If you can recapture the spirit of the N. Dartmouth Eisteddfod in the days of Howard Glasser, you will have accomplished a near miracle. The Eisteddfod was always my favorite festival, and when I ran the High Ridge Folk Festival in Stamford, Connecticut, I tried my best to
duplicate the feeling of the Eisteddfod. It wasn't the performers that I booked, or even the kind of music, as I worked at a Museum with a statement of purpose that focused exclusively on American history. What I tried to take from the Eisteddfod was to make sure that the performers were pampered with good food and a place to stay, a performer's lounge where they could sit and socialize and have something to eat between meals, that the performers and audience had plenty of opportunities to socialize together and get to know each other and that there was plenty of time for performers to enjoy workshops and performaces of each other. I think that I did all of that. At least I sure tried.

Eisteddfod is a word and a concept. I wish all of you well in creating the concept.

Jerry