The Meriwether Lewis Memorial
Eisteddfod Foundation
Event Details below and HERE
Croeso/welcome! to the Meriwether Lewis Memorial Eisteddfod Foundation (MLMEF), an Oregon non-profit corporation, recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) public charity. MLMEF was organized to raise public awareness of Welsh heritage in North America, to celebrate Welsh-American culture and preserve its works and to foster and encourage art and creativity in the Welsh tradition.
An Eisteddfod [eye-STETH-vod] is a Welsh performing arts festival, held in Wales since at least the 12th Century when bards competed for the favor of the Lord Rhys at his court in Cardigan. Today, the National Eisteddfod of Wales celebrates dance, poetry, music, theater, prose and visual arts. Eisteddfoddau are held all over the world, wherever Welsh people settled.
The Meriwether Lewis Memorial Eisteddfod Foundation organizes the West Coast Eisteddfod, a modern eisteddfod for the west coast of North America. The West Coast Eisteddfod includes live events and on-line events and competitions on AmeriCymru, a Welsh social network. The 2012 West Coast Eisteddfod will be held Saturday, October 12 at the Multnomah Art Center in Portland, Oregon.
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Why Meriwether Lewis? Many people don't know that Meriwether Lewis' ancestors came to the western hemisphere from Wales. Today there are Lewises, Davises, Griffithses, Jenkinses, Thomases, Owens, Williamses and more who have no idea that their own ancestors came from Wales and are in danger of losing or have already lost their families' cultural heritage. Canada, the United States, Argentina, Uruguay and many other places in the west are home to treasures of Welsh heritage and the rich traditions of imagination, creativity, song and story Welsh emigrants brought with them around the world.
To support our work and this year's live event, click on the "donate" button below or visit artist David Western's West Coast Eisteddfod Lovespoon Blog to see the incredible piece of art he's creating in support of our event.
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2012 West Coast Eisteddfod Event Schedule
Grand Closing Concert 8.15 with
SEXBOMB, JOHN GOOD'S TRAMOR , CHRIS CHANDLER
(If you are interested in competing in one of the live events below please email americymru@gmail.com )
5.30 pm Doors open
6.00-6.50 pm Storytelling Competition
( $150 First Prize - No registration fee! 8 mins at the mic.)
Competitors: Julia Strozyk Hiram Asmuth + three more. You?
6.50-7.20 pm Halley Weaver 'Halley the Harper'
7.20-8.15 pm Poetry Competition
( $150 First Prize - No registration fee! 8 mins at the mic.)
Competitors: Anatoly Molotkov David Cooke + three more. You?
8.15-11.00 pm Grand Closing Concert
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