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Anyone who attended last years West Coast Eisteddfod will recall Chris Chandler's performances in the Short Story and Poetry competitions as one of the highlights of the event. Indeed he won both.

Today we are pleased and proud to present a musical version of the winning short story ( see video below ) 'This is Not a Folk Song'.

Also, Chris would like to invite AmeriCymru members and readers to take a look at his latest Newsletter:-

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" Well - The Dragon is the symbol upon the Welsh flag - and even after winning the AmeriCymru Eisteddfod I still did not have any Celtic tales. I have always feared having to wear Spock ears and telling tales of the wee-folk. I figured the only way around that was to write my own retelling of some Celtic stories.

This is my first attempt so I really encourage some feed back. It is longish so I recommend printing it out and reading it at your leisure. I really look forward to hearing from you this month - especially those of you familiar with Celtic tales ."

Here is the beginning of the tale:-

" To this day know one can prove if it happened accidentally or if perhaps it was carefully planed out, but legend has it that is was divine intervention.

Sam Samwell was no relation to the Samwell Circus Dynasty that employed him, but no one at the Cockaigne Island Carnival knew that. This fluke of fortune gave him a faint feeling of security as he watched jobs being cut with less accuracy than the great Throwdini, whose knife throwing mishap last month had actually increased ticket sales -- for a while. ......."

NOW READ ON:- WWW.CHRISCHANDLER.ORG