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Final Update for Hedd Wyn and Yr Ysgwrn.

It’s time for an update! Mr. Gareth Jones, the Assembly member for Aberconwy wrote to the Assembly’s Heritage Minister, Mr. Alun Ffred Jones. I quote from his letter: “.....credaf fod dyfodol yr Ysgwrn yn fater o’r fath bwysigrwydd cenedlaethol fel na ddylid dibynnu ar ffynonellau fel arian y Loteri i’w gynnal.....credaf fod cartrefi fel hyn yn bethau y dylai’r Adran Dreftadaeth, trwy Cadw, sicrhau eu dyfodol. ...mi fyddwn i’n dadlau fod hanes Cymry ifanc fel Hedd Wyn a aberthwyd mor ddido… Continue

Added by Huw Davies on October 10, 2009 at 4:32am — 1 Comment

Update for: Lottery Grant refused for Upkeep of Home of a National Hero.

Almost 300 of you have signed the on line petition urging the The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to grant £50,000 for the upkeep of Hedd Wyn’s home, Yr Ysgwrn at Trawsfynydd. A huge THANK YOU to you all. So where are we now? What started my typing finger twitching initially was this statement in the Daily Post: Yr Ysgwrn – dyfodol du? (Yr Ysgwrn – a black future?) “Dywedodd Mr Williams, sy’n 80, ei fod wedi gofyn i Cadw – y corff sy’n edrych ar ol adeiladau hynafol… Continue

Added by Huw Davies on September 3, 2009 at 2:00am — 2 Comments

Hedd Wyn, His Reflection on War in the Trenches of Pilkem Ridge

RHYFEL – War Gwae fi fy myw mewn oes mor ddreng A Duw ar drai ar orwel pell O’I ol mae dyn, yn deyrn a gwreng Yn codi ei awdurdod hell. Pan deimlodd fyned ymaith Dduw Cyfododd gledd I ladd ei frawd Mae swn yr ymladd ar ein clyw A’i gysgod ar fythynod tlawd. Mae’r hen d… Continue

Added by Huw Davies on August 17, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments

Lottery Grant refused for Upkeep of Home of a National Hero.

Petition link: HERE Whilst at the National Eisteddfod a week or so ago I was told some disturbing news. I don’t know if you’ve heard of a Private Ellis Humphrey Evans, 15th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers. He was a son of Yr Ysgwrn, a small farm on the side of a mountain by Trawsfynydd, Meirionydd. His poem “Yr Arwr” (The Hero) won the chair at the 1917 National Eisteddfod, Birkenhead. The Archdru… Continue

Added by Huw Davies on August 13, 2009 at 8:00am — 32 Comments

The Latest From Cymuned - Supporters Email

( This is not an official press release but rather the personal observations of a Cymuned supporter )

The Eisteddfod week i

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Added by Ceri Shaw on August 9, 2009 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

An Interview with Beryl Richards

Beryl Richards

Beryl (Bee) Richards earned degrees in art, human resources and career guidance and retired from a career in human resources and education to pursue interests in writing and histori

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Added by gaabi on July 15, 2009 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

Post Festival Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who attended and supported the Wales Smithsonian Cymru program of the 2009 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in other ways by sending good wishes, visiting our Web site, etc. The Festival was a huge success with over 1 million visitors thanks to the great weather and interesting performances and demonstrations by over 130 Welsh participants and presenters. A lot of great photos and blogs were posted on our Web site, www.folklife.si.edu - please check it out! Continue

Added by Betty Belanus on July 12, 2009 at 4:55pm — No Comments

Quincy Jones, Welsh American!

Legendary American musician/composer/producer/arranger and general musical virtuoso, Quincy Jones told the BBC that he recently discovered that his father, Quincy Delight Jones, Sr., was half Welsh. Here, listen to a sound file of Jones discussing his feeling about his recently discovered Welsh heritage and that he was pleased to find Cardiff was "so Ghetto," - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8132889.stm… Continue

Added by gaabi on July 5, 2009 at 2:58pm — 2 Comments

World Famous Llangollen Festival takes centre stage at Smithsonian Festival

The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod will this year be taking centre stage in Washington D.C as one of the 160 organizations, musicians, poets, scholars, artists and craftsmen representing Wales as the Guest Nation at the

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Added by gaabi on June 23, 2009 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

One Week to Go! Smithsonian Folklife Festival

The Wales Smithsonian Cymru program at the 2009 Smithsonian Folklife Festival starts Wednesday, June 24. Opening Ceremony is 11 a.m. on the Welsh Dragon Stage, and all are welcome as this is a free and open event on the National Mall in Washington, DC. First Minister Rhodri Morgan will be the featured speaker for Wales. The actual Festival events will begin around 12 when the Opening Ceremony is finished, and we also have an evening concert with Crasdant that night "after hours" (6-7:30ish). For… Continue

Added by Betty Belanus on June 18, 2009 at 4:13pm — No Comments

AmeriCymru Interview: Jen Delyth and a New Mythology

From the AmeriCymru Blog:

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Added by gaabi on April 27, 2009 at 9:30pm — 5 Comments

A plea to all you Welsh at heart. I need your help! - CLOSE RUN THING!

We have a chance to make a Welsh coalmining song, the “Song Of The Year” at this year’s prestigious John Lennon Songwriting Contest. This is one of the world’s biggest contests. My song “Take Us Down” is a Grand Prize Winner, and as such moves into a head to head on line vote out between two folk songs. To hear the song, please go to - http://www.myspace.com/davidllewellynmusic – the song will fire up automatically. We will need a lot of votes. Everyone can vote once a day – everyday – until t… Continue

Added by David Llewellyn on April 4, 2009 at 3:30pm — 7 Comments

In your face Welsh car magnets!

Hi, I have about a half dozen of these great magnets and am willing to part with them for $10, which includes US shipping. I have one on my car and get lots of (positive) comments on it. They are approx. 8 x 10 inches. Email me if you want one (or more) and I will send you my address. I… Continue

Added by mona everett on March 15, 2009 at 4:18pm — No Comments

Volunteer Summer Internships at the Wales Smithsonian Cymru 2009 program of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival

A message from Betty Belanus:-

I would like the members of Americymru who are at university or know a young person who might wish to know, about the opportunity to participate in our internship program this summer. A similar announcement has been made across Wales for students there, but we would also like to make stateside (and Canadian) students aware of the opportunity. Unfortunately the i

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Added by Ceri Shaw on February 7, 2009 at 12:09pm — No Comments

David Western Blog Post: "Naught for Not, Knots"

Continuing where I left off with the Celtic knotwork, the first image (4845) shows clearly the little ramp that I am developing to form the over and under structure of the knotwork. As mentioned before, the key at this stage is not to go too deep. Until I am satisfied that all the cross-overs are in order and there a

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Added by gaabi on February 6, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Whoo-hoo! We've got Welsh TV in WELSH!!!

Americymru member Helen Davies works for ITV local Cymru, a Welsh website which shows daily news coverage and has an archive of shows which include: "like Pobol Y Chyff with Rhys Ifans, Torri Gwynt with Dewi Pws, Ffalabalam, Miri Mawr, Ty Chwith with Wcw, Troi a Throi etc." For ease of access for our members we have embedded ITV local Cymru's broadcast page here on the site - it's in the Today tab in the navigation bar at the top… Continue

Added by gaabi on February 5, 2009 at 6:30pm — 9 Comments

Calling Any and All AmeriCymru Members or Welsh Persons in the Great State of Florida!

AmeriCymru members Andy Edwards and Gareth Evans are part of a cycling team that is doing a cross-continental bicycle challenge across the southern USA to raise money for the Children's Hospital for Wales. From their blog: "This is the first and currently only children's hospital in Wales.… Continue

Added by gaabi on January 28, 2009 at 10:33pm — No Comments

Americymru Member David Western on this month's cover of the Lee Valley Catalog

From David's blog:

Two of David's beautiful spoons are on the cover of the… Continue

Added by gaabi on January 10, 2009 at 4:28pm — No Comments

Celebrating the Life and Work of One of the World’s Greatest Photographers

For the first time, a collection of photographs taken by one of Wales’ greatest Victorian photographers, John Thomas, is about to be published.. He is described as “one of the world’s greatest photographers” by

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Added by Ceri Shaw on October 1, 2008 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

The Latest From Cymuned

What is Cymuned? (Community) From their site:- "Cymuned is working for a better future for the communities of Wales. We believe that a stronger voice is needed for our communities - we believe that people like YOU should play a part in making the decisions that effect YOUR community." * Would you like to see a housing market that makes it possible for local people to stay in their communities, and to ke… Continue

Added by Ceri Shaw on September 29, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

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