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Sentence Examples Today the term 'bard' in Wales means the victor at an eisteddfod, whether in poetry or music. The nineteenth-century revival of the eisteddfod and of the study of Welsh antiquities was initially encouraged by Anglican clergy and gentry. This is regarded as the premier eisteddfod across the globe. The North American Festival of Wales held by the Welsh North American Association also holds includes an eisteddfod. In 1789, Thomas Jones organised an eisteddfod in Corwen, where for the first time the public were admitted. The Scottish Gaelic Mod and the Breton Kan ar Bobl also have similarities to an eisteddfod. In Wales the late 18th century saw the revival of the eisteddfod tradition, inspired by Iolo Morganwg. With the establishment of the Urdd headquarters in the Wales Millennium Centre, the eisteddfod will return to Cardiff every four years. Another important eisteddfod in the calendar is 'Eisteddfod Yr Urdd', or the Youth Eisteddfod. The Gentleman's Magazine of October 1792 reported on the revival of the eisteddfod tradition. The eisteddfod itself took place on the old Vicarage Field at Fronhyfryd and was visited by David Lloyd George, accompanied by Winston Churchill. He displayed an excellent speaking and singing voice since childhood, even winning an eisteddfod prize as a boy soprano. The period is notable for the adoption by Welsh poets of bardic names, made popular by the eisteddfod movement. A youth eisteddfod is held in Gaiman every September, and the main Chubut Eisteddfod is held in Trelew in October. An annual eisteddfod is also held in Trevelin, in the Andes and Puerto Madryn. He continued to attend Castle Street Baptist Chapel in London, and to preside over the national eisteddfod at its Thursday session each summer. The most important eisteddfod is the National Eisteddfod of Wales, the largest festival of competitive music and poetry in Europe. The imported eisteddfod tradition in the Channel Islands encouraged recitation and performance, a tradition that continues today. But interest in the Welsh arts declined during the 17th and 18th centuries, leading to the standard of the main eisteddfod deteriorating. For many years Teignmouth Grammar School in Teignmouth, Devon held an eisteddfod of art, music and drama competions in the Easter term. Show More Sentences The first eisteddfod of the revival was held on Primrose Hill, London. A bardic name, in the context of the eisteddfod, is a particular accolade, as it is adopted when inducted into the Orders of distinguished bards and writers. The largest US eisteddfod was held In 1893 at the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, featuring visiting Welsh choirs invited by The Cymmrodorion Society of Chicago. The first National Eisteddfod, held in 1861 at Aberdare, proved to be a showpiece for literary and musical talent. The Eisteddfod is an annual event in Wales which has descended from a Celtic tradition. A SERIES of recommendations have been made by a task group set up to look into the National Eisteddfod. In August 2009, she was made a member of the Gorsedd at the 2009 National Eisteddfod in Bala, Gwynedd. In 1940, during the Second World War, the Eisteddfod was not held, for fear that it would be a bombing target. The National Eisteddfod is traditionally held in the first week of August, and the competitions are all held in the Welsh language. The Eisteddfod Act of 1959 allowed local authorities to give financial support to the event. These stone circles are icons all across Wales and signify the Eisteddfod having visited a community. The following year an international concert was held as part of the Llandybie National Eisteddfod. Gwynn Williams and Northing both pressed for the Eisteddfod to be in their home town of Llangollen. Folk dance competitions have featured in every subsequent Llangollen Eisteddfod. The 1947 International Eisteddfod was hailed as an unqualified success with praise for the organisers, the founders, and all the competitors. It is a major element of the National Eisteddfod and an annual festival celebrating Cerdd Dant is held each year. Terfel has been awarded the honour, by the National Eisteddfod, of membership of the Gorsedd of Bards. He won prizes for his high baritone singing while at school, including one at the National Eisteddfod. During this time, he was also active on stage, in school performances, and in the 1991 Urdd Eisteddfod production of Cwlwm. In August 2009, Rhys took to the stage with the National Youth Orchestra of Wales as part of the National Eisteddfod. Show More Sentences The 1917 National Eisteddfod was notable for the award of the chair to the poet Ellis Humphrey Evans, known as Hedd Wyn. The first meeting of the international Celtic Congress also took place at the Birkenhead Eisteddfod. They support the Eisteddfod as the promoter and inspirer of arts, letters and music, and are conspicuous among the annual prize winners. In 2009 he joined the accompanists team at the National Eisteddfod for the first time. The principal Welsh festival of music and poetry is the annual National Eisteddfod. The 2012 National Eisteddfod will take place on the former RAF airfield at Llandow in the Vale of Glamorgan. He was invited to join the Sheerer Punjabi Bhangra troupe from Nottingham soon after his arrival at the Eisteddfod field yesterday. On a sad note, John Lewis Jones, of Gwernymynydd, who died last week age 94, was awarded second pize for composing a hymn at Eisteddfod Mon. She was describing the lessons she learnt from the National Eisteddfod. A FORMER Urdd Eisteddfod competitor is spending this week adjudicating. I've been adjudicating at smaller Eisteddfodau and benefitted from the mentoring scheme introduced by Cymdeithas yr Eisteddfodau at the National Eisteddfod last year. Mr Hathaway came second in a photography competition at the Anglesey Eisteddfod, with a black and white night shot of BVUK's base in Llandudno. It also survives to this day, its rituals forming an important part of the annual Welsh National Eisteddfod. In Druidry, a specific ceremony takes place known as an Eisteddfod, which is dedicated to the recitation of poetry and musical performances. Original literature continues to be promoted by institutions such as the Eisteddfod in Wales and the Welsh Books Council. In 1946, she was inducted into the Welsh Gorsedd of Bards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. Richard was bolstered by winning the Eisteddfod Prize and wanted to repeat his success. At the Eisteddfod, O'Connaill met members from other Celtic nations, and formed a committee for the Pan Celtic Festival. A chair at the Lord's table was awarded to the best poet and musician, a tradition that prevails in the modern day National Eisteddfod. The National Eisteddfod Council was created after Llangollen, and the Gorsedd subsequently merged with it. Show More Sentences The first true National Eisteddfod organised by the Council was held in Denbigh in 1860 on a pattern that continues to the present day. Regional heats are held in advance and, as with the National Eisteddfod, the Urdd Eisteddfod is held in a different location each year. The International Eisteddfod is held annually in Llangollen, Denbighshire each year in July. In 1897 a Forest of Dean Eisteddfod, reportedly a choral competition, was founded at Cinderford. The Sydney Eisteddfod commenced in 1933 and offers some 400 events across all performing arts, catering to 30,000 performers annually. The same year it produced a unique Eisteddfod Review souvenir of the Welsh National Eisteddfod that was held in Aberystwyth. It arranges a lecture in the Welsh language each year at the National Eisteddfod. The town hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1867, 1911 and 1974, although at least in 1974, the Maes was at Abergwili. At the last National Eisteddfod held in Aberdare in 1956 Mathonwy Hughes won the chair. The annual Llangollen International Eisteddfod starts on a Tuesday and ends on the following Sunday. Cricket, football and rugby union teams play at Tower Fields, which overlooks the town and the International Eisteddfod field and pavilion. In Portland, the West Coast Eisteddfod is a yearly Welsh event focusing on art competitions and performance in the bardic tradition. It is also home to the Abergavenny Welsh society, Cymreigyddion y Fenni, and the local Abergavenny Eisteddfod. Evans was posthumously awarded the Chair at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. Although Williams' poetry was not in keeping with the tradition of the National Eisteddfod, he was still embraced by it. Held during the first week of August every year, the National Eisteddfod is a celebration of the culture and language in Wales. Aged 12 he won the Gold Medal for Painting at the Wales National Eisteddfod. Since then I have hated the Eisteddfod, glockenspiels, and buses. Eurig, who teaches cynghanedd to students in Aberystwyth and at Ysgol Penweddig, will be on the Eisteddfod stage tomorrow competing in choral and recitation competitions. About half a mile before you arrive at Frongoch, follow the appropriate signs for the Eisteddfod by turning left and following the back road into the car parks. Show More Sentences In 2012 the Eisteddfod played host to Lesley Garrett, Alison Balsom, Nicola Benedettii and Sian Edwards in a celebration concert for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is a music festival which takes place every year during the second week of July in Llangollen, North Wales. The Eisteddfod has visited all the traditional counties of Wales. The Eisteddfod of 2019 is planned to return to the traditional Maes. It is proposed that the 2018 National Eisteddfod in Cardiff will use permanent buildings to host events rather than in the traditional Maes and tents. The Eisteddfod is a unique institution and an important part of the literary tradition of Wales that celebrates poetry, song and the Welsh language. The archive of the National Eisteddfod of Wales contains the central office records, compositions, adjudications and criticisms from 1886 onwards. Llandudno hosted the Welsh National Eisteddfod in 1864, 1896 and 1963, and in 2008 welcomed the Urdd National Eisteddfod to Gloddaeth Isaf Farm, Penrhyn Bay. The National Eisteddfod returned to the area in 2011, when Wales' leading festival was held on the land of Lower Berse Farm between 30 July and 6 August. The Bristol Festival of Music, Speech and Drama was founded in 1903 as the Bristol Eisteddfod, and the name still survives in the Bristol Dance Eisteddfod. The Kettering and District Eisteddfod, for example, was founded in the Northamptonshire town by members of the Sunday School Union, and still runs every March. Meredydd Evans engaged in discussions with the event organiser, O'Connaill, following the 1971 Festival, and invited him to the National Eisteddfod of Wales. The council had 27 members nominated by local authorities in Wales, the University of Wales, National Eisteddfod Council and the Welsh Tourist Board. The Llangollen International Eisteddfod echoes the National Eisteddfod but provides an opportunity for the singers and musicians of the world to perform. Examples from Classical Literature There was not much time to be lost, as the eisteddfod had been fixed for a date only ten days ahead. Finally, eight other preachers from the eisteddfod came and announced to the Elder their intention. It does not matter much whether you can bring yourself to believe in the eisteddfod or not. The classification of new bards was made at an eisteddfod once in three years. In a real genuine big national eisteddfod there are departments for painting and for poetry. Though Mildred was not included among the performers, she at least received an invitation to the eisteddfod. I suppose by graduate bard you mean one who has gained the chair at an eisteddfod? Then don't you remember the girl who played a solo for Templeton at the eisteddfod? The eisteddfod found in him a thorough friend and a wise counsellor. You need a pack horse to carry one of those around the Eisteddfod field. A REPLICA of the Gadair Ddu, or Black Chair, awarded at the National Eisteddfod posthumously to poet Hedd Wyn is the centrepiece of a new temporary exhibition. Huge Eisteddfod fan Mari Lovgreen presents the hectic schedule from the Literary Pavilion, featuring the daily poetic jousting of the highly popular Ymryson y Beirdd. Find more words! 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