Dragon Tales
online
October 2009 - January 2010
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Croeso
to Welsh Intern
Sioned
Wyn is the new Welsh intern at the Madog Center for Welsh Studies,
University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Ohio, and director Jeanne Jones
Jindra is thrilled.
Sioned, who is from Whitchurch, a small
suburban village north of Cardiff, started work on June 22nd and
her duties include promoting the Madog Center and Wales in the community and
talking in schools in the area about Wales and the work that the Madog
Center does.
Welsh is
her first language and she received all her education through the medium of
Welsh up until she studied for her master’s degree. She went to school in
Cardiff and then to Aberystwyth University, where she earned her
undergraduate degree and her Master’s in Management and Marketing.
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Sioned
heard about the Welsh intern job from a friend who had decided to not apply
for it, got the application form one day before the submission deadline and,
after a video interview, was offered the job.
She loves
to sing and is a member of Côr Caerdydd (Cardiff Choir), has traveled
extensively with the award-winning choir, and is sad to be missing an
upcoming trip to Romania.
Sioned
says, “Apart from the singing, which is a big part of my life, I love to
cook and read and of course, being Welsh, socializing with my friends! I
have previously done many varied and different jobs; I’ve worked with a
catering company that catered for film crews on location across South Wales;
in a deli; as a runner for a television company; for the National Eisteddfod
of Wales; in a Welsh language initiative in Cardiff; an Office manager for a
food consultancy and been a cook in a pub in Aberystwyth.
I’ve already met so many different
people and look forward to meeting many more and enjoying the rest of my
year here in Rio Grande!” |
| News
from the 79th North American Festival of Wales, September 3-6, in
Pittsburgh, PA, will be forthcoming in the next issue of DT!
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Words
from the Webmaster
Tegwyn Lantz
I hope you are all continuing to visit our website at
www.welshsocietyofcentralohio.org to learn of interesting tidbits
regarding the Welsh news we link to on the website as well as WSCO news items
and the Welsh Singing Society’s busy schedule.
We've recently adapted the Music Pages from WSCO’s
original website, reorganized them to make the Welsh titles easier to locate,
and added an index to help you easily cross reference Welsh titles if you know
only the English name. You can find our music page by clicking on the link near
the top of our Links page. Once there you will find nearly three dozen Welsh
hymns and traditional songs in Midi format that you can listen to while reading
the Welsh and/or English lyrics.
Does WSCO
Have Your Email Address?
We do our best to plan ahead for WSCO events so
members have plenty of notice – our annual events are announced in this
newsletter. But occasionally the opportunity comes up quickly for
something special – as did the April 2008 and 2009 events with the Trinity
exchange students – and an email notice was sent out.
If you’ve never received an email message with the
subject “From WSCO of possible interest”, then we may not have your email
address. If you want to receive email notices from WSCO, please write to
info(at)welshsocietyofcentralohio(dot)org (let us know if you prefer that
your address not be published in the annual Member Roster).
Although we send out periodic email messages with news
of Welsh-oriented events that may be of interest to our members, we do not flood
your inbox.
For those with no email or who access your messages
somewhere other than your own home (maybe the library or a relative’s house), we
are thinking of starting a telephone tree for only short-notice
WSCO-sponsored events. We can’t make any promises at this time – it’s only an
option under consideration. We’ll keep you updated.
Board
Meetings
Board meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each
month, except for July, August and December, from 7 to 9 pm and usually take
place at the Glenwood United Methodist Church, 2833 Valleyview Dr. (at Hague
Ave.) Columbus, Ohio, in room 4.
Meetings are open to all adult WSCO members. Anyone
wishing to put an item on the agenda should contact a board member.
For board member
information, call (614) 470-4999 and leave your name and number for a call back,
or email
info(at)welshsocietyofcentralohio(dot)org.
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