Aberystwyth and District Floral Society

AT THE July meeting, members and friends of the club enjoyed a workshop with Jacqui Cooper from Stafford, who is a National Association of Flower Arrangers (NAFAS) demonstrator and tutor who has previously visited the group.It was an excellent evening and members all learnt a lot.

She started by talking about contemporary work and how it is interpreted. She then went on to demonstrate how to decorate an oasis sphere with fresh plant materials and embellishments and use it as a container by adding a test tube. This was followed by a demonstration on how to make a free-flowing arrangement using a half-oasis wreath and adding garden flowers and foliage.

Jacqui then went around the designs giving feedback and compliments on each design in turn. Pat Jones gave the vote of thanks and wished Jacqui well and hoped to see her again in the society programme in the near future. Refreshments were provided throughout the evening and many thanks go to Sylvia Morgan and friend for providing them.

In July, members and friends were also treated to a trip to Pugh’s Garden Centre, Radyr, and lunch nearby, and then on to the floral wholesalers to top up on their supplies. It was agreed by all that it had been a very enjoyable day out and thanks go to Beti Wyn and Brian Davies for organising the trip and driving the group respectively.

The next club evening is on 20 September when Delyth Price from Carmarthenshire demonstrates ‘A Night at the Musicals’.

Delyth has recently won many prizes at the Royal Welsh Show as well as other national shows.

Cambrian Floral Society

JULY proved to be a busy month for the society.On Wednesday, 6 July, on a rare sunny day, they had a garden visit to an artists’s home at Ty’n Twll, near Dolgellau.

A pleasant warm afternoon was spent wandering through this interesting garden hidden in the hills of Meirioneth, after which they enjoyed a cream tea in the grounds and browsed through some of the artist’s own wildlife cards.From 21 to 23 July they held a flower festival at Bethel Baptist Chapel, Baker Street, and a Cymanfa Ganu on Sunday evening, 24 July.

The chairman, John James, introduced the conductor, Vernon Maher; the organist, Bryan Jones; and the soloists, Gwynne Jones and Glesni Haf Morris. The president for the evening was Ann Mason Davies who gave a short address before Rev Peter Thomas gave the blessing at the end of the service.

The proceeds from this event will be shared between the Welsh Air Ambulance and Diabetic Unit at Bronglais Hospital, and a presentation will be made prior to the meeting on Wednesday, 7 September.The society recommences their programme for the year at 7pm on Wednesday, 7 September, at Bethel Chapel Vestry, Baker Street.

The evening will be in the hands of their chairman who will give an introduction to flower arranging together with a demonstration.

Côr Meibion

THE choir was invited to give a short recital at the Cymanfa Ganu held at the Tabernacle Centre, Machynlleth, on Sunday, 21 August.

The Cymanfa was held as part of the annual Machynlleth Music Festival, and despite the awful weather, was well attended.

The choir performed six items, three in each half, offering well-known and less familiar hymns both in Welsh and in English.

The choir and the Cymanfa were conducted by Alwyn Evans. The accompanist was Elenid Thomas and the organist was Tudur Jones.

Mind

MAE nifer fawr o eitemau gan fusnesau lleol ar werth mewn ocsiwn addewidion i godi arian i Mind Aber a Chymdeithas yr Iaith ar 9 Medi am 7yh yn Llety Parc.

Yn ogystal a chrys pêl-droed o Joe Allen, mae’r Llew Du, Medina, a’r Ffarmers ymysg y busnesau sydd wedi cyfrannu. Gallwch hefyd brynu noson mewn gwesty, gwers glocsio neu wers Gymraeg, llun o graig Elvis gan Wynne Melville Jones, neu wyliau i deulu yng ngwersyll yr Urdd Llangrannog a llawer mwy!

Os na fedrwch ddod i’r ocsiwn, gallwch anfon bid o flaen llaw at [email protected]u, neu cysylltwch â Hawys ar 07812 757716 am fwy o wybodaeth.

Cymdeithas yr Iaith auction

AN AUCTION will kick off a week of fund-raising by campaign group Cymdeithas yr Iaith in Llety Parc on Friday, 9 September, with personal experience leading to donating half the proceeds to Mind in Aberystwyth.

Hawys Roberts, the auction organiser and vice-chair of Cymdeithas in Ceredigion, talking of her experience of suffering with post-natal depression following the birth of her second daughter, said: “The months following Beca’s birth were very difficult. I felt hopeless, frustrated and full of guilt.

“I feel there is a lack of understanding of mental health in general, and Mind does very valuable work in the community to reach out to people in need of help.

“People won’t go out of their way to ask for healthcare in Welsh, all they want is to have their treatment and get well.

“That’s especially true with mental health services – the ability to talk and get information about mental health is so important, but so rare at present. Mind will be able to use the money to develop their resources in Welsh.”

Hawys added: “We been very lucky to have local people and businesses’ support – almost all the lots have been donated locally.

“Wyn Mel has contributed a picture, the Farmers’ in Llanfihangel y Creuddyn have donated a Sunday lunch for two, Bridget James has contributed fitness sessions, there’s a cake for a special occasion by local cake artist, Megan Walton, and a host of other prizes – there’s a full list on our website.”

Half the auction’s proceeds will go to Mind Aberystwyth.

Tenovus

TENOVUS ManVan will be parked in Morrisons car park on Monday, 12 September.

Men are encouraged to step on board if they have any problems or concerns, or if they would like to learn what services are available. Through the partnership of Prostate Cancer UK,Tenovus Cancer Care and Movember Foundation they provide medical and financial advice within the aspects of this health issue.If you cannot attend on the day and you feel you might benefit from this free professional service, call 0808 808 1010 Tenovus freephone support line or text MANVAN to 66777.

Merch yr Eog

REHEARSALS have started in Aberystwyth for a new show due to tour Wales, Plymouth and Brittany.

Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru has announced the cast of the forthcoming tour of Merch yr Eog/Merc’h an Eog, a multilingual production that will be touring this autumn.

Merch yr Eog is a co-production between Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru and Teatr Piba, Brittany, in partnership with Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

Rehearsals started on Monday at Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Merch yr Eog will open at Aberystwyth Arts Centre on 5 October.

This is the first time that Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru has co-produced with a company from abroad on a project that will tour internationally.

Sara Lloyd, associate director with Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, and one of the directors of Merch yr Eog, said: “This is a very exciting project to be a part of, breaking new boundaries for us as a company and taking our audiences to new territory.

“The development phase has spanned about three years, with the play being developed in both Wales and Brittany.

“This shared experience with our Bretton cousins has been a journey of discovery, culturally, linguistically and also in terms of theatrical tradition.

“The play will be performed in three languages, which will be challenging, but hugely exciting.”

Cor ABC Aberystwyth

BYDD Côr ABC yn cychwyn ar raglen newydd o weithgareddau nos Iau, 8 Medi.

Mae hwn yn gyfle gwych i’r rheini sydd â diddordeb mewn canu a cherddoriaeth gorawl ymuno â chôr â repertoire eang a chyffrous.

Côr cymysg sy’n cwrdd yng Nghapel y Morfa, Aberystwyth (bob nos Iau am 7.30yh) yw Côr ABC, ac maent wedi bod yn canu yn Aberystwyth a Bro Ceredigion (ABC) ers ychydig dros 20 mlynedd.

Yn ogystal â chwrdd bob wythnos i baratoi ar gyfer cyngherddau a chystadlaethau, mae’r côr hefyd yn gymuned gyfeillgar ac yn lle gwych i gwrdd â ffrindiau newydd. Dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf, mae repertoire y côr wedi ehangu i gynnwys cerddoriaeth cyffrous gan lawer o gyfansoddwyr cyfoes (Eric Whitacre, Ola Gjeilo, Morten Lauridsen, ac eraill), yn ogystal â cherddoriaeth gan gyfansoddwyr o Gymru (William Mathias, Alun Hoddinott, Gareth Glyn, Eric Jones) a darnau newydd a gomisiynwyd gan y côr.

Mae hyn wedi denu cynulleidfa newydd ac ennill cydnabyddiaeth i’r côr mewn cystadlaethau a pherfformiadau.

Mae nifer o brosiectau ar y gweill, gan gynnwys cyngherddau (mae’r Nadolig yn agosáu!), cystadlaethau (eisteddfodau a mwy), a darnau comisiwn newydd. I ymuno â’r côr, cysylltwch â ni drwy e-bost ([email protected]) neu ewch i wefan newydd y côr (corabc.cymru). Mae’r côr yn gyfeillgar ac maent bob amser yn falch o groesawu aelodau newydd

Choral Society

THE long summer break for Choral Society choristers, is rapidly coming to an end and rehearsals for the 2016/17 season start in the Old Hall of Old College on Tuesday, 13 September at 7.30pm.

Conductor David Russell Hulme has decided that the work to be performed for the Christmas Concert in the Great Hall in December, will be Sir Michael Tippett’s secular oratorio’ A Child of Our Time’.

It is a work which has not been sung by the society before, and in recent weeks Cerdd Ystwyth Music in Upper Portland Street, has seen a goodly number of choristers visiting the shop and purchasing their own copies of this challenging work. Hire copies will be available for choristers not wishing to purchase their own.

Cylch Cinio

IAN Gwyn Hughes, pennaeth cyfathrebu Cymdeithas Bel-Droed Cymru yw siaradwr cyntaf blwyddyn newydd Cylch Cinio Aberystwyth a gynhelir yng Ngwesty’r Richmond ar nos Wener, 9 Medi am 7.45yh.

Roedd y gemau p?l-droed yr Ewros yn gyfnod cyf-frous a chofiadwy yn hanes Cymru. Roedd Ian Gwyn Hughes yn un o’r bobl a fu’n gwbwl allweddol yn y modd y cyflwynwyd llwyddiant y tîm cenedlaethol. Cydnabyddir mai ef, gyda chefnogaeth Osian Roberts, a sicrhaodd le teilwng i’r Gymraeg ac i Gymreictod ar lefel byd-eang.

Daeth miliynnau o bobl ar draws y cyfandiroedd i wybod am arwahanrwydd Cymru a’n hiaith am y tro cyntaf yn ogystal ac i sylwed-doli talent ein tîm pel-droed.

Horticultural Society

SEPTEMBER promises to be a busy month for members of the Cardiganshire Horticultural Society.

The first of the 2016/17 programme of monthly lectures is on Tuesday, 13 September at 7.30pm in the Waunfawr Community Hall. The speaker will be Roddy Milne, the head gardener at Picton Castle in Pembrokeshire. He will be speaking on the changes which he has made over the past 14 years, since taking up the position.

Picton Castle Gardens are one of the venues being visited in the society’s three day autumn trip into the county right at the end of the month, and his talk will be a timely preview for members going on that trip.

Tuesday, 6 September also saw the final summer outing for 2016 with over 30 members going to Gwynedd, visiting Aber Artro Hall, near Llanbedr and Ty Newydd, a coastal garden near Dyffryn Ardudwy.

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