| North American Festival of Wales
2012 Highlights |
| Registration |
Accommodation |
| Reserve
tickets for 2012 NAFOW Purchase evening
event tickets and Festival Day Passes online or print a form.
|
Reserve
your room now for NAFOW at the to be in the heart of activities. The Hilton
Scranton serves as Headquarters Hotel. To receive the NAFOW room rate, see
details. |
| Opening
Concert |
Gala
Banquet & Awards |
| Welsh
folk singer and past president of Plaid Cymru,
Dafydd Iwan
will kick off the festival and
host late night Open Mic and Pub Nights, read more... |
Honoring
the 2012 recipient of
the Welsh
North American Foundation Heritage Medallion,
entertainment for the evening by contralto, Iris Williams, read more... |
| Grand
Concert |
Eisteddfod
Competition |
| Côr
Godre’r Garth, a mixed voice choir
from Pontypridd, featuring a peice especially composed for the choir,
conductor Eilir Griffiths, read
more... |
We encourage you to enter the competition and show off your
talents at the NAFOW 2012 Eisteddfod competitions in singing and recitation.
Compete for a chance to compete at the National
Eisteddfod in Wales the following year.
See details & print forms... |
Seminars
|
Tours |
| Featuring
topics on Welsh language
and folk
dancing;
Welsh
cinema; children's activities, learn to
and trace your Welsh family history;
to
sing in Welsh, the Welsh revival;
gyamnfa ganu in
America; Welsh
American
suffragette; and history of the Welsh in PA.
|
Tours of the Scranton area are
offered by coach or on foot. Experience America’s
first city to be electrified, visit the Steamtown National Historic Site,
and
descend 300 feet into the Lackawanna
Coal Mine; learn about the Avondale mine disaster; visit Danville,
PA home of Joseph Parry and explore the Welsh Story in
America.
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| Gymanfa Ganu |
Additional
Highlights |
Sunday
morning worship
service, with afternoon and evening
sessions of the 81st Welsh National
Gymanfa Ganu.
|
Open
each day, The
Marketplace, The
Tea Room and Informal
singing following scheduled events each
night into the wee hours... |
