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St. David's Society of Minnesota

United to Celebrate and Explore Welsh Culture

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Other Events

Would you like to take a class?
Our friends at Celtic Junction offer classes on Celtic topics.  Check them out at https://celticjunction.org/college/

 

The Great Plains Welsh Heritage Project is offering books on Welsh American history for research and geneaology.  You pay only for shipping.

  • Early History of the Welsh in the Proscairon District of Wisconsin
  • History of the Welsh in Minnesota
  • Hanes Cyrmy America (1872) A History of the Welsh in America

All are translated by Martha Davies or Phillip and Martha Davies. If interested, contact gcolgrove@neb.rr.com

 

Video of a schoolhouse in Wymore, Nebraska for Welsh-American students

One-room Welsh School

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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.


 Upcoming Events

View our most recent newsletter here

Well-Read Dragons Book Group

Saturday, December 7, 2024, 11:45 am - 1:00 pm on Zoom

A Celtic Miscellany: Translations from the Celtic Literature, trans. by Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson

Including works from Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Breton and Manx, this Celtic Miscellany offers a rich blend of poetry and prose from the eighth to the nineteenth century, and provides a unique insight into the minds and literature of the Celtic people. It is a literature dominated by a deep sense of wonder, wild inventiveness and a profound sense of the uncanny, in which the natural world and the power of the individual spirit are celebrated with astonishing imaginative force. Skifully arranged by theme, from the hero-tales of Cú Chulainn, Bardic poetry and elegies, to the sensitive and intimate writings of early Celtic Christianity, this anthology provides a fascinating insight into a deeply creative literary tradition.  (Amazon)

Other Books Selected for 2024-35
Feb. 1, 2025: Wales: The First & Final Colony by Adam Price
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

 

Holiday Tea

Saturday, December 14, 2 - 4 pm, St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church, 2323 Como Ave. W.

Save the date for our annual Holiday Tea!  We will enjoy readings, singing, and treats!  Stay tuned for more information.

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.

 
 

Links to Enjoy
(Click on the green text)

Cor Cymry Gogledd America (North American Welsh Choir) Concert in Calgary, Alberta, June 25, 2022

Owen Rhys Roberts from the National Library of Wales shared these links with us after speaking to us in March of 2022.

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 here to 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.

Short Stories of Welsh Culture Saturday Selections: Short stories from Celtic countries and websites on gardens, musicians, museums and folk music.

Our members have contributed these links to videos and photos:

Triple Harp Concert in Wales (in lieu of the in-person Eisteddfod Genedlaethol [National Eisteddfod]
Poem, Solace, by Welsh poet Dafydd Davies-Hughes with video
Welsh National Opera Chorus singing the Welsh hymn Gwahoddiad
Karen Wojahn playing Rhosymedre on the harp

 

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