CHILDREN'S CHOIR SINGS FOR THEIR WELSH SUPPER
6 September 2021
A children’s choir in North Wales is set for a Covid restart in style, thanks in part to Welsh Slate.
The 25 members of Adran Bro Dyffryn Ogwen are set to resume practising next month (September 2021), knowing that when they start competing and performing in the New Year they will be appropriately clothed in Welsh Slate-sponsored polo shirts.
The community choir comprises children from several schools in the Gwynedd area who come together every Sunday to practise. This dedication, and that of their volunteer choir leaders and helpers, was rewarded by winning their category of the Urdd National Eisteddfod in 2019.
The Eisteddfod is an annual Welsh-language competitive festival of literature, performing arts and music organised by Urdd Gobaith Cymru. Believed to be Europe’s largest youth festival, it attracts 90,000 visitors.
More than 15,000 children and young people under the age of 25 compete during the Eisteddfod week in skills such as singing, dancing and performing. They are the elite few from around 40,000 competitors across Wales who have won their place following local and regional rounds held in the spring months leading up to the Eisteddfod. It is usually held during the last week of May to coincide with school half terms, with next year’s planned to be held in Denbighshire.
Ceri Edwards, whose husband Andrew is a fitter at Welsh Slate’s Penrhyn quarry, has two daughters in the choir, aged eight and 12.
She said:
“The choir is very grateful to Welsh Slate for their support. There is no money coming in so although the organisers do everything for free, so we are dependant on donations from local companies and organisations.”
