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Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir -Celebrating Wales, the ‘Land of Song’ - St David's Day 2010
By Ceri Shaw, 2010-02-18
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The Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir invites you to celebrate St. Davids Day on Monday, March 1st, 2010, beginning with the annual raising of the Red Dragon at Toronto City Hall, Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, at 4 pm. The oldest National flag still in use will fly proudly celebrating the Patron Saint of Wales. Being a land rich in tradition, music will ring out as members of the TWMVC join the community to sing Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau. The Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir creates the unique sound of four part Welsh voice harmony, performing a variety of songs from the coal mines of Wales to North American spirituals and much loved opera choruses with the passion and reverence for music that has made Welsh choirs famous for over a hundred years. The St. Davids Day Concert ~ Cyngerdd Dydd Gwyl Dewi ~ featuring the Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir and Guest Soloist, Shannon Mercer, takes place on Monday, March 1st, 7:30 pm at 3050 Yonge Street, Suite 206T, Toronto, Ontario M4N 2K4. Enjoy the rich culture and heritage of Wales with a bounty of music under the baton of William Woloschuk, Artistic Director, and Julie Loveless, Accompanist. Wrapping it all together is Christopher Thomas as the Master of Ceremonies, who is proud of his Welsh heritage and contributes to the evenings festivities celebrating the Land of Song. The Toronto Welsh Male Voice Choir was founded in 1995 to preserve in Canada the rich culture and heritage of a small country with only approximately 2.5 million people, roughly the population of Toronto spread over a geographic area the size of Lake Ontario, The Choir sings with a purpose believing that The world just wouldn't be the same without music. For more information or Tickets to the Concert, please contact www.roythomson.com or 416-872-4255 or 416-410-2254, www.twmvc.com .
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...the winner of our Niall Griffiths giveaway competition is Dustin an AmeriCymru member who will be receiving his two autographed novels shortly. If you didn't win this time round why not try our new competition? Win a copy of Geoff Brookes superb 'Stories In Welsh Stone'....go HERE.
The new button for the store is in the right-hand column and has a t-shirt and a mug on it.
PLEASE, if you're a Welsh speaker and see that I've made a mistake on the few Welsh words I've used, please let me know and how to correct it. I took the words I used from my hard copy "Y Geiriadur Mawr" and the Lampeter University site and it's totally possible I've made a mistake. I'm designing some children's t-shirts with simple Welsh words on them, animals and things kids like, and I want to get it right.
I'm working on more designs, some Uncle Dai which may go on a separate store for the LCE and some St David's Day designs. If there's a design you'd like to see, let me know and I'll see if I can do it justice!
In retrospect his punishment was light considering the fact that he was on the M4 motorway at the time and he will appear before magistrates soon. However, as no one was hurt I must say it made me smile.
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I once knew a guy who had a fondness for trumpets and alcohol. He was arrested on the Stag square Treorchy, after some memorable hammering of England, for attempting to play some tune on his instrument at three thirty in the morning. The charge sheet read that " .... he did blow upon his horn in a manner likely to cause a breach of the piece" (sic)
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Most of our members and readers will be acquainted with Geoff Brookes excellent blog on this site. Likewise most of you will be aware that he is the author of 'Stories in Welsh Stone' . One reviewer described the book in the following terms:- "This book hits on the clever, evocative idea of retelling fifteen of Waless most infamous murders or mysterious deaths by focussing on the gravestones. The graves and landscapes around them are depicted in beautiful photographs and each story is accompanied by directions to find the grave."
The Western Mail described it as:- "a colourful and handsome book about passion, drama, injustice and tragedy."
We are challenging our readers to answer the following three questions in order to win a copy of Geoff's book. The answers can all be found in one or other of his blogposts which you will find listed on this page:- Geoff's Blog .
1. What was the name of the fighter pilot who died when his Hurricane crashed on the beach at Llanddona in Anglesey in January 1942?
2. Which town in Wales owes its name to a spring called Ffynnon Llwynygog?
3. The parish of St Ishmael lies on the estuary of which Welsh river?
The competition is open to everyone. You do not need to be a member of Americymru to participate. Please send all entries to americymrucontest@gmail.com and title them Stories in Welsh Stone in the subject line. Only one entry per email address is permitted. Duplicates will be disqualified. The winning entry will be selected randomly by line number from the email address above and announced onsite on St Davids Day March 1st 2010. The winner will be contacted by email. Best of luck:)
An Interview With Geoff Brookes |
IRFT Celtic Radio, the hosts of the St David's Day 24 Hour Welsh Music special are looking for a volunteer to translate this page into welsh:- http://www.irftradio.comlu.com/stdavids.html
If anyone is interested please reply to this email address americymru@gmail.com and I will pass on your contact details to Sean owens of IRFT Celtic Radio.
Diolch
