All Blog Posts Tagged '2009' (11)

Darren's new country/pop orientated track "Lovin' You" from the album "Matters Of The Heart" has just received a 'commended entry' position in the 2009 UK Songwriting Contest. Darren has had a great run in this contest: winner 2004 ("Reality"), semi-finalist 2005 ("Everything But You"), semi-finalist 2006 ("Stay"), semi-finalist 2007 ("Lost") and finalist 2008 ("Slippin' Away") The contest is judged by among others; directors and senior executives of The BRIT Trust, The Guild of International… Continue

Celebrated Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers will release their latest album, Journal For Plague Lovers, on Columbia Records on September 15th 2009. Produced by Steve Albini it’s an incredible and arresting album, sure to floor both long-standing Manics fans as well as the uninitiated.....more HERE.

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Choir of the World – The Pavarotti Trophy

Simply the most prestigious choir competition in the world.....last night the winning choirs from the five major choral competitions of the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod sang in the Grand Final with The Westminster Chorus, California, USA being crowned winn

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Hello people. Good to discover this site. Who knew there was so much Americymru action. All I'd ever found was a couple of pubs in St. Louis. Very good pubs though, to be fair. FWIW I co-organise Wales' weirdest literary festival The Laugharne Weekend. You can get a flavour of its character from this youtube film of this year's event. Hwyl John Continue

Hi everyone, This is the first blog I have EVER done. Couldn't think of a better site to do it on. I love the ethos of this site and feel very connected to people even though we are miles apart. I am a singer/songwriter and I write songs about Wales in the English language purely because I want people from other countries to 'get' the stories, after all we all know about Loch Lomond and Athenry and Tipperary because we've sung about them. Anyway, last Saturday I went to walk around the streets… Continue

We are immensely proud and pleased to announce that author Lloyd Jones will judge the entries in the Left Coast Eisteddfod Short Story competition. First prize in this competition wiil be $100 (65GBP approx ). Second and third place prizes to be announced soon. The final submission date for entries is July 31st 2009. To submit your entry please go to this page

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We are replacing our usual weekly broadcast message with a special appeal this week. Most of our readers will know about our ambitious plans for a Left Coast Eisteddfod in Portland Oregon in August 2009. In ord

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Regular readers of this site will no doubt have heard about our ambitious plans for a "Left Coast Eisteddfod" in Portland Oregon next year ( 2009 ). Today we would like to announce that we are not waiting until next year to get the ball rolling. We are launching the first of the Eisteddfod competitions online! Others will follow.

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Heres the link:- Left Coast Eisteddfod Page "To support the development of the Left Coast Eisteddfod next year, I am donating a handcrafted, one-of-a-kind Welsh lovespoon which Americymru will raffle off to help raise needed funds." - David Western. Every dollar donated to the Eisteddfod fund will entitle the donor to one ticket in the promotional raffle which will be drawn at the event itself in August… Continue

The Left Coast Eisteddfod 2009 What is the Left Coast Eisteddfod?

Americymru is planning to hold a major event in Portland in August 2009. The "Left Coast Eisteddfod: a celebration of all things Welsh and in particular of the American Welsh heritage which has so enriched the history of this nation. In order to promote and raise funds for this event, a charitable foundation - "The Meriwether Lewis Memorial Foundation" is in the process of being established. The foundation is askin

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