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North American Festival of Wales logo
featuring the 79th Annual Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu
 2 September - 5 September, 2010 
Portland Oregon

Don't miss this opportunity for fellowship and Welsh culture in the Pacific Northwest! 
Our daytime programming will feature four days of interesting and informative  seminars,
workshops, concerts & much more. Our hosts this year are the Welsh Society of Portland Oregon.

Breaking News  Highlights Join us on

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Book Launch
at NAFOW
Yes, acclaimed author, Rhys Bowen has announced she will use the occasion of the North American Feistival of Wales to launch the latest book in Her Royal Spyness  series – Royal Blood!

A special Meet and Greet Reception with Rhys Bowen will be held at the Festival Hotel from 5pm-6pm Friday evening, September 4, 2010. In addition on Saturday, Sept. 5, Ms. Bowen will speak at a NAFOW seminar.

Tickets for this  exclusive events are availible now.  All of her fans are invited to both events. the tickets can are "will call" and can be picked up at the Festival Registrtaion desk prior to the event. (WNGGA membership is not required for this event.)  Or add this onto your NAFOW registration for a whole weekend of events.
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Local Activities

Daytime activities include seminars, folk dancing, Cinema Wales, the Eisteddfod competiontion,  learn to speak and sing in Welsh.  Visit the Welsh Marketplace and sample a Welsh cake in the Tea room.  
 

Take a NAFOW Tour around Portland or explore the Willamette Valley with a visit to Bryn Seion Welsh church the oldest surviving Welsh church on the west coast or to see the "Spruce Goose" Howard Hughes' wooden aiplane, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Gordon House, a “Usonian” house built in 1964, the Aurora Colony Antiques Row, Explore the Rose and Japanese Gardens within the city. Take in a  sample of  Oregons waterfalls and mountains when you travel up the Columbia Gorge and to Mt. Hood's Timberline Lodge .

Create your own day out on MAX light rail around town to Saturday Market, the Chinese Garden and beyond.  Or by car through wine country, to the spectacular Oregon Coast. Venture to Mount St. Helens or into to the High Desert of Central Oregon.  The choices are endless  www.traveloregon.com
A Special Thanks to all of our Sponsors for Their Support

Register now for the NAFOW
experience online

Dave Parry Interview with Bronn Journey

"The Welsh in America" - A 12 panel exhibition covering the history of the Welsh in America, on loan from the Welsh Assembly Government,  will be displayed during the NAFOW in the lobby of the Oregon Historical Society from Sept 2-Sept 6.

Cinema Wales returns for its 8th season at the NAFOW.  Featuring " Patagonia", staring Matthew Rhys, Nia Roberts; "Men Aloud Concert Highlights"; BBC Cymry Wales biographys and documentaries  featuring  Sian Phillips, Ivor  Emmanuel, Jason Howard and the Llangollan Internstional Music festival.  More details.....

Opening Ceremony, beguinning in the afternoon of September 2,  the  will include, John Evans somewhat irreverant tales of early Welsh in Oregon and Welsh soprano Nerys Jones.

Friday Open Mic Night
Have you always wanted to showcase your talent at the magnificent North American Festival of Wales but have been afraid to ask? Now is your chance! We are looking for you!
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The 2010 NAFOW Eisteddfod again features the David G. Morris Award for Semi-Professional Soloist, with the winner receiving a  trip to Wales to compete at the National Eisteddfod.
Seminars will run on Friday and
 Saturday on a variety of subjects
for registrants of the Festival. 
Learn about Corgis Galore, 
Gold Fever: The Welsh in the Gold Rush to British Columbia and My Favourite 25 Welsh-Americans, a fresh interpretation and totally unexpected. Learn to sing Welsh songs  in four part harmony at the Ysgol Gȃn or begin your adventure in learning the Welsh Language.  Maybe even treat your toes to learn a few Welsh Dance steps. Visit the Marketplace & Tea Room between sessions. Something for everyone to enjoy.
Cinema Wales ~ A sample of contemporay Welsh films and programming. Sponsored by the Welsh Assembly Government.
Thursday  ~ The Festival begins with a Opening Concert  featuring harpist Bronn Journey and soprano  Katherine Journey.
Friday  ~ The Annual NWAF Award Banquet  featured soloist baritone Glynn Morris, who hails from Abergwyngregyn near Bangor North Wales.
Saturday  ~ Enjoy the Grand Concert with Côr Godre'r Aran, a Welsh Male Voice Choir based in Llanuwchllyn in Penllyn, near Bala in North Wales.
Interview with Eirian Owen
director of Côr Godre'r Aran

Sunday ~ the 79th Annual Gymanfa Ganu, no matter whether you are an alto or a tenor or just come to make a joyful noise, join the the  hundreds of people singing Welsh hymns throughout the afternoon and into the evening.
directors Rhiannon Evans Acree and Eirian Owen.
 
Please be patient with our website, we will be adding to the NAFOW Festival  Program as it progresses. Please return  for updates as events develop.
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