Leave us a message on our reverbnation site (link below) telling us and the world that you helped us out on this.....the more buzz out there the better.
Here's what we'll do for each and everyone that participates.......For every message sent to us or in support of us.....we'll send that person an autographed copy of our freshman CD project - "Whatever Happened To ?" set for release September 2010. Just make sure we know who you are by signing up for our mailing list on our reverbnation site.
The band and I personally thanks each and every one of you for your continued support and enthusiasm
Peace
Mike Heap
The Legendary Clampetts
The Legendary Clampetts links:
www.reverbnation.com/theclampetts
www.twitter.com/clampettsspfld
Ernie Ball and Vans tour links:
On Twitter:
www.twitter.com/ernie_ball @ernieball
www.twitter.com/ErnieBallBattle @ErnieBallBattle
www.twitter.com/VansWarpedTour @VansWarpedTour
On Facebook:
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Devers volume mixes modern and ancient environmental poetry, with science and spiritual themes added. His poetry tries to simplify complex earth systems for the reader, creating excitement and feeling which helps promote independent thought. Controversial issues are debated thoroughly. The love, romance and loss section of his poetry expresses male emotions. It has a view to promote equality between males and females, with better communication leading to a happier world for both sexes. Born and bred in Australia, but of Welsh heritage, Dever has strong ties with Wales and as a result chose to publish his first volume of poetry in Wales. He says This book should naturally be popular in Wales as it describes all the good things about the Cymry, that is the land, people and language. He started his career as a science teacher, but now considers himself an environmentalist with an interest in all natural realms. Bard Time will be published by Dinas in June 2010 |
