Tredegar House Folk Festival is almost here! The weekend of May 6-8th will be full to the brim of folk festivities with plenty of folk dancing groups included on the line-up.  Alongside international groups from Latvia and Bulgaria there will be a variety of other dance styles to be seen, and amongst them are Welsh

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We may not be able to visit any eisteddfod field this summer again, but the virtual national eisteddfod – “AmGen” is here to entertain us. The full timetable is available below (Welsh medium) and a synopsis of the traditional dance activities and competitions. Enjoy! 1-8-2021 @12:20 Tudur Phillips performing with Gwilym Bowen Rhys and Irfan Rais

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In December 2020, Alison Allen was announced as the winner of the composing a dance competition. With dance teams beginning to meet up once more, we are able to share an electronic copy of the dance with you. The dance is now called ‘Dawns y Swigen – The Bubble’ and enables six dancers from four

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Please see the following update from National Eisteddfod in relation to an extended closing date for group competitions: “With COVID restrictions starting to relax here in Wales, and more people allowed to meet up, we’ve decided to extend the closing date for this year’s group competitions. Some of you have been in touch to say

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National Eisteddfod Announcement: Group Competitions closing date extended to 1 June “We’ve extended the closing date for group competitions to Tuesday 1 June 2021, 5pm, as COVID guidelines will allow some indoor activities to restart on 17 May. This means that some groups can come together safely to prepare and present their competition videos in

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Best wishes to you all at the beginning of a new decade! You may have made a resolution to exercise more… wel remember that folk dancing is an excellent way to keep fit and it’s also a lovely way to make friends. Details of your local dance team can be found here: https://dawnsio.cymru/teams/ You will

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Congratulations to the members who were honoured with membership of the Gorsedd of the Bards this year in Anglesey. Rhodri Jones from Penarth a member of the Executive Committee and responsible for our Library and Huw Roberts a musician and an authority on the Welsh costume. Congratulations also go to Jeremy Randles who because of

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