“Blessed is a world that sings. Gentle are its songs” Peace and harmony in the early days of the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. A talk by Professor Chris Adams (Eisteddfod Vice-Chair)
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“I sincerely applaud this place for this international festival where people from across the world gather together and discover that through the language of music there is a universal language of harmony” Dr. Terry Waite
A hospitality story in Limelime by Nêst Adams: One of my earlist memories is being carried into the kitchen in my father’s arms and seeing my mother standing next to a very tall, blond strange young man…
A Story from Margaret Walker written in Limelight Magazine (February 2000): One folk-song soloist from Hungary and one Lithuanian instrumentalist – could you possiblity accommodate them both? It was Joan Jones of Hospitality on the phone…
A greetings card from Norwegian competitor “Thanks a lot for making our visit to Wales, the Eisteddfod and Chirk the most wonderful”
A letter from a Dutch competitor to their host family dated November 9th 1951
“The World Still Sings” is a documentary film of the 1964 International Eisteddfod, directed by Oscar-winning director Jack Howells. More…..
1953 was a truly memorable year for the Eisteddfod, captured by Pathé News.
From 1949 local youngsters presented a peace message from the Llangollen Eisteddfod stage, an initiative of the chairman Jack Rhys Roberts. Llangollen adopted and adapted the Urdd text each year.
