Competition A6 Junior Children’s Choirs

Name Country Total Mark Position
Lindley Junior School Choir England 90 1st
Cor Ysgol Pen Barras Cymru 89 2nd
Truro School Prep Choir Cornwall 88.3 3rd
Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion Cymru 87.7 4th
COR GLANAETHWY Cymru 86.7 5th
Bax Choir, Heath Mount School England 85.7 6th
Children’s Choir of Musamari Ch Estonia 85 7th
Ysgol Llwyncelyn Cymru 84.7 8th
Hereford Cathedral Junior School England 83.3 9th

Competition A8 Children’s Folk Song Choirs

Name Country Total Mark Position
Cantabile Girls’ Chior England  89.3 1st
Piedmont Children’s Choir USA 88.3 2nd
BAAO CHILDREN AND YOUTH CH Philippines  86.7 3rd
KZN Midlands Youth Choir South Africa 86 4th
Cor Heol y March Cymru 84.3 5th
Children’s Choir of Musamari Ch Estonia 84 6th
Palmdale High School Chamber Sin USA 83.7 7th
Cor Ysgol Pen Barras Cymru 83 8th
Highcliffe Junior Choir England 82.3 9th

Mobile App Launched for 2017 Llangollen Eisteddfod

Visitors to this year’s Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod will be able to access vital information about the festival through its new mobile app, Llangollen.

Built by Caernarfon-based creative agency, Galactig the free app contains content in both Welsh and English and is available now on both Apple and Android.

It contains videos of all the competitions from the pavilion stage, a timetable of all the main activities on the Eisteddfod field, information on all evening concerts and an interactive map of the site.

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Joint Winners Announced for International Peace Award

An organisation that speaks out to alleviate suffering and a weapons amnesty initiative have both won the Rotary International Peace Award.

The Oswestry-based British Ironworks and Médecins Sans Frontières were jointly awarded the accolade at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod’s 70th Anniversary Opening Concert on Monday 3rd July.

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Dancing in the Street: Mini Eisteddfod Comes to Chester

Chester City Centre played host to a vibrant display of music and dance on Monday 3rd July, as an international street festival marked the start of the Llangollen International Eisteddfod’s 70th anniversary festival and it’s ‘mini Eisteddfod’ in Chester.

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Ysgol Y Gwernant Peace Message – Photocaption

Pupils from Ysgol Y Gwernant in Llangollen practising hard ahead of their performance of the poignant Peace Message. The local pupils will perform the Peace Message – an annual highlight of the festival – on the International Pavilion stage on Thursday 6th July as part of the International Celebration. The performance will also be delivered tomorrow [TUESDAY 4th JULY] during Children’s Day. This year the message – which has been coordinated by former Eisteddfod employee, Christine Dukes – reflects on the history of the Eisteddfod and in particular its relationship with the weather.

Welsh Refugee Council Nominated for International Peace Prize

Organisation nominated for the Rotary International Peace Award, which recognises peace initiatives both in the UK and internationally

An organisation that works to empower and protect refugees in Wales has been nominated for an international peace prize.

The Welsh Refugee Council has been nominated for the Rotary International Peace Award, for its work promoting tolerance and respect towards refugees, as well as empowering refugees and asylum seekers to build new lives in Wales. (more…)

Knight at the opera’s amazing year

Sir Bryn Terfel has described how being knighted by the Queen was one of the proudest days of his life – along with the birth of his first daughter..

The globally renowned bass baritone was speaking ahead of his appearance at Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod where he’ll be starring in a special production of the classic opera Tosca on Tuesday, July 4.

He revealed he even persuaded Buckingham Palace to give him an extra ticket so that his three sons and his fiancee Hannah Stone could all attend the ceremony.

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Inclusion Project returns to ‘Make Waves’ for 2017

The Llangollen Eisteddfod is celebrating the ninth year of its Inclusion Project with the commission of a new performance piece and a prestigious Arts & Business Cymru Award nomination.

The project, which promotes unity, diversity and accessibility for all, will return to the festival’s main stage on Wednesday 5th July with a new, specially commissioned piece called Making Waves.

Performed by The KIM Choir from Holywell, SCOPE Flamenco Group from Chester, WISP Dance Club from Mold and Amigos y Gymuned from Wrexham, Making Waves focuses on the free flowing emotion of the sea and how it can connect people of diverse backgrounds from shore to shore and was written by poet Aled Lewis Evans with the input of members from all four groups.

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