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Cymanfa Ganu Eglwysi Annibynnol Cylch y Cei

CAFWYD llond capel o ganu, cydfoli a hwyl ym Maenygroes ar Sul y Blodau eleni, wrth i blant, ieuenctid a phobl o bob oed ddod ynghyd i ddathlu’r Pasg.

Cynhaliwyd Cymanfa Ganu flynyddol Eglwysi Annibynnol Cylch y Cei yng Nghapel Maenygroes gyda thair oedfa arbennig.

Am y tro cyntaf ers 18 mlynedd, dan arweiniad medrus Catrin Evans, Talgarreg, aed yn ôl i gynnal Cymanfa Ganu draddodiadol yn oedfa’r plant yn y bore, yn hytrach na pharatoi cyflwyniad fel sydd wedi bod yn digwydd yn y blynyddoedd diweddar.

Gweithiodd yr arbrawf yn llwyddiannus iawn, oherwydd roedd yn amlwg bod y plant wedi cael hwyl arni’n dysgu’r caneuon, yn ogystal â rhai symudiadau!

Profodd y clapio cymhleth yn ‘Pwy yw Brenin y Jyngl?’ fod y plant yn well na’r oedolion yn y gynulleidfa am wneud mwy nag un peth ar yr un pryd!

Yn ogystal â pharatoi wrth ddysgu’r emynau, roedd y plant hefyd wedi bod yn greadigol wrth greu cloriau newydd sbon ar gyfer rhaglen y Gymanfa Ganu – cloriau a oedd yn cyfateb i’r emynau oedd wedi gwneud argraff ar y plant.

Ac mae’n werth gweld ymgais y buddugwyr – tybed a yw hi’n bryd i’r Undeb ail-feddwl cynllun y clawr ar gyfer y flwyddyn nesa’? Byddai aelodau Ysgolion Sul y cylch yn falch gweld eu hymgais nhw ar y clawr yn y dyfodol!

Cafwyd dwy oedfa arall ar y dydd, ac Einir Ryder o Gwmsychpant oedd yr arweinydd yn y prynhawn a’r nos.Cafwyd cyflwyniad diddorol ar ‘Ddilyn llais Iesu’ gan yr ieuenctid yn y prynhawn, a diolch i Gwendoline Evans am baratoi’r sgript. Roedd hi’n braf gweld cymaint o ieuenctid yn barod i gymryd rhan eleni eto.

Diolch hefyd i un arall a fu’n brysur drwy’r dydd tu ôl yr organ, sef Carys Williams, Capel Maenygroes, a fu’n cyfeilio’n ddiffwdan drwy’r tair oedfa.

Hoffai’r pwyllgor ddiolch i’r tri llywydd – Neville Evans, Capel Towyn; Manon Lewis, pennaeth Ysgol Llanarth; a Bronwen Morgan am fod mor barod i lywyddu yn ystod yr oedfaon.

RNLI fundraising

NEW Quay RNLI Fundraising Group would like to thank the local community for their continued and loyal support, particularly Mel and Jared Newman who generously handed over The Port of Call to the group for an event.

The annual Easter Hot Cross Bun Morning was a chocoholic’s dream, with huge chocolate bunnies and eggs being raffled off and offered as game prizes.

The Name the RNLI Easter Bunny Family was called Caramel, and was won by Ian Griffin. The event raised £439.90.

Camera club

THURSDAY evening’s meeting was an in-house competition on the theme of ‘events’.

Members had submitted three PDIs to be judged by the group, with each member choosing their favourite five of all the submitted images.

The image which received the most votes, in an array of excellent work, was of the ‘Red Arrows, Bomb Burst’, at the Swansea Air Show.

All the images, were then scrutinised by the members, with suggestions as how, in their opinion, they might be improved.

The next meeting, on 4 May at the Memorial Hall at 7.30pm, will be a challenging one, entitled ‘Luck Six Pack’ when members will be given a list of six themes, and will be asked to capture one image of each in one hour in and around New Quay. The results will be judged on their return to the Memorial Hall.

Clonc

THE Clonc is a light-hearted and informal conversation group for Welsh language learners which meets over coffee in the Memorial Hall every Wednesday between 10.30am and noon.

The group caters for Welsh learners at all levels and presently about a dozen learners meet with four or five volunteer Welsh tutors.

Social occasions are arranged occasionally; for example, St David’s Day was celebrated with a meal at the Hungry Trout with one tutor dressed immaculately in full traditional Welsh costume.

The summer term begins on Wednesday, 26 April, and new people are welcome. Just turn up via the back entrance of the hall.

Oedfa

CYNHELIR oedfa undebol yng Nghapel Nanternis ar ddydd Sul, 30 Ebrill, am 2yp o dan ofal y Prifardd, Tudur Dylan Jones.

Services

SUNDAY, 30 April: Pontgarreg, 11am, Holy Communion. Wednesday, 3 May: Penbryn, 10am, Holy Communion.

Walkers

THE New Quay Walkers made for Cwmsymlog, near Penrhyncoch in the Trefeurig Hills, for their walk on Saturday, 22 April.

Ten walkers and two dogs walked on a sunny spring day with the superb mountain and valley scenery at its very best, taking a circular six-mile route past the old silver mine at Cwmsymlog, the village of Penbontrhydybeddau, Cwmdarren and Cwmerfyn.

The history of the lead and silver mining industry were plain to see, especially at the site of the Cwmsymlog mines and shafts where information boards gave an impression of the hard life led by the miners and their families in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Afterwards, the walkers drove to the George Borrow Hotel, Ponterwyd, to enjoy a quiet drink in the beer garden and admire the waterfall far below.

The next walk, on Saturday, 20 May, is in the Hafod Estate, near Devil’s Bridge; details from Glyn on 01545 561285.

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