Dewi Sant, St. David, died on the first of March. St. David’s
Day (Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant), is the traditional day of the Welsh
– celebrated all over the world by wearing either of
the national emblems, a leek or a daffodil, in commemoration
of this Celtic saint’s death. See the bottom of this
page for how to celebrate in more detail.
St. David's Day 2010 - Members of the
Chicago Tafia Welsh Society outside the ABC7 studios:
WORLDWIDE
Radio Programs
2MBSFM 102.5 Sydney's Fine
Music
Station, a programme featuring Welsh Music and Welsh Performers.
Annwyl Gyfaill
I've devised and will present, on 2MBSFM 102.5 Sydney's Fine
Music
Station, a programme featuring Welsh Music and Welsh Performers.
'Reflections from Wales' will be aired between 2 and 4pm on
St David's
Day March 1 and is available on streaming from 2mbs.com.
The programme includes Malcolm Arnold's Four Welsh Dances,
Bryn
Terfel performing some Welsh Folk Songs, Telynores Susan Drake
performing Fauré, and Owain Arwel Hughes and Richard
Hickox conducting
works with a Welsh flavour. Catrin Finch plays some Bach along
with
some arrangements from another Welshman, Karl Jenkins. Who
knew that
Alec Templeton was Welsh and there's local flavour in a performance
of
his sonata for clarinet? And we'll hope to finish off with
a bit of
the Morriston Orpheus - I say no more!
I hope that you'll be able to tune in especially if you're
Welsh. If
you're not then just relax, enjoy the hwyl and feel Welsh!
Pob Hwyl
Emyr
Emyr Evans
Presenter 2MBSFM.Com
Sydney's Fine Music Station
Celebrating 35 years of broadcasting in the Sydney Metropolitan
area
We will be running an "All Welsh Artist" St David's
Day show again this year. As of right now the show will run
from 28 February 2010 (Sunday at noon) through 2 March 2010
(Tuesday) at 2 AM (PSDT)
2010
Dylan Thomas Prize Announced: World’s Top Cash Award
for Young Writers
March 1, 2010 to April 30, 2010
Literary competition
Organized By: The Dylan Thomas Prize, sponsored by the Welsh
Assembly Government
The competition is underway for the 2010 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE,
the world’s top literary prize for young writers. The
prestigious prize, named in honor of the famous Welsh writer
and poet, and sponsored by the government of Wales, brings
with it international prestige as well as a cash award of
£30,000 ($46,000).
The Dylan Thomas Prize honors its shortlist finalists and
annual winner for published work in the broad range of literary
forms in which Dylan Thomas excelled, including poetry, prose,
fictional drama, short story collections, novels, novellas,
stage plays and screenplays.
“We want the world to be aware of the Welsh interest
in promoting new writing. Our Prize provides a focus and inspiration
for a whole new generation of writers throughout the English-speaking
world.” - Peter Stead, Chair of the Dylan Thomas Prize
A “rock star” of poetry known worldwide, Dylan
Thomas himself was a regular visitor to the United States,
drawing sold out crowds and thrilling audiences with his dramatic
readings. A number of American cities including New York also
claim him as their own.
The official launch of the 2010 Prize will take place this
year at a ceremony and reception hosted at the British Consulate-General
in Boston on March 1. Special guests and speakers will include
Harvard Review Editor Christine Thompson, and former U.S.
Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky.
The recently opened high-tech, “green” consulate
has been selected as the home of the launch in order to reinforce
the leading-edge vision of the Dylan Thomas Prize itself.
Entries for the competition must be submitted before April
30, by the publisher, editor, literary agent, or in the case
of film scripts and stage plays, by the producer. Writers
must be 18-30 years old, and the literary works must have
been published within the past year to be eligible for competition.
For more information about the Dylan Thomas Prize, and for
complete entry rules and guidelines, please visit www.THEDYLANTHOMASPRIZE.com
ARGENTINA
Opening Ceremony of the Hendre School,
Trelew Patagonia
Agoriad
Swyddogol Ysgol yr Hendre 2010 ddydd Gwyl Dewi am 10am yn
stryd Moreno, Trelew, Patagonia. Croeso i bawb!
Hendre School Official opening day 2010 at 10am at St David's
street Moreno, Trelew, Patagonia. All welcome!
This is always a VERY SUCCESSFUL
event every year so get your tickets now !!!
Hi Folks
Cantorion Sydney will be singing at the Welsh Church, St Peter's
at North Sydney, this Sunday 28 February at a 10 a.m. service
which will be for the last for the retiring Dr Logan. The
choir will sing some sacred songs, plus others in which we
will join in singing with the congregation.
These will include Cwm Rhondda, God is our Strength and Refuge,
Lift High the Cross, As the Deer Pants, He who would Valiant
Be, Groeswen and Praise my Soul the King of Heaven.
Some will then stay on for a farewell lunch with Dr Logan,
while others - like us - will motor over to the Carnarvon
golf CLub, Lidcombe for the St David's Day celebration organised
by Sydney Welsh Choir. Doors open 2.30 p.m.
If you need more information, don't hesitate to please contact
me. Hope to see you at one or both of these events.......
Cofion cynnes
John Webb
Cymmrodorion Society
St David's Day Luncheon
For details ring 9639 5701
Canberra
region
March 1: St David’s Day Dinner,
Monday at 7pm for 7.30 at the Orion Room, Southern Cross Club,
Woden ACT. See information and booking form with this newsletter:
Gymanfa
Ganu
Sunday 28 February 2010, Cymanfa Ganu Hymn Festival, 3pm at
St Michael's Uniting Church, 120 Collins St (corner Russell
St), Melbourne 3000 - free entry - collection for church
Adelaide
region
Gymanfa
Ganu
Sunday 28 February 2010, Gymanfa Ganu a Welsh Hymn Festival
at Elder Hall, Adelaide.
Wallaroo,
Yorke Peninsula
Celebrating the Welsh
Ancestry Concert
$10.00
28 February 2010
2pm
St Mary’s Anglican Church Wallaroo
8823 3133
Perth
region
St
David's Day Dinner
Monday, March 01 2010 @ 06:30 PM WST - 10:30PM
AFA Club, RAAFA Complex, Bulcreek
The St David's Day Dinner will again be held in the AFA Club
at the RAAFA complex in Bull Creek Drive, Bull Creek, on Monday
1st March from 6:30pm. Cost will be $38 per head including
pre-dinner drinks from the bar. Drinks at the table will be
at diner's expense. Please advise Tony Hall on 9446 5738 numbers
attending asap but no later than 21st February. Payment can
be made at our meeting on 17th February or by post. Looking
forward to seeing you there. Sylvia Williams President
CANADA
Ontario
state
Toronto Welsh Male
Voice Choir St. David's Day Concert
March 1, 2010 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Street: 3050 Yonge Street, Suite 206T,
Toronto, Ontario M4N 2K4 http://www.twmvc.com
St David's Day Concert - Burlington
Ontario Welsh Male Chorus http://www.burlingtonwelsh.com/
March 6, 2009
St Christopher's Church
662 Guelph Line
Burlington, ONTARIO
Quebec
state
Montreal Welsh Male
Choir St. David's Day Ball
February 27, 2010 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Delta Hotel
475 Du President Kenedy
Montreal http://www.welshmalechoir.montreal.qc.ca
This year’s annual St Davids Day dragon
parade will wind its way through the streets of St Davids
on Saturday 27th February 2010 at 11.30am.
This year we’re opening it up to schools and community
groups from across Pembrokeshire.
If you or your group would like to take part in this year’s
parade, download
a copy of the information pack and entry form here.
Join us this year to
celebrate St.David's Day across the online world.The
St.David's Day preparations in Cardiff are getting underway
and this year we have new sponsors and patrons including the
world famous tenor Bryn Terfel.
We are also stepping up our online activities with a new social
networking site at http://www.cymrubook.com
and a revamped website at http://www.stdavidsday.org
We also have 2 groups on Facebook.
So no excuses! Join us this year to celebrate St.David's Day
across the online world
Chris Jones welshwalker@googlemail.com
RUFF Ceilidh
Time: February 27, 2010 from 8pm to 11:30pm
Location: Heath Sports and Social Club, University Hospital
of Wales
City/Town: Cardiff http://www.freewebs.com/ruffceilidhs/index.htm
You can find us at the University Hospital of Wales (UHoW),
Heath Hospital Sports and Social club, Recreation Hall. We
run a REAL-ALE BAR on the night.
Monmouth
MONDAY 1ST MARCH 2010
at 8: 00 p.m.
A Special St David's Da y
COMEDY NIGHT
with three Welsh comedians.
Phil Evans, Daniel Glyn and Gillian Elis
February 27, 2010 all day
Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd
Day-long celebrations on the eve of St. David’s Day,
with a festival of contemporary Welsh culture including dance,
music, story-telling, poetry, twmpath dawns and much more.
Swansea
WORLD WELSH FESTIVAL 2010
Time: March 1, 2010 from 7:30pm to 10pm
Location: Swansea, Wales, U.
Street: Gloucester Place, Maritime Quarter
City/Town: Swansea, Wales
Phone: 01792 795721 http://www.worldwelshfestival.com/
World -Welsh Festival celebrates the Welsh contribution to
the World! It aims to showcase and highlight inspiring achievers
and icons as well as the Greats of Wales to both a Welsh,
a World-Welsh as well as a World-Wide audience. It is therefore
both a cultural, educational as well as citizenship-inspired
series of empowering events involving Welsh societies around
the World.
N i g h t of the V I S I O N A R I E S of W A L E S
Come and join this unique Festival of exciting and inspiring
Welsh knowledge! Light knowledge, light history bringing those
inventions, those achievements and those World-Welsh achievers
in a night of buzzing, knowledge packed entertainment!
Let us be a little prouder of our achievements and our forgotten
and uncelebrated Icons of Achievement. This is Wales first
Academi of Welsh Genius, it’s first Hall off Achievers
and their achievements
Why not join us, empower yourselves, let us together inspire
each other to inspire future generations about the 'Greats
of Wales'!
We kick-off ‘Greats of Wales’ World-Welsh Festival
with a series of exciting presentations on the Icons of Invention!
We shall first be highlighting a pioneering presentation on
‘World-Welsh Invention’ where we will be showcasing
everyday inventions such as mascara, false eyelashes and the
fridge-freezer…..etc!?. Oh yes, the Welsh contribution
to the World!
We shall then highlight a presentation on the innovative
‘Welsh Icons’ website, showcasing achievers in all
professions from the past as well as the present. There shall
then be a musical interlude followed by a presentation highlighting
an inventor and first modern pioneer of distance learning!?
There shall also be a visual presentation as well as a book
signing on a brilliant but uncelebrated scientist !We cannot
end the nights proceedings without a very special guest and
famous inventor from television who will be giving a talk
on his invention and his other ideas! Great Welsh!!
Tickets; £8.50 / £6.00 concessionary
Buy tickets online at www.dylanthomastheatre.org.uk or phone
01792 473238
DUBAI
26th February - St
David's Day Ball 2010
The Dubai Welsh Society proudly announce their ST
DAVID'S DAY BALL 2010
St David's Society
of Hong Kong Annual Ball - 27 February 2010
Sat, 27 February 2010 - 19:00 to Sun, 28 February 2010 - 02:00
The St. David's Society is hosting its Annual Ball at the
Hong Kong Football Club. To find out more about this event,
please see attached
flyer for details.
INDONESIA
Jakarta
Jakarta St. David’s Society Charity Dinner Dance in celebration
of St. David’s Day. For further information please contact
Jo Deans at 0818 06451297.
JAPAN
Kansai St David's Society,
Japan
WELSH CULTURAL FESTIVAL
Date & Time: March 6, 11:30~17:30
Venue: Senri Bunka Centre "Corabo" at Senri-Chuo,
Osaka
Admission: FREE
The Kansai St David's Society’s event to introduce Wales
and its various cultures. 2 lectures, display of cultural
items, photo exhibition, mini bazaar and more! For more info,
please see our website at http://cdsjapan.jimdo.com/kansai-activity
NEW
ZEALAND
Auckland
area
Celebration Concert
for St David's Day, Orewa, 27 February 2010
Celebration Concert for St David's Day
Sat 27 Feb, 4:00pm
Where: St John's Catholic Church, Centreway Rd Orewa, Orewa
Restrictions: All Ages
Ticket Information:
* Adult: $25.00
* Group 10+ (per person): $22.50
* Buy Tickets
* Booking fees may apply
Wellington Welsh, New
Zealand
Our celebrations for St. David’s Day
Saturday 27th February
We will have a morning service at Boulcott Street Baptist
Church, Wellington at 11am
There will be some well-loved Welsh hymns sung.
Everyone is welcome to the Church Service.
This will be followed by a lunch and afternoon of entertainment
and merriment at The Whitby Room, in the James Cook Hotel
on the Terrace, Wellington.
Each year, we send greetings for St. David’s Day to Welsh
Societies around the world, and in turn receive greetings
from kindred societies. These are read out. Also, a roll-call
of the counties of Wales is made; as each county is called,
those from that area stand and cheer. Several people perform
musical items, and there may be a short story read.
The winners of the Ellen Griffith cup for Poetry, and the
Raphael Jones Memorial Cup for Short Story, will be announced.
If you would like to come to the lunch and afternoon function,
please telephone Patricia Watts on [04] 385 9622 before 21st
February.
Tickets cost $35 per person. A buffet lunch will be provided,
and there will be a cash bar. http://welsh.wellington.net.nz/St%20Davids%20Day.html
UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
Boston region
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
2010 Dunkin' Like David
This blog is here to promote Wales, the Welsh language, and
Saint David's Day. http://stdavidsday.blogspot.com/
California state
Welsh Choir of Southern California Côr Cymraeg De Califfornia
February 27, 2010 from 4pm to 6pm
St. David’s Day Concert
St. John’s Episcopal
514 Adams Blvd.
Los Angeles, California http://www.welshchoir.com/
St David Day Concert
February 28, 2010 from 1:30pm to 3pm
Welsh Presbyterian Church
1153 Valencia Street
Los Angeles California
A Welsh Evening
WASCC (WELSH AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA)
March 7, 2010 from 4:30pm to 9pm
University of the Pacific
3601 Pacific Ave
Stockton, CA
209-951-3551 “On
St David's Day, March 1, 1979 the people of Wales voted four
to one against the establishment of a National Assembly. On
September 18, 1997 the people of Wales voted narrowly in favour
of the establishment of a National Assembly which gave Wales
its first "Parliament" for six hundred years. The
forthcoming year will probably see a referendum which, if
won, will give the Assembly primary law making powers and
could well see Wales on the road to even greater autonomy
if not outright independence. This talk will consider the
factors which led to this massive change in public opinion
not only in Wales but in Scotland and the increasingly real
possibility of a break up of the United Kingdom.”
Dr. Robert Tyler, visiting Fullbright Scholar from Wales,
will speak on Wales' and Scotland's potential political future,
4:30 PM, Sunday March 7, at University of the Pacific, 3601
Pacific Avenue, in Stockton. Doors will open at 4:00 PM.
Dr. Tyler’s talk will begin “A Welsh Evening”,
WASCC's (Welsh Amercian Society of Central CA) annual St.
David’s Day/Welsh Evening event.
Dinner, catered by Bon Appetite and entertainment will follow
Dr. Tyler’s talk at another UOP campus location. There
is no admission charge to hear Dr. Tyler’s speak; there
is a charge for the dinner and entertainment. Dr. Tyler will
also attend the dinner and entertainment.
The event is sponsored by University of the Pacific, School
of International Studies. Advance, paid reservations are required
only for the dinner and entertainment. For additional information
and dinner reservations contact by email: WelshEveng@aol.com,
telephone: 209-951-3551, or mail: 6333 Pacific Ave., #346,
Stockton 95207
Chicago region
Monday March 1st, March
1, 2010 from 7pm to 11:45pm
The Chicago Tafia's 8th annual St.
David's Day Cawl & Cocktails @ The Emerald Loop
St. David’s Day – Chicago Style!
The Emerald Loop
216 North Wabash Avenue
Chicago, Illinois http://www.chicagotafia.com/events
Organized By: The Chicago Tafia Welsh Society
In honor of St. David’s Day and the Tafia The Emerald
Loop will have specials on Cawl, Red Dragon Cocktails and
playing Welsh music for the evening. Within sight, the Wrigley
Building will be lit Red, White & Green to celebrate.
Our St. David’s Day pub night will feature pub quizzes
and wonderful gifts and prizes generously donated by Welsh
companies. At 10 pm, join us as we make our annual march up
to the ABC 7 studios on State Street to show Chicagoland that
March 1st isn’t just Casmir Pulaski day;)
Bring your Welsh flags, or make posters! So put on your rugby
tops, your daffodil’s, your leeks and join us at the
Emerald Loop to celebrate St. David’s Day in style.
Colorado state
St. David's Day with the Colorado
Welsh Society
Saturday March 6, 2010 from 2pm to 5pm
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
915 E Ninth Ave., Denver, Colorado
Iowa Welsh Society St. David's Day
Celebration
March 13, 2010 from 12pm to 3pm
Monarchs Restaurant
705 East 1st Street
Pella, Iowa
Dr. Robert Tyler, Newport, Wales, a Fulbright scholar at Westminster
College, Fulton, MO, will speak. Ames British Foods (http://www.amesbritishfoods.com)
will be the Marketplace for the event.
100th Year Aanniversary of the first
St. David's Day Banquet of the St. David's Society of Minnesota
March 6, 2010 from 11am to 4pm
Ramada Plaza Hotel
1330 Industrial Blvd
Minneapolis MN http://www.stdavidsofmn.org
Phone: 651-644-1650
Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 6, St. David's centennial luncheon,
Ramada Plaza Hotel, 1330 Industrial Blvd., NE Minneapolis.
Reception, 11:00 a.m., meal follows. Tramor, Welsh folk group
from Phoenix, Ariz., will perform as will a local harpist.
Reservations required. Contact Mary Morris Mergenthal, (651)
644-1650, mary.mergenthal@comcast.net.
Pittsburgh region
Pittsburgh Welsh St David's Day
celebrations!
Pub Crawl - Friday, February 26 - Market Square beginning
at 6:30 PM.
Daffodil Luncheon - Saturday, February 27
Hash House Harriers St. David's Day Run - March http://stdavidssociety.homestead.com/
St. David’s Society of Pittsburgh Daffodil Luncheon
February 28, 2010 from 1pm to 3pm
City/Town: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania http://stdavidssociety.homestead.com/
SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2010 at 2:30 PM
St. Andrews’s Episcopal Church
111 NE 80th St, Seattle 98115
Join us for a celebration in the traditional Welsh way
with music, song and a cup of tea.
2:30 PM
St. Andrews’s Episcopal Church
111 NE 80th St, Seattle 98115
Traditionally the first of March is given to celebrating not
only St. David, Dewi Sant the patron saint of Wales, but also
Welsh culture.
On this day, Welsh people wear a leek or a yellow daffodil.
Our program this year will include Welsh tenor Trebor Edwards,
coming to us from Corwen North Wales, as our guest soloist,
local Welsh Folk group
Dinas o Frain (City of Crows), members of the Seattle Welsh
Choir, accompanist David Lepse. Tom Gething and director of
the Seattle Welsh Choir, will lead us in a few familiar Welsh
songs. Te Bach (Welsh Tea) and Welsh Craft Sale after the
program.
Admission to the concert and tea are free to the public,
but your donations are greatly appreciated to support future
events. Everyone is welcome to help us celebrate over a century
of Welsh culture in the Puget Sound region!
“Be joyful, and keep your faith and your creed.
Do the little things that you have seen me do and heard about.
I will walk the path that our fathers have trod before us.”
Last recorded words of Saint David 589 AD
‘Do the little things’ ('Gwnewch y pethau bychain')
Is still a well-known phrase in Wales.
St. Louis region
St. David’s Society of Greater
St. Louis St. David’s Day 25th Annual Meeting & Luncheon
Sunday February 28, 2010 from 12:30pm to 3pm
Dressel’s Pub
St. Louis http://www.eteamz.com/TeamWales/
Phone: (314) 725-3654
We have booked Dressel’s Public House for our Annual
meeting and St. David’s Day celebration. This year, our
Greater St. Louis chapter celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Sign-in, cash bar, finger foods and casual talk begin at 12:30
p.m., annual meeting promptly at 1:00 p.m. followed by lunch
and entertainment. Ida Mae Arnold will address the founding
of our chapter and Jon Dressel will speak about his family’s
migration to St. Louis and his vision in founding of Dressel’s
Pub in St. Louis. We will have a hearty Welsh Lunch with dessert
and coffee/tea, song and music by the Welsh Heritage Choir,
and some time for wonderful fellowship. Authentic Welsh cakes
made by our members will be greatly appreciated at our gathering.
Cost will be $25 per person and includes both gratuity and
facility usage. Please RSVP to Darlene Davies-Sugerman at
(314) 725-3654 or via email at darlene@mohistory.org
NLT Monday, February 22nd.
Wisconsin state
Racine, WI St. David's Celebration
- Dafydd Wigley guest speaker
March 7, 2010 all day
Covenant Presbyterian Church
40 Ohio Street
Racine, Wisconsin http://www.covpres.org
Phone: 414-228-7466 (info) 262-633-7819 (Lunch reservations)
The Racine, Wisconsin St. David's Society will have a special
guest joining us for our 121st annual meeting, Gymanfa Ganu,
and celebration of our Welsh heritage. The Hon. Dafydd Wigley,
former Plaid Cymru member of the British Parliament and former
member of the Welsh Assembly will be joining us and giving
a short talk at our meeting. One of Dafydd's ancestors settled
in Racine in the mid 19th century, founding the D. P. Wigley
Company, one of the largest grain and feed businesses in the
state. The company is still in business and following our
formal meeting they will be holding a reception for Dafydd
Wigley and offering tours of their historic building in downtown
Racine. Church service at 10 o'clock, followed by light refreshments.
Formal business meeting at 11:30, with by performances by
the Society's music scholarship winners from the local high
schools. A Gymanfa Ganu will end the formal meeting. Lunch
(reservations required) at 12:30. Reception to follow at D.
P. Wigley Company, 234 Wisconsin Avenue at about 2:30 pm.
10 Ways to 'Thank the Lord
You're Welsh' this St. David's Day!
- A Message From The Chicago Tafia
1) Contact your local radio stations by late February and
ask them to play Welsh music and relay "Happy St. David's
Day" messages to the Welsh in your area on March 1st.
There is plenty of music by Welsh artists that are readily
available on most radio stations play lists. If it is a rock/pop
station ask for Duffy, The Stereophonics, The Manic Street
Preachers, Jem, Catatonia, or Tom Jones, if it is a classical
station, you might try asking for Bryn Terfel, Charlotte Church,
Paul Potts, Katherine Jenkins or Karl Jenkins.
2) Email a 'Happy Saint David's Day/ Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus'
message to your friends and family.
3) Wear a daffodil, a leek, or something red on March 1st.
4) Attend a St. David's day event sponsored by your local
Welsh society; there are hundreds across North America to
choose from.
5) If there are no Welsh groups nearby, hold a St. David's
day dinner at your home or request your local pub to stock:
Welsh beer (e.g. Tomos Watkins of Felinfoel)Welsh whiskey
(e.g. Penderyn)
Welsh-American Whiskey (e.g. Evan Williams)
Welsh-American wine or cider (e.g. Cambria wines from California,
AmByth wines from
California, Gales cider from the Thomas Family winery in Madison,
Indiana)
or ask them to have a special on Red Dragon Cocktails (ingredients
below)
1 measure Gin1 measure Vodka1 measure Triple Sec or Cointreau
2 measures Cranberry juice1 measure Orange juice2 dashes Grenadine
Squeeze of fresh lime
6) Sign up to AmeriCymru - the Welsh-American social network
http://americymru.ning.com
7) Hang a Welsh flag outside your house or put a Welsh flag
bumper sticker on your car.
8) Change your Facebook, Twitter, MySpace etc. profile picture
to the Welsh flag for the day.
9) Buy a subscription to North American's Welsh newspaper
Ninnau www.ninnau.com
10) Forward this message on to as many people as possible!
