The
Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival - National Day of Wales replants
its daffodil roots at the Barnsdall Art Park on March 3, 2013!
A Raven Above Press Presents!
2013 Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival - National Day of Wales
Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant, Los Angeles - Diwrnod Cenedlaethol Cymru
March 3, 2013
Barnsdall Art Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90027
Inside the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre there will be a special ticketed
St. David's Day Grand Concert beginning at 1:30pm with a Druid blessing,
followed by a screening of the rare 1962 short film 'Dylan Thomas'
starring Richard Burton. After this the Welsh Choir of Southern
California (Côr Cymraeg De Califfornia) will take the stage, and then a
special performance by Paul Child, and in her debut North American
appearance - Welsh soprano and harpist Siobhan Owen!
We are all excited by the return of Paul Child to Hollywood. Among his
many achievements, Child is Wales biggest independent selling artist,
the 'Official Voice of Welsh Rugby', and recently sang at the half time
show of the final match of the Wales Rugby Grand Slam. Interesting to
note, each time he's sung before a match, Wales has registered a
victory.
Siobhan Owen was born in North Wales to a Welsh father and Irish
mother, and moved to Australia when she was 2 years old. A classically
trained singer from the age of 9, Siobhan also turns her haunting
soprano voice and gentle harp playing to a repertoire of traditional
Celtic songs. She has received prestigious awards for both her classical
and Celtic singing and is a popular performer at festivals, concerts,
recitals etc around Australia.
Outside the concert beginning at 10am visitors will be delighted in a
free Celtic Marketplace, Welsh language classes by Jason Shepherd of the
Learn Welsh Podcast, Celtic workshops, Welsh Corgi demonstrations, Kids
Crafts at the Ogden Nash Children's Area, and the LA Eisteddfod
featuring poetry, storytelling, readings and performance at the Harold
Lloyd Outdoor Stage, Welsh food (pasties and cakes) by the Welsh Baker,
and much more.
We will be promoting artists from both Wales and the US in a special
book release party on Welsh Nursery Rhymes written by Peter Anthony
Freeman (Llanelli, UK) and published by A Raven Above Press.
International artists include Nathan Wyburn (Abergavenny, UK), Anthony
Richards (Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, UK), Siobhan Owen (originally from
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio, UK now
residing in Adelaide, South Australia), Michele Witchipoo (New York
City, NY), Kimberly Wlassak (Los Angeles, CA), Rochelle Shelly Rosenkild
(Riverside, CA), Brian Kenny (Middletown, NY), Nichola Hope (Barry, UK)
Sarah Hope (Barry, UK) Rhys Jones (Swansea, UK), Kerry Evans (Swansea,
UK), Jo Mazelis (Swansea, UK), Judy Adamson (Abergavenny, Monmouthshire,
UK), Spine Stealer (Los Angeles, CA), Karen Richards (Cleveland, OH),
Laurent Castiau (Belgium), Gaabriel Becket (Portland, OR), Xavier Lopez
Jr. (Seattle, WA), Jason Shepherd (Swansea, UK), Adrien Burke (Los
Angeles, CA), Danny Walden (Bell Gardens, CA), Robert Karr (Westminster,
CA), John Charles (Los Angeles, CA), Grasiela Rodriguez (Pomona, CA),
Casey Ruic (Cleveland, OH), Daniele Serra (Cagliari, Italy), and Lorin
Morgan-Richards (Los Angeles, CA).
Also, Sarah Hope from Barry, UK (now in Cardiff) will be in attendance
exhibiting a collection of ceramic wall mounted pieces and dinnerware
that are decorated with themes from welsh nursery rhymes and stories.
The pieces are a collaboration between artists Sarah Hope and Nichola
Hope and sculpture Kevin Caufield.
Tentative Schedule (may be subject to change)
Harold LLoyd Outdoor Stage:
10:00am - Wake the Bard performs
11:00am - Joe Praml reads Dylan Thomas and other Welsh favorites
12:00pm - Aedan MacDonnell performs
1:00pm - Reading by Jude Johnson
2:00pm - Segni Pembroke Welsh Corgi lecture
3:00pm - Peter Griffiths discusses "what it means to be Welsh"
4:00pm - Wake the Bard performs
Harriet Beecher Stowe Classroom:
11:00am - Learn Welsh Podcast Welsh taster lessons for Welsh Learners
12:00pm - Peter Anthony Freeman reads from the book on Welsh nursery rhymes
1:00pm - Peter Paddon class Gods, Ancestors & the 21st Century Witch
2:00pm - Learn Welsh Podcast taster lessons for Welsh Learners
3:00pm - Celtic Magick class by Jymie Darling of Pan Pipes Marketplace
4:00pm - Reading by R. Merlin of Ariel & Electra
Grand Concert in the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre:
1:30pm - Druid Blessing (outside)
2:00pm - Screening- Dylan Thomas (1962) by Jack Howells & starring Richard Burton
2:30pm - The Welsh Choir of Southern California (Côr Cymraeg De Califfornia)
3:15pm - Performance by Paul Child
4:05pm - Performance by Siobhan Owen
Ogden Nash Children's Learning Area
Create your own Daffodil or Leek with artist Rochelle Shelly Rosenkild
& Welsh Choir chorister Caroline will facilitate Ysgol Eisteddfod
(School Eisteddfod) to help the youth activate and develop their vocal
talents in the arts of poetry, song, comedy and storytelling and their
artistic and craft skills! If you weren't born of Welsh heritage you'll
leave being The Cymry-Mabwysiad (Welsh by adoption).
Official Major Sponsors include A Raven Above Press, National Welsh-American Foundation, Tom LaBonge 4th District Councilmember
Community Sponsors include Cambrian Heritage Society Madison WI,
AmeriCymru, The Welsh Baker, Learn Welsh Podcast, Ninnau & Y Drych,
The Celtic Arts Center, Brian Kenny (Dark Corner of the Abyss), Music
Wales, Highland Sun, Eugene Hayden, Queens Favor, Red Dragon Management,
Choir of Giants Press, Metro.
Friend Sponsors include Jude Johnson, Peter Anthony Freeman, The Order
of Bards Ovates & Druids, Pan Pipes Magickal Marketplace, Emily
Fromm, The National Library of Wales, Celtic Myth Podcast, JOMO - Joanne
Morrison, Visit Wales, and the Dylan Thomas Birthplace.
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