Schedule Of Events

Aug 28,2024

2:00pm - 5:00pm - Registration And Banquet Seating

7:00pm- 8:30pm - 'Call Mr. Robeson' - At The August African American Cultural Center

Aug 29,2024

8:30am -3:30pm - Tour 1 - Steel City Highlights

9:00am -5:30pm -Registration Desk And Banquet Table Assignment Open

12:00pm -5:00pm -Marketplace And Tea Room

4:00pm -5:00pm - Opening Ceremony And Flag Raising - Off-Site

5:30pm -6:30pm -Pre-Concert Buffet [ Menu ]

7:00pm - 9:00pm - Opening Night Concert - Featuring Mal Pope, Mared And The Urdd
Off Site At The August African American Cultural Center

9:00pm --Informal Singing

Aug 30,2024

8:30am - 6:00pm - Registration Desk And Banquet Table Assignment Open

9:00am -5:00pm - Marketplace And Tea Room

9:00am - 10:00am - Seminar:The Flooding Of Cwm Tryweryn And Its Political And Cultural Legacy

9:00am - 10:00am - Seminar Via Zoom:Annie Hughes Griffiths: Peace Petitioner – And Much More!

9:00am - 10:00am - Seminar: The American Order Of True Ivorites

10:00am - 10:30am - Coffee Talk: Investments And Legacies - David Allen

10:30am - 11:30am - Seminar: Singing The Hymns Of Caradog Roberts

10:30am - 11:30am - Seminar: Start Your Welsh Family History Research With The National Library Of Wales

10:30am - 11:30am -Seminar: Welsh Language I

10:30am - 11:30am -Theatre - Amy Dillwyn

12:00pm -1:30pm - Cinema Wales: Swimming With Men

12:30pm -1:30pm -Seminar:The History Of The American Gorsedd, 1913-1941

12:30pm - 1:30pm - Seminar: Elined Prys, Peace Delegate, 1924

1:30pm -3:00pm - Seminar: Ysgol Gan

2:00pm - 3:30pm -Cinema Wales: Coming Up Roses / Rhosyn A Rhith

2:00pm -3:00pm - Seminar: Tryweryn, The Investiture And Welsh Militancy

2:00pm - 3:00pm - Seminar: That Isn’t How It’s Supposed To End: Rewriting The History Of Medieval Wales

3:00pm -4:00pm - Corgi Meet And Greet

4:00pm -5:00pm - Key Note Speech: 50 Years In Music From Elton John To Fireman Sam With By Mal Pope

5:00pm -6:00pm - Meeting: Pennsylvania Group -Preserving The Welsh Heritage Of North America

5:00pm - 6:00pm - Meet And Greet With Mari Lwyd

5:00pm -6:00pm - Say Something In Welsh Meetup

6:00pm -7:00pm - Pre-Banquet Social Hour

7:00pm - 10:00pm - North America Wales Foundation Welsh Heritage Award And Gala Banquet,
- Soloist Llinos Haf Jones

-Attire Is Semi-Formal, Reserved Seating Is Necessary [ Menu ]

10:00pm -12:00am - Informal Singing

Aug 31,2024

9:00am -4:30pm - Registration Desk Open

9:00am -5:00pm - Marketplace And Tea Room

9:00am - 10:30am - Seminar: The History Of The American Gorsedd, 1913-1941

9:00am - 10:30am - Seminar:That Isn’t How It’s Supposed To End: Rewriting The History Of Medieval Wales

9:00am - 10:30am - Seminar:Music, Memory, And Markers Of Welsh Identity In North America Today

10:30am - 11:30am - Seminar: Star Poets From Seren

10:30 Am - 11:30am - Seminar:The Flooding Of Cwm Tryweryn And Its Political And Cultural Legacy

10:30am - 11:30am - Theatre: Amy Dillwyn

10:30am - 11:30am -Seminar: Welsh Language Ii

12:00pm -Silent Auction Bidding Ends

11:30am - 12:30pm -Meeting Of The Affiliated Welsh Organizations - Bring Your Own Lunch

11:30am - 12:30pm - Meet And Greet With Mari Lwyd

12:00pm - 12:30pm -Eisteddfod Competition - Welsh Language Recitation

12:30pm -1:00pm -Eisteddfod Competition - English Language Recitation

12:30pm -2:00pm -Cinema Wales: Swimming With Men

1:00pm -4:30pm -Registration Desk Open

12:30pm -1:30pm - Panel Discussion With The Smithsonian And The National Library:

The Long Journey Of Thewomen's Peace Petition -From 1923 -2024,

12:30pm -1:30pm - Seminar: The Welsh Connection To The Coronation

12:30pm -1:30pm - Seminar: Folk Dancing

1:00pm -3:00pm - North America Wales Foundation (Nawf) Meeting

1:30pm - 2:30pm - Eisteddfod Competition - Hymn Singing (Solo)

2:00pm - 3:30pm -Cinema Wales: Coming Up Roses / Rhosyn A Rhith

2:00pm - 3:00pm - Seminar: Learn To Sing In Welsh

2:00pm -3:30pm - Seminar: More Welsh Family History Research At The National Library Of Wales

2:00pm -3:30pm -Seminar: Tommy Farr- From The Boxing Booths Of The Rhondda To Yankee Stadium

2:30pm -3:30pm - Eisteddfod Competitionsolo Voice / Semi-Professional (Welsh North American Prize)

3:00pm - Silent Auction Winners Announced

3:00pm - 5:00pm - Silent Auction Items Available For Pickup At Registration Desk

3:30pm - 4:30pm - Seminar: 100 Years Later, What The Peace Petition Means To Wales Today.

3:30pm - 4:30pm - Seminar: Tryweryn, The Investiture And Welsh Militancy

4:00pm -5:00pm - Eisteddfod Winners Concert

4:30pm - 5:30pm - Workshop: House And Hill Together: A Cantata Inspired By Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater

4:30pm - 5:30pm - Say Something In Welsh Meetup

 5:30pm -7:00pm - Pre-Concert Buffet - [ Menu ]

7:00pm - 9:00pm~ Grand Concert - Dunvant And Brecon Choirs

Off Site At The August African American Cultural Center

10:00pm -12:00am - Informal Singing

Sep 1,2024

9:00am -12:00pm - Marketplace And Tea Room

9:00am -9:45:00am - wnaa Annual General Meeting (All Wnaa Members Are Encouraged To Attend)

10:30am - 11:30pm - Worship Service, In English And Welsh

2:00pm -3:30pm - Gymanfa Ganu Session I - Offsite At First Lutheran Church
- Directed By Jonathan Rogers,Accompanist, David Enlow

3:30pm -4:30pm - Complimentary Afternoon Tea

4:30pm - 6:00pm - Gymanfa Ganu Session Ii - Held At Offsite At First Lutheran Church
- Directed By Jonathan Rogers,Accompanist, David Enlow
Closing Ceremony (At The Conclusion Of The Gymanfa)

6:30pm - 7:30pm - Evening Meal (At The Westin Pittsburgh) - [Menu]

8:00pm - 10:00pm - Noson Lawen, Sing Folk Songs And Enjoy Short, Open-Mic
Performances By Festival Attendees.

Sep 2,2024

8:30am- Tour 2: A Day Out With Frank Lloyd Wright

Daytime activities are held at the Westin Pittsburgh-1000 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 15222

Please note that the event schedule may change.

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Date : Aug 28-Sep 2,2024

Location : Various Vemues In Pittsburgh, PA

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