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Thread #90012   Message #1712429
Posted By: sian, west wales
07-Apr-06 - 04:33 AM
Thread Name: The folk tradition in Wales
Subject: RE: The folk tradition in Wales
Sally Harper truly knows her stuff, particularly in that field. She's a lecturer at UC Bangor. I recently heard her lecture on 16th Century liturgical music in Wales after which we had a preview tour of St Catherine's Church which is being reconstructed a la 1530 at the Museum of Welsh Life ('folk museum') in Cardiff. A really interesting package, but I'd also like to hear her speak on the period music apart from the liturgy, which is more where the folkie interest lies.

I think Patagonians are now taking some action to prop us their Welshness. Just after Cymdeithas Madog started teaching Welsh in North America, the Patagonian community started doing something similar. In fact, I think they have Welsh teachers from Wales go out for whole terms to shore up the language. A friend of mine gets booked quite regularly to adjudicate at the Eisteddfod.

siân