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2012 Minnesota Welsh Hymn Festival, First Presbyterian Church, Mankato, September 23rd


GymanfaAudience

Attendees participate in the musical program


GymanfaSocializing

A Te Bach (Refreshment Hour) follows the program, where performers and attendees shared good food, company and conversation

Photographs courtesy of John Othoudt Photography

Try your hand at trivia!

Easy Quiz (pdf) Easy, at least as deemed by the quiz creators...

Hard Trivia (pdf) See if you can answer any of these hard questions from the North American Festival of Wales.

Croeso!

Welcome!


2013 Minnesota Welsh Hymn Festival Set

Sunday, September 22nd at 1:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Mankato. The conductor will be Dan Proud. Plan on sharing rides to Mankato from the Twin Cities. There will be no bus this year. See the September newsletter for more information.


Minneapolis Chosen to Host 2014 North American Festival of Wales

In September 2011, the Board of the Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu Association voted to select Minneapolis as the host city for the 2014 NAFOW. The event will be held August 28 through 31, 2014. Westminster Presbyterian Church in downtown Minneapolis will be the site for the Sunday service and the Gymanfa sessions. The selection of a host hotel will be announced in the near future.

If you would like to help out in practical ways closer to the event date, please contact kaywgavin@hotmail.com or mary.mergenthal@comcast.net Stay tuned for more information!


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Darkness Visible: A Novel of the 1892 Homestead Strike, by Trilby Busch

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Welsh architect Harry Wild Jones designed a number of buildings in Mpls., including the marble chapel at Lakewood & the Lake Harriet original bandshell.