Llantrisant Mari Lwyd

Subject: Llantrisant Mari Lwyd
From: Splott Man
Date: 20 Dec 10 - 04:57 AM

The New Year's Eve tour is on, see below.

Unfortunately we had to cancel the Solstice tour for the first time in 30 years.


Please meet in rear car park at the 3 Horseshoes at 7.30pm for the following tour:

7:40pm   3 Horseshoes, Peterston-super-Ely
8:15pm   Dynefor Arms, Groesfaen
8:55pm   Creigiau Inn, Creigiau
9:30pm   King's Arms, Pentyrch
10:15pm Lewis Arms, Pentyrch.

Splott Man

Subject: RE: Llantrisant Mari Lwyd
From: Andy Jackson
Date: 20 Dec 10 - 07:12 AM

Just to get you in the mood have a look at this very old clip I discovered the other day.
Calennig - Mari song

Andy

Subject: RE: Llantrisant Mari Lwyd
From: GUEST,Square the Circle
Date: 21 Dec 10 - 06:43 AM

Who's the Orse this year Ned

Subject: RE: Llantrisant Mari Lwyd
From: *#1 PEASANT*
Date: 21 Dec 10 - 07:34 PM

Just completed work on the Baltimore Mari Lwyd- horse skull from texas, articulating snapping jaw, beer bottle eyes metal ears.More at the facebook group

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=251343947665&ref=ts#!/group.php?gid=36677623505

Follow our jolly wassail and see photos of the Mari here
http://baltimorewassail.blogspot.com/

If you know anyone stuck in the USA send them around- absolutely traditional free and all welcome.
Or fly in- we are abouit 20 minutes from the airport BWI

Conrad

Subject: RE: Llantrisant Mari Lwyd
From: Splott Man
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 03:47 AM

The horse is real, there's no human underneath.

Subject: RE: Llantrisant Mari Lwyd
From: My guru always said
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 05:10 AM

We're sort of in the area at New Year. I wonder if our lovely hosts would mind if we went out to play for a while?

Subject: RE: Llantrisant Mari Lwyd
From: Splott Man
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 03:43 AM

Here's the tour again with post codes so you can inspect the map or set the satnag:

7:30pm All meet in rear car park at the Three Horseshoes at 7.30pm:

7:40pm        3 Horseshoes, Peterston-super-Ely, CF5 6LH
8:15pm        Dynefor Arms, Groesfaen, CF72 8NS
8:55pm        Creigiau Inn, Creigiau, CF15 9NT
9:30pm        King's Arms, Pentyrch, CF15 9QF
10:15pm Lewis Arms, Pentyrch, CF15 7JP.

Subject: RE: Llantrisant Mari Lwyd
From: pavane
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 01:56 AM

Nice to see the youtube clip. As you say, very old! Mick as I remember him well (first met him in late 71).

Subject: RE: Llantrisant Mari Lwyd
From: GUEST,Dr Price, Cookie-less
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 06:02 AM

Ah yes - Calennig were on the BBC-1 Harry Secombe Highway Sunday evening show. The location was Swansea Museum next to the Docks. How well I remember it - the camera showed our Llantrisant Mari Lwyd, and this beautiful, charming young thing, in a new hair-do, with a voice like an angel. Pat wasn't too bad, either...

How the years roll by, Pavane. How's Dawn? Can you PM me with your new address?

Dr P.

Subject: RE: Llantrisant Mari Lwyd
From: GUEST,Cameron David
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 12:10 PM

I remember the Christmas Mari. How long ago it was.

Subject: RE: Llantrisant Mari Lwyd
From: GUEST,Dewi Humphreys
Date: 24 Dec 10 - 12:17 PM

The Llantrisant Mari must tour, if the snows don't beat us.

Subject: RE: Llantrisant Mari Lwyd
From: GUEST,chiara contrino
Date: 29 Dec 10 - 03:00 PM

Hi, we are 2, coming from London, we would like to see Mari Llwyd on tour, but we haven't got a car: is there any other with the same problem so we can perhaps rent a car together? or getting a lift? I t seems too far to walk
Thank you

Subject: RE: Llantrisant Mari Lwyd
From: My guru always said
Date: 30 Dec 10 - 05:58 AM

Not sure that we'd be able to help you chiara. We're leaving for S Wales today and won't have access. Hope you get sorted & may see you there.

Haven't got Sat-Nag, but have printed multimap stuff. Is it right that the Lewis Arms is nearer Taffs Well and the M4 junction??

Subject: RE: Llantrisant Mari Lwyd
From: doc.tom
Date: 30 Dec 10 - 06:16 AM

Have a good one, people. We'll get the binoculars out from the other side of the channel - as we always do!
T&B

Subject: RE: Llantrisant Mari Lwyd
From: Mick Tems
Date: 30 Dec 10 - 05:31 PM

Warning! I've just spotted some post-code/satnag errors! The Lewis Arms is right in Pentyrch in Heol Goch, next-door-but-one to Mari Party member Viv Amos - NOT the Lewis Arms at Tongwynlais, which is a couple of miles away. The Lewis Arms (Pentyrch) had its postcode incorrectly listed as CF15 7JP, whereas its true postcode is CF15 9PN.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Subject: RE: Llantrisant Mari Lwyd
From: Mick Tems
Date: 31 Dec 10 - 06:43 AM

I'vw just had this email from Llantrisant Folk Club member Paul Seligman:

"One of my 2009 Mari photos has been selected to appear in a 'World''s Strangest Holiday Traditions' slideshow on a US travel site. As it's in US, for 'Holiday' read 'Christmas'.

http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/worlds-strangest-holiday-traditions play the whole thing or go straight to Mari on slide 4: http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/worlds-strangest-holiday-traditions/4

The Llantrisant Mari is (unfortunately) seen disappearing into the New Inn, with the focus being the Carmarthen horse. I didn't think it was my best photo but it's the one they liked, after finding some on Flickr.

There is a little more news about this, but I'll save that for New Years Eve or the next club night..."