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Courtney B Designs Jewelry, Courtney Richie Fiber Art, Appalachian Ohio Fiber Guild Jeanne Jones Jindra, Director Echo Hill Forge, Matthew Nicholson FOR KIDS & ADULTS [email protected], (800) 282-7201 T-shirts, Rio Grande Book Store Wagon Tours ($1 per person) Ext. 7186, (740) 245-7186 Thurman Station Food Shack, David Grimm Tour the Homestead Museum & Potted Flowers & Plants, JCs Convenience Store the Wizard of Oz Collectibles Display (free) Jackson County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Tour the Adamsville Village (free) www.rio.edu/madog/Welsh-Heritage-Days.cfm Society Rugby Demonstrations 11:00a.m. & 2:00p.m. on Welsh Society of Central Ohio Sat. & Sun. with Welshman Eben Jones. Emancipation Proclamation Committee of Gallia Co. The Madog Center for Welsh Studies at the University of Rio Grande is an outgrowth of the North American Association for the Study of A Celebration Welsh Culture and History (NAASWCH). Located in the midst of one of the largest Welsh- Of Welsh American settlements in North America, the Ma- dog Center for Welsh Studies has established a Culture Resource Center and Library. The activities and programs of the Madog Center help to support & Tradition the preservation of the Welsh language and cul- ture, the arts, academics, the Welsh-American connection, and promotes local Welsh-American activities. Ray McKinniss, Bob Evans Farm Manager [email protected] (800) 994-3276 OR (740) 245-5305 www.rio.edu/madog/Welsh-Heritage-Days.cfm OPEN MIC PERFORMANCES EISTEDDFOD SCHEDULE -- SUNDAY, MAY 18 MAIN STAGE - SAT., MAY 17 DINNING TENT STAGE - SUN., MAY 18 MAIN STAGE 9:00 a.m. - Open Sign Up 9:00 a.m. - Open Sign Up 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. TIME NO. COMPETITION *AGE AWARDED BY ADJUDICATOR 11:00 a.m. - University of Rio Grande 11:00 a.m. - University of Rio Grande 9:00 a.m. M3 Solo Hymn Singing O Madog Center for Deborah Wenrich 1:00 p.m. Songwriting Club 1:00 p.m. Songwriting Club Welsh Studies 1 p.m. - Robert Penry, Celtic Music 1:00 p.m. - Robert Penry, Celtic Music 9:30 a.m. M1 Vocal Solo HS Laura & John Gorun Deborah Wenrich 2 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2 p.m. - Madog Youth Choir, 2-2:30 2:00 p.m. - Open Sign Up 10:00 a.m. M5 Welsh Lang. Solo E Welsh Society of Bryan Jones 2:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Central Ohio 2:30 p.m. - Open Sign Up 10:30 a.m. T2 Storytelling O National Welsh Cindy Roser 5:00 p.m. WHAT IS AN EISTEDDFOD? American Foundation An Eisteddfod (pronounced i-steth-vod) is a Welsh festival of literature, music and performance, dating 11:00 a.m. M5 Welsh Lang. Solo MS Welsh Society of Bryan Jones th TREE back to at least the 7 century. The word is derived Central Ohio DEDICATION from the Welsh word “eistedd” meaning “a sitting of the learned”. The principal focus of the event was 11:30 a.m. M4 Solo Musical A In memory of Maggie Jackson CEREMONY competition among the participants with adjudicators John Jones Tyn Rhos Sat., at 1 p.m. awarding prizes donated by local sponsors or drawn 12:00 p.m. M6 Solo Piano A Madog Center for Barbara White (near the tunnel entrance) from funds accumulated through admission fees. Test Welsh Studies pieces were prescribed in advance and there were con- In Honor of tests in singing, musical and literary composition, 12:30 p.m. T3 Recitation Scripture A Evans Wealth Greg Miller spelling bees, drawing, penmanship and even the rais- Management Lowell “Buz” Call, ing and display of house plants. Retired Farm Manager 1:00 p.m. M4 Solo Musical HS In memory of Maggie Jackson Joe Jones Thomas & Bess Grace Davis, Farm Historian 1:30 p.m. M5 Welsh Lang. Solo A In memory of Bryan Jones Nancy Edwards Cherry 2:00 p.m. M1 Vocal Solo A Madog Center for Deborah Wenrich Welsh Studies MOCH PRYDERI CONCERT - 5 p.m. 2:30 p.m. M2 Vocal Choir O National Welsh Deborah Wenrich Moch Pryderi (Welsh for “Pryderi’s Pigs”) is a six piece Welsh-American band American Foundation from Fredericksburg Virginia. Their music is firmly rooted in the traditional 3:00 p.m. Brythonic-Celtic music of Wales and Brittany, occasionally interwoven with A showcase of the outstanding performer(s), interspersed with a GYMANFA GANU with traditional music from Ireland, Scotland, Turkey, and the American- Welshman, Bryan Jones. Appalachians. Moch Pryderi’s instrumentation includes the rare Welsh triple harp, Welsh pibgorns and Welsh bagpipes as well as highland pipes, fiddle, Breton bombarde, bouzouki, flutes, whistles and percussion. Moch Pryderi's *HS - High School, E - Elementary School, O - Open, MS - Middle School, A - Adult vocal abilities create a diversified pallet for Moch’s distinctive and haunting sound. .