Name | Country | Total Mark | Position |
Loughgiel Folk Dancers | Northern Ireland | 96.7 | 1st |
Gabhru Panjab de | India | 95.3 | 2nd |
MOTHER TOUCH DANCE GROUP | Zimbabwe | 94.7 | 3rd |
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.