The St. David's Society of Minnesota was formed to celebrate the heritage and culture of the Welsh immigrants to Minnesota. To these ends, St. David's Society members celebrate and cultivate all things Welsh - in literature, history, music, dance, art or ideas, traditional and contemporary.
Saturday, March 1, 11:30 am - 2:30 pm at St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church, 2323 Como Avenue W.
Celebrate St. David and all things Welsh on St. David's feast day. Enjoy homemade cawl cennin (leek soup), plus sandwiches from D’Amico’s. Registration details will be sent out soon.
We’ll enjoy a zoom program arranged by Board member Hywel Roberts. Daniel Morden will join us from Wales to present tales from the Mabinogion, the oldest Welsh stories, written down in the 11th - 13th centuries. Morden has been a professional teller of tales since 1989. He has traveled all over the world from the Arctic to the Caribbean sharing and collecting stories. In 2017 he was awarded the Hay Festival Medal for his services to storytelling.
2025 is the 100th anniversary of Plaid Cymru (Party of Wales), and David Evan Thomas will lead us through some songs to honor this important event.
Well-Read Dragons Book Group
Saturday, February 1, 2025, 11:45 am - 1:00 pm on Zoom
Wales: The First & Final Colony, by Adam Price
Collection of essays & speeches by Price, “one of the great thinkers of Welsh politics.” Head of Plaid Cymru/The Party of Wales when the book was written, he sets out his philosophy & outlines his strategies to secure a brighter future for Wales. Plaid leader is now Rhun ap Iorwerth.
Other Books Selected for 2024-35
Apr. 5: Braids of Song: Weaving Welsh Music into the American Soul by Mari Morgan
Jun. 7: Sugar and Slate by Charlotte Williams
Aug. 2: Clear by Carys Davies
Sgwrs Cymraeg, Welsh Conversation
Any learners or would-be learners welcome to any or all of these classes. ALL held via Zoom, on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays from 10:30am - 12:30pm. Contact conversation facilitator: Laurel Bradshaw, llawryf@yahoo.com for Zoom link and more information.
Our First Member Interview: Ellis Jones! On November 1, 2021, one of our board members, Hywel Roberts, interviewed our long-time member and past president, Ellis Jones. Click hereto read the transcript of the interview. We will eventually create a video of excerpts from this and future interviews.
Did you know the on-line game Wordle was invented by a Welshman? Read about his story here.
Today's Harlech: Our member Ryan Evans has produced a recording of Welsh-Minnesotans singing the folk song Tros Y Garreg (Over the Stone) set to his original electronic music accompaniment. He has also created a website with this music and stories and poems written by and read by our members about their Welsh heritage. (Click on the title above to get to the website.)
History of Wales links: Scott Lloyd, one of our Welsh speakers over Zoom,has generously shared many links to learn abour Welsh history and ancient sites.
Contact us at mailto:stdavidsofmn@gmail.com or visit and "like" our Facebook page to learn more about the Welsh and Wales at local, national, and international levels: Go to facebook