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A Message From Jen & Mike At The Longbow Welsh Pub New York
To work in a Welsh pub, isnt it obvious that a knowledge of Welsh and British culture is essential?
When we said being an ex-pat is a plus in a help wanted ad posted on Craigslist, we were slapped with a violation from the NYC Human Rights Commission.
Our crime? Discrimination based on national origin. The fine $2500.
I contacted the attorney for the HRC and tried to explain that in order to provide our customers with an authentic pub experience it was essential that our staff have intimate knowledge of British culture. We dont hire only Welsh and other Brits half of our bar staff is American. What they all have in common is a deep understanding of Welsh and British culture.
They all know that the Princess of Wales is not in fact Welsh, who St David is and that the national sport of Wales is not football but rugby.
The attorney for HRC countered that I could train someone in Welsh and British culture, a notion that is not only absurd but insulting to Welsh people and Brits everywhere. The intimation was that since we are all English speaking people, there was no language barrier and therefore no difference between us. I didn't have the time or the energy to educate the attorney that Wales not only has it's own language but it is compulsory for children in school these days and has been for almost 15 years now.
We are committed to defending ourselves and wont just pay the fine to make this go away, as we dont believe weve done anything wrong. We certainly do not discriminate. And weve retained legal counsel the best defense is a good offense!
A legal defense fund has been set up to defray our legal costs. Your donation to our fund, in any amount, will help us mount the best defense possible. Please go to our website at www.longbownyc.com and click on the donate button to help.
Your support is greatly appreciated!
Diolch yn fawr,
Jen & Mike
Dont forget to send your St Davids Day Ecards
( image by Peter Lewis of WalesIreland Design )
( image by Peter Lewis of WalesIreland Design )
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Los Angeles St David's Day Festival 2013 - An Interview With Lorin Morgan-Richards
By Ceri Shaw, 2013-01-31
AmeriCymru: Hi Lorin and many thanks for agreeing to talk to AmeriCymru. Can you describe for us some of the highlights of the forthcoming event?
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Lorin: Headlining the concert will be Siobhan Owen from North Wales, an award winning soprano and harpist. Siobhan has increased her visibility in Celtic and cross-over music throughout Australia, UK, United States and Japan. Topping charts, and performing at major festivals worldwide. Her new album Storybook Journey has been heralded as one of the best albums of 2012. Also to her credit she proudly sang the Welsh National Anthem for the Australia vs Wales rugby match in front of a sell-out Sydney stadium, televised worldwide. We are also very excited by the return of Paul Child, Wales biggest independent selling artist and 'Official Voice of Welsh Rugby'. Child will be performing tracks from his much anticipated new album The King of Wales. The Welsh Choir of Southern California (Cr Cymraeg De Califfornia) will be supplying us with angelic harmonies of our favorite Welsh songs and there will be a special screening of the 1962 award winning short film Dylan Thomas by Jack Howells & starring Richard Burton. .
AmeriCymru: This is both an indoor and outdoor event. Care to tell our readers a little about the location and the schedule?
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Barnsdall Art Park
Lorin: Barnsdall Art Park was selected for the architecture of Welsh-American Frank Lloyd Wright. Nestled atop a shaded hill and away from the city bustle, the park has a clear view of the Hollywood sign in Griffith Park (named for Welsh philanthropist Griffith J. Griffith) and near the infamous Gower Street to the west (known for the golden age of cinema and Welsh-American stars like Glenn Ford and Myrna Loy).
Outside the concert, visitors will be delighted in a free Celtic Marketplace, Welsh language classes by Jason Shepherd of the Learn Welsh Podcast, Celtic workshops,
Welsh Corgi demonstrations, Kids Crafts at the Ogden Nash Children's Area, and the LA Eisteddfod featuring poetry, storytelling, readings and performance at the Harold Lloyd Outdoor Stage. Welsh authors involved include Jude Johnson and Peter Griffiths. The Welsh Baker will be revealing a brand new tasty pastie to complement their delicious Welsh cakes, and there will be a special focus on Welsh nursery rhymes with sculptures by Kevin Caufield, Nichola and Sarah Hope from Barry. Additionally, there will be a book release party for The Childrens Voice by Peter Anthony Freeman featuring over 27 artists from Wales and the US depicting Welsh nursery rhymes.
AmeriCymru: Can you tell us more about this new book?
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Lorin: In 2011, A Raven Above Press released A Welsh Alphabet by Lorin Morgan-Richards, featuring artists from the US and Wales and including a special commentary and introduction by Peter Anthony Freeman. Through the poetry of Richards and knowledge of Freeman readers both learned the Welsh alphabet and gained a deeper understanding of the mythology and legend of Wales associated with each stanza. Each letter was beautifully depicted by the artists. The poem began,
A is for Afanc
Whose scales could not be pierced.
He flooded the harbors
set town ablaze
Terrorizing those he unearthed.
The cover was created by the very talented Welsh artist Jen Delyth.
In our second release The Childrens Voice byPeter Anthony Freeman the focus is now on Welsh nursery rhymes. Like its predecessor, the book features 27 different Welsh and US artists bridged together to depict the rhymes. This book includes an all-star cast of illustrators from Nathan Wyburn of Abergavenny jamming Y Broga Bach on toast, Anthony Richards of Ammanford dripping Bwrw Glaw, and Siobhan Owen rendering Fuoch chi Rioed yn Morio?, to name a few. Freeman is again at his best revealing the origin and background of the rhymes, and providing meaningful insight into what family life and the social and economic factors were like in Wales from early history to the rise of the rhymes popularity.
AmeriCymru: Do you plan to make this an annual festival? If so....have any plans been finalized for next year?
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Lorin: With the closure of the Welsh Presbyterian Church, a center for Welsh culture in Los Angeles for over a hundred years, and following the great success of the 2011 West Coast Eisteddfod I felt an urgency to rebuild and bring about more awareness of Welsh identity in Southern California. I believe there is a need to create an annual event, akin to our great Celtic cousins, where people of Welsh descent and fans alike can gather and celebrate while the greater community could benefit from learning about Welsh culture and grow a fondness for Wales as we have.
A RAVEN ABOVE PRESS
Presents the
Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival - National Day of Wales
Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant, Los Angeles - Diwrnod Cenedlaethol Cymru
March 3, 2013
Barnsdall Art Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA, 90027
Interview by Ceri Shaw Ceri Shaw on Google+
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Follow the whole nine yards here (a 95 part series) :- Half Marathon Blog
Why I am running:- West Coast Eisteddfod Bryn Seion Church
For details of how to sponsor see this post
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I was browsing through the half marathon section on Google news today and a number of items caught my eye. It occurred to me that the place and time of my ordeal were expertly chosen. I will be avoiding two of the most taxing trials for long distance runners:-
1. Elevation
I happened across this item about the 2012 Bald Peak Half Marathon . Apparently:-
There will be 800 feet of elevation gain in the first two miles, followed by 10 or so more miles of rolling hillsand many smaller (yet still challenging)climbs. The sweeping views of the Willamette Valley are sure to be pleasing, but runners better not get too comfortable as a 300 foot gain over the last half mile may leave some of us crawling over the finish line.
Thankfully the course I will be running on is flat....totally flat all the way.
2. Adverse Weather Conditions
4,000 runners turned out in the rain despite threatened severe weather conditions in Dallas Texas yesterday for the "Big D Texas Marathon":- Runners Brave The Storm for Marathon
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I really don think that, even in Oregon, we will experience adverse weather conditions on July 4th. Here is an average weather report for Portland from weatherspark.com:- Average Weather For Portland, Oregon, United States For July 4
By comparison with either of the above mentioned events I should have quite an easy time of it. All I have to do is to persuade my weary old bones to reach the end of a flat circuit in more or less ideal weather conditions. More on that yfory
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