Name: Annual St. David's Day Luncheon Event — Welsh Society of Western New England (WSWNE)
Start: 2024-03-02T11:00:00-0500
End: 2024-03-02T15:00:00-0500
Location: Nutmeg Restaurant

Our “Welsh Lady” with map of Wales. - photo submitted

To attend, PLEASE NOTE PAID RESERVATION DEADLINE: MONDAY, FEB. 26.

Join us Saturday March 2 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM for our annual St David’s Day Luncheon Event—The day we celebrate Wales’ patron saint and all things Welsh.

At 11:00 AM, we begin with a social hour. Meet friends old and new; enjoy cheese and crackers, crudités, and fresh fruit. Cash bar available.

There will be time to browse our tables, have your photo taken with two of our Board members in Welsh national dress, and find your Welsh roots on our map!

Daffodils - photo credit Susan Davies Sit

This year, we will be in the more intimate Library Room at The Nutmeg, its tables adorned with daffodils for St. David’s Day.

Lunch will be served promptly at 12:00 noon following a video message from the First Minister of Wales..

There will be a brief Annual Meeting during which the Board for 2024-2025 will be elected. If you are interested in joining the Board, or volunteering in any way, please use our contact form.

Our post-luncheon program includes two fascinating presentations:

Gillian Clarke: National Poet of Wales 2008-2016 - presented by Michael Thurston, Helen Means Professor of English Language and Literature at Smith College.

Gillian Clarke was born in Cardiff and lives in Ceredigion.

Awarded the Queen’s Gold medal for Poetry in 2010 and the Wilfred Owen Award in 2012.

She has written radio and theatre drama, and translated poetry and prose from Welsh. The Gathering/Yr Helfa, commissioned by the National Theatre of Wales, was performed on Snowdon in September, 2014.

Her work has been on the GCSE and A Level exam syllabus for over thirty years, and she performs her poetry regularly for student audiences at Poetry Live, and in several European cities. Picador published her Selected Poems in 2016. Her tenth collection of poems, Zoology, was published by Carcanet in 2017. Her version of the book-long 7th century Welsh poem, Y Gododdin, is to be published by Faber in 2019

Our presenter, Michael Thurston, is the Helen Means Professor of English Language and Literature at Smith College. He is the author of Making Something Happen: American Political Poets between the World Wars, The Underworld Descent in Twentieth-Century Poetry: From Pound and Eliot to Heaney and Walcott, and (with Nigel Alderman) Reading Postwar British and Irish Poetry.

He has published numerous essays on modern poetry and modernist writing, including three on Hemingway. He has published numerous essays on modern poetry and modernist writing, including three on Hemingway.

He is the editor of the Norton Critical Edition of The Sun Also Rises and is writing the Cambridge Introduction to Ernest Hemingway. He currently serves as the provost and dean of faculty at Smith.

Here Be Dragons: An Exploration into Dinas Emrys - presented by Tempest Morgan, historian specializing in Medieval Britain

Dinas Emrys has been shrouded in myth and mystery for centuries.

From dragons to King Arthur to buried treasure, there is a vast amount of ancient lore to explore and uncover on this rocky and wooded hillock near Beddgelert in Gwynedd.

Dig through the archaeological records and hear the literary tales behind one of Wales’ most important historical sites.

Our presenter, Tempest Morgan, is a historian who specializes in Medieval Britain. She obtained her MA with Honors in Museum and Gallery Studies from Kingston University in London, UK and has worked for institutions such as the National Trust and Historic Royal Palaces.

We will end our day together singing the Welsh National Anthem.

Luncheon Menu

Mushroom and Leek Puff Pastry

Fresh Baby Greens Salad with Bread Rolls

Choice of Entree:
Chicken Française OR

Grilled Salmon OR

Prime Rib ($6 extra) OR

All the above come with with Seasonal vegetables and potato

Vegetarian option: Eggplant Parmesan

Children’s meal: Chicken Fingers & Fries (age 12 and under)

Dessert:

Chocolate Mousse, Coffee or Tea

Prices below include lunch, tax, and tip.

Members: $39 ($45 for Prime rib)

All household members living at member address are considered members.

Guests (Non-members): $42 ($48 for Prime rib)

Children's meal: $20

Advance Paid Reservation Deadline: Monday, February 26

REGISTRATION FORM: Please submit the registration form below before making payment.

Name

First Name

Last Name

Email

Phone

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Names of Others for whom you are making this reservation

We will make name badges for everyone in advance.

NUMBER of each ENTREE selected for this reservation

# Chicken Française

# Grilled Salmon

# Prime Rib ($6 more than other entrees)

# Vegetarian Eggplant Parmesan

# Children's Meal - age 12 and under

Chicken fingers & fries

COST TOTALS for above selections

MEMBERS @ $39 (for any entree except Prime Rib)

All household members living at a member's address are considered members

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MEMBERS Prime Rib @ $45 for Prime Rib

All household members living at a member's address are considered members

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GUESTS (Non-members) @ $42 (for any entree except Prime Rib)

$

GUESTS (Non-members) Prime Rib @ $48 for Prime Rib

$

CHILDREN (age 12 and under) @ $ 20 for Children's Meal

Chicken fingers & fries

$

TOTAL PAYMENT BELOW - based on the above

MAKE A NOTE OF THIS TOTAL PAYMENT BEFORE SUBMITTING FORM. You will not be able to return to this form after it is submitted. After submission, you will be returned to the previous page that has check payment by mail information

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QUESTIONS/COMMENTS

PLEASE SUBMIT THE REGISTRATION FORM ABOVE BEFORE MAKING PAYMENT.

- then mail check payable to WSWNE

- mail ℅ Annie Rodgers, WSWNE Treasurer, P.O. Box 463, Chicopee, MA 01021

- Advance Paid Reservation Deadline: Monday, February 26

Note: Payments to WSWNE are not tax deductible; your canceled check is your receipt.

Questions? Please use our contact form.