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Special Welsh Folk Dance Workshop*
Saturday, September 4
3-5 p.m. - $5 per person.
North American Festival of Wales
Featuring the 79th Annual Welsh National
Gymanfa Ganu
2 September - 5 September, 2010
Portland, Oregon
All events are at Doubletree Lloyd Center Hotel.
See http://www.Wngga.org for details
. *This will be one of a number of workshops, and other Welsh-related events.
The Welsh are Coming to Portland
By Chris Jones (slightly edited)
The caller will be Sian Frick. Sian attended Cymdeithas
Ddawns Werin Cymru (Welsh Folk Dance Society)
workshops in Wales to learn the spirited, but light-footed,
Welsh dances, and earned a Cymdeithas Instructors Certificate.
Sian was the leader of Dawnswyr y Tract Cymreig
(Welsh Tract Dancers) , based in Newark, Delaware.
She has also been a member of the Dawnswyr Man
Dance Team in Anglesey, Wa l es . Sian is frequently invited
to teach Welsh folk dance wo r kshops and give clogging
demonstrations at many of the Celtic festivals in the U.S.
In the workshop , she will teach a number of the Welsh
dances, and all attending will have a chance to try out
their footwork. Please wear your dance shoes! All ages
welcome .
The dance workshop will be held in the Broadway/Weidler Room at the Doubletree Lloyd Center Hotel, which will host the Festival. The band will be Portland ' s own Beltaine.
There will be a special price of $5 for the workshop.
A $15 day ticket is also available for the afternoon events.
Tickets will also be available for the evening concert by
Gar Godre'r Aran, an accomplished Welsh male voice
choir , based in Llanuwchllyn in Penllyn, near Bala in North
Wales.
All these will be part of the North American Festival
of Wales held this year over Labor Day weekend in Portland
More information on all the Welsh Festival events can
be found at http://www.wngga.org . The Festival is held
yearly in the U.S . and Canada. This is Portland ' s year,
I and we are expecting a wonderful event. Please come for
I the dancing and other even ts .
Croeso cynnes Cymreig iawn i chi gyd - there will be a very warm, Welsh welcome for all.
Please scroll to see photo (and maybe read all the posts)! I see this has taken on a life of its own. There is a separate Madog group on Americymru for the scholars and debaters. I am neither.
This is not a hoax, folks! I can barely type I am so excited! On my drive thru North Dakota today, on my way home from Oregon, I literally stumbled upon PROOF that Madog DID meet up with the Mandan Native Americans! As is my custom, I venture off the freeway whenever I can and I had stopped at a Dairy Queen for a Coke and as I was leaving town, I saw it! Right there! Unbelievable! Photographic evidence (un-retouched or photoshopped--I have no idea how to even do that) will follow in this space as soon as I am home! Wow! This is going to set Welsh-American history on end!
Please feel free to pass this on to any Madog scholars, friends, non-believers, anyone and everyone!
I doubt I'll sleep a wink tonight!
Mona
For the first time in five years, the Colorado Welsh Society (CWS) will host a Gymanfa Ganu (guh-MAHN-vah GAH-nee), which is a hymn singing festival. The event will be held on Sunday, April 25, at 2:30 pm , at St Lukes Episcopal Church, 1270 Poplar Street, Denver, 80220 (SW corner of E. 13th Ave. and Quebec).
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Contact the Colorado Welsh Society at sam.kuntz@comcast.net for updated info as the time draws near.
The Colorado Welsh say, "It would be great if we could get a few Welsh people from outside of the Denver region to come to the game on Saturday, May 29, with the Glendale Raptors."
WEDNESDAY 26/05 - 06.00 - Depart Brewery Field, Bridgend for a luxury coach transfer to Heathrow Airport Terminal 4 to check in for the 11.40 indirect flight with Continental Airlines to Denver arriving 19.15. After clearing customs & immigration formalities pick up mini vans and transfer to the Holiday Inn, Cherry Creek by 21.00 to check in and meet Colorado Welsh Society & Glendale Raptors Members . Evening is at leisure.
THURSDAY 27/05 Morning Training Session at Infinity Park, Glendale (Home of Glendale Raptors RFC) This afternoon explore Denver including the State Capitol Building, US Mint, Civic Centre Park & Guided Tour of Coors Brewery . Evening is at leisure at Glendale Raptors RFC, Cherry Creek or Downtown Denver.
FRIDAY 28/05 Morning Training Session at Infinity Park. Afternoon is at leisure for a Guided Tour of the Mile High Stadium, Invesco Fields, home of the Denver Broncos NFL American Football Team - Rest of the evening is at leisure either at Glendale Raptors RFC, in Glendale, Cherry Creek or in Downtown Denver.
SATURDAY 29/05 Morning at leisure / Pre Match Meeting. Transfer to Infinity Park arriving at 13.30 for the 15.00 - Glendale Raptors v Welsh Warriors Game, live on Fox Sports followed by a Post Match Reception. 18.00 - USA Super League Final 2010 live on Fox Sports Evening is at leisure in Glendale or Cherry Creek.
SUNDAY 30/05 Morning Pool Recovery Session - This afternoon take an optional Wild West Experience Tour of the Colorado History & Buffalo Bill Museum . Late afternoon return minivan transfer to watch the Colorado Rockies v LA Dodgers Baseball Game at Coors Stadium . Rest of evening at leisure in Denver.
MONDAY 31/05 Morning Training Session / Glendale Raptors DVD Game Review at Infinity Park. Afternoon at leisure for a visit to the Rocky Mountains National Park, Dinosaur Ridge, Red Rocks Amphitheatre & Trading Post . Rest of evening is at leisure at Glendale Raptors RFC, Cherry Creek or in Downtown Denver.
TUESDAY 01/06 . 10.00 Depart for Vail in the Colorado Rocky Mountains arriving 12.00 for a light team run / stretch and afternoon at leisure in this famous Ski Resort. This evening at 18.30 Vail RFC v Welsh Warriors Game, followed by a Post Match Reception Depart Vail 22.00 arriving in Cherry Creek at Midnight.
WEDNESDAY 02/06 After breakfast check out of the rooms and pay any outstanding bills, departing the Holiday Inn, Cherry Creek by 08.30 for the transfer to Denver International Airport to drop off minivans and to check in by 09.25 for the indirect 11.25 overnight return flight via Houston with Continental Airlines to the UK.
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THURSDAY 03/06 06.55 arrive London Heathrow Airport Terminal 4, after clearing customs & immigration formalities, board the luxury coach for a return transfer to Brewery Field, Bridgend. End of Welsh Warriors -USA Tour to Colorado May / June 2010 . (Next Welsh Warriors Tour is to Argentina May / June 2011)
Racine Post: Racine's Welsh heritage to be celebrated March 7
We had a terrific time today. There should be a follow-up article soon, so watch this space!
The Pit Pony Sanctuary Fforest Uchaf
Hi,
I visited here last May, after our local Cambrian Heritage Society raised about $500 for the pit ponies. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Peckham, who run the farm and care for the horses (not all are pit ponies now, but all have been rescued) were very hospitable, serving me tea and taking me all over the farm to meet each of the ponies. As I listened to their individual stories, I was sad to think these beautiful animals had suffered so much, but also happy that these horse, at least, will never know pain, fear, hunger or cold again, and will live out their lives in what must seem like paradise to them.
The Sanctuary is certainly worth a visit if you are near-by--check their website and call ahead. http://www.visitpitponies.co.uk/ You can also see more video clips there.
It was VERY windy the day I was there! LOL!
Anyway, Lynette (the librarian) asks people to send Christmas cards to the children of Briceville--if you send them to her, she puts them in a basket and the children can each open one. If there is a little gift inside, the child keeps it, if there is money inside, it goes in the summer reading program fund. (You don't need to put anything in the card, though.) She has all the cards in notebooks that she showed me--from all over, including Wales. If you have a Welsh or coal mining connection and can include a short note to the children, that is really great.Here's the address:Briceville Public LibraryC. Lynette Seeber, Library DirectorP.O. Box 361Briceville, TN 37710USAJust thought I'd pass this on, as many of you will be doing cards anyway. It is the same address as above--just under library put (Chidren's Christmas Card) so Lynette doesn't open it.I hope everyone is doing well and has a safe holiday season.Thanks,Mona