2011 West Coast Eisteddfod: Welsh Festival of Arts
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At The Barnsdall Art Park
4800 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 90027

Sept. 23 - 25, 2011
FREE OUTDOOR WELSH FESTIVAL EVENTS - On Saturday Sept 24th & Sunday Sept 25th
from 11am to 5pm

Vendor Marketplace, Eisteddfod Ysgol (youth art activities) with Caroline Roper-Deyo, craft a Welsh Dragon Puppet by Rochelle Shelly Rosenkild (on Sunday only), Language instruction by Jason Shepherd of the Learn Welsh Podcast, Magic Show by Joseph Schneider, Welsh Storytelling by Peter Anthony Freeman, traditional Music by vocal/harpist Nerys Jones & 'Wake the Bard', Crwth demonstration, contemporary music by Lyn Mackay & Tom Jones tribute 'Sexbomb'. Appearance by the Mari Lwyd, demonstration of Gwyddbwyll. Classes & lectures by Genealogist Annie Lloyd, Jude Johnson, John Gower, Llwyn Swynedig, Order of Bards, Ovates & Druids, R. Merlin, Jymie Darling, Segni Pembroke Welsh Corgis, Sam Wenger, Los Angeles Rugby Club, & Peter Paddon.

The Hollyhock House will offer an Open House on Saturday & Sunday, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Docents will be on hand to introduce Hollyhock House to visitors & interpret individual rooms inside the house. Visitors are welcome to enter at any time during our operating hours. Tickets for the house will be on sale at the Municipal Art Gallery, a short distance from the house.

Also see the traveling exhibit 'Welsh in America': Learn about Welsh-American history with this special exhibit on loan from the Welsh Assembly Government.

Opening Ceremony - Friday Sept 23rd on the Barnsdall Grounds & the Theatre beginning at 6pm
performances by Paul Child (voice of Welsh Rugby), Michael Aston of Gene Loves Jezebel, Monica Richards/InfraWarrior. Druid blessing by Brian y Tarw Llwyd & Garan Gwyn, choral music by the Cor Cymraeg De Califfornia (Welsh Choir of Southern California). Opening of the Welsh Mythology & Legend Art Show!

Available everyday: authentic Welsh food by Alex Catering, Welsh Cakes by The Welsh Baker, Sir Nathan's Red Dragon Lemonade (charity for children's cancer patients), & alcoholic refreshments by Oberon's Welsh Pirate Bar.

Eisteddfod - Saturday Sept 24th in the Barnsdall Theatre
from 3pm to 9pm
Prize Competitions in Poetry, Voice, Comedy, & Storytelling. Featuring Vocalists: Spirit Bear Angelo, Jr., Timo Standing Buffalo, Mia -Chocolate Princess. Storytellers: John McGee, Laura Wolfe-Bosworth, Harrison Lowe, Michael D McCarty, Anthony Burcher. Poets: Tiger Moon, Daniel Morales Leon, Karina Dominguez, Janice Ann Johnson, Kalil Cohen. Comedians: Jeannette Rizzi, Brian Whitaker, Christi Waldon, Carlos Escobar, and more!

Film Festival & Lecture - Sunday Sept 25th in the Barnsdall Theatre
from 1:30pm to 6:30pm
Screening 'Otherworld', 'Eldra' & the 'Quarryman'. Special guest host Aparna Sharma, Assistant Professor of Dept of World Arts & Cultures at UCLA (with expertise on Welsh Cinema), will be introducing each film with a brief commentary on its importance.

Participants in the Vendor marketplace: Welsh Choir of Southern California, Dreamsinger Music, Ion Drive Publishing, A Raven Above Press, AmeriCymru, Pendraig Publishing, Welsh Presbyterian Church, Meriwether Lewis Memorial Eisteddfod Foundation, Faire Ladies Faire Lords, Segni Pembroke Welsh Corgis, Gotham Press, Alex Catering, Aileens Art, Welsh Baker, Pan Pipes Magickal Marketplace, Los Angeles Rugby Club, Three Geese in Flight Celtic Books, DragonMarsh, O'Keeffe Irish Imports, Gotham Press, BlackHeart Metals, Celtic Jackalope, MacNeith Productions, Noemi Co., and the Red Dragon of Wales!

Welsh Mythology & Legend Art Show featuring: Jen Delyth, Casey Ruic, Frankie Babylon, John Charles, Gina Turcios (rabbit), Phresha Le Vandale, David Richardson, Adrien Burke, Spinestealer, Nicole Josephian, Kelly McCartin, Gaabriel Becket, Nicolas Caesar, Ted Von Heiland Jr., Rick Dienzo Blanco, Meiling Chen, Nichola Hope, Chris Mann, Andrea Gutierrez, Calan Ree, Kimberly Wlassak, Sarah Hope, Jo Mazelis, Rochelle Shelly Rosenkild, Michele Witchipoo, Lorin Morgan-Richards, Xavier Lopez Jr., Rhys Jones, Liam O'Connor, Jeremy Cross, & Jason Shepherd.

Festival Major Sponsors are A Raven Above Press, AmeriCymru, Meriwether Lewis Memorial Eisteddfod Foundation & Tom LaBonge 4th District Councilmember. Festival Community Sponsors are The Green Man Store, AmByth Estate, The Welsh Baker, Learn Welsh Podcast, Alex Catering, Welsh Choir of Southern California, Storyforge Studios, The Seventh Quarry, Cinnamon Press, David Western Lovespoons, Sexbomb, Great Plains Welsh Heritage Project, Cambrian Homecare, Wymore, Nebraska, Paul & Nola Becket. Friend of the West Coast Eisteddfod Sponsors are The National Library of Wales, Valley Stream, Music Wales LTD, Celtic Attic. Also made possible through a grant received from The National Welsh-American Foundation.