Past Events & News
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You may recall we had hoped to reschedule our major concert by the marvelous Cor y Penryn choir from Wales to near the date of NAFOW in 2022.
WSWNE Board Member Evan Williams, our primary contact with the choir, now reports that the choir will be unable to perform for us, or at NAFOW, in 2022, due to the continuing uncertainty of the pandemic situation, combined with the need to book their flight this month, or not at all.
Read the article by WSWNE President Susan Davies Sit about the success of her ZOOM-based Welsh genealogy and conversation meet-ups. They turned the lemon of a pandemic into the lemonade of a alternative with its own distinct advantages. These may become a permanent addition to our in-person offerings.
An invitation from the Welsh Government for us to attend a conference on the UN’s 2019 “Year of the Indigenous Languages” prompted three members of the WSWNE Board to travel to New York City in February, 2019. The conference was titled: Promoting Multilingual Societies: Prospectives from Wales, The Basque Country, Flanders and Quebec.
On December 6, 2018, 3 Board members, plus member Don Sit who kindly drove us into NYC, attended a holiday cocktail party at the residence of the British Consul at the invitation of the Welsh Government. The British Consul, Anthony Phillipson, (who is also Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for North America) and his wife Julie greeted us warmly.
