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2008 --
Celebrate WSCO’s 60th Year!
Saint David’s Day Celebrations
February 29th at the Statehouse
Ken Evans
Our St. David's Day festivities start on Friday, Feb 29 at the Ohio Statehouse in downtown Columbus, the southeast corner of High and Broad streets. Meet at 11:30 am on the West Plaza or just inside the west doors. We will raise the Welsh flag at noon. We had 32 people last year.
Clyde Evans will, again, invite other Ohio Representatives/Senators; personally invite your own.
Members of the Columbus Welsh Singing Society will be there to lead us in singing several Welsh hymns. We may move inside (except for the flag raising) if the weather is bad.
Join us for a Welsh-oriented tour of the Statehouse after the ceremony.
Luncheon at the Clintonville Woman’s Club
Mary Ellen Morgan
March 1, 2008 is St. David's Day and the day we'll celebrate it at the Clintonville Woman's Club, 3951 North High Street, Columbus, with a luncheon to begin at 12:30.
Our well loved gymanfa organist James Hildreth and his very special friend, Valorie Adams, an outstanding flutist, are together known as Duo Celeste and will provide our Welsh-centered entertainment after the luncheon. And, of course, we'll all sing a few Welsh songs.
This year's seminars will be about Welsh love spoons, presented by native Welshman and love spoon carver Chris Watkins, and Ohio grave markers with a look at epitaphs in the Welsh language, presented by Melanie Pratt, one of our Welsh folk dancers.
Chris Watkins is generously donating one of his love spoons to be raffled with a few other items from our Welsh Store, and will have other spoons available for sale!
(For more information about the seminars, the presenters, and our special entertainers, see pages 6 and 7.)
For the luncheon, a choice of entrees is available: either Steak Owain Glyndwr, which is chopped sirloin in a rich beef-mushroom gravy; or Chicken Cymru, which is a baked breast of chicken in a creamy raspberry-Dijon mustard sauce. Both entrees come with a seasonal side dish of the chef's choice, salad, and dessert for $20 per person, with a special price of only $5 for those under 18. Please indicate your entree choice on the registration form.
Registration 9:30 am – 12:25 pm
Seminars
10:00 – 10:55 am -- Roller Coaster and Phoenix: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the Welsh Love Spoon Custom, Chris Watkins
11:00 – 11:55 am -- Ohio Tombstones -- Their Messages and Preservation: Epitaphs, Languages, Art and Architecture, Melanie Pratt
Annual Meeting Noon
Luncheon and Entertainment 12:30 pm
Be sure to invite your friends who would be interested; it will be a delightful day.
Reservations for the seminars and luncheon must be received by February 20, 2008 and should be sent to: Barbara Clark, Registrar; 3285 Parkside Rd.; Columbus, Ohio 43204. Please make checks payable to WSCO. Click here for the registration form.
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