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CW12 at Radio Tircoed 

Presented by our Creative Director, Cheryl Beer with Special guests Annie Haden of Dylan Thomas Birth House, No. 5 Cwmdonkin Drive and from West Wales, Sound Sculptress, Poet & Creative, Bríd Wyldearth

Many thanks to ...

The National Botanic Garden of Wales

and Radio Tircoed

Creative Director Away until 5th August

                              Performing at a 1950's Evening at Dylan Thomas Birth House

Cheryl Beer, Creative Director and Founder of Celtic Womenfest 2012, will not be available from July 25th until August 5th as she is a Musician in Residence at an orphanage in Belarus.

If you have any urgent enquiries please leave an email message at cherylbeermusic@gmail.com

She will try to access the internet whilst away but it may be difficult.

If not, rest assured that she will contact you as soon as she is back at home in West Wales.

The CW12 Presenters

                                                                       Graffiti Spray of Cheryl Beer by Lloyd Roberts

Creative Director and Founder of Celtic Womenfest, Cheryl Beer, will be presenting for the whole weekend with bi-lingual special guests:

On Sunday 26th she will be joined by Deputy Mayoress of Llanelli, Ruth Price

Distant left:  Ruth Price taking part in a film shoot at The Tin Shed Experience.

And on Monday 27th August Cheryl will be joined Queen Elizabeth 1st!!!

Aka Helen Davies, who will also make an appearance as a Sufferogette!

 Helen Davies far right

                                                                            Helen Davies

We can't wait to see you there!

Sunday 26th & Monday 27th August

The National Botanic Garden of Wales

Outside at the Pineapple Stage for Sunshine

The Great Glasshouse if it rains!

The ONLY place to be for the Bank Holiday!

SPECIAL GUEST: Abertillery Ladies Orpheus Choir

CW 12 is  pleased to welcome

ABERTILLERY LADIES ORPHEUS CHOIR who will be joining us on Monday 27th August at The National Botanic Garden of Wales.

The choir celebrated their Centenary last year and is said to be the longest running women's choir (without a break) in Wales.

Val Hatton from the choir said to our Creative Director,

If you think about life 100 years ago, when women were mostly at home managing big families, before the women's movement, it would really have taken something for these women to tell their famillies that they were going out every week to Choir.

Through 2 World Wars the women carried on meeting. During  WW2 the women made up packages for the soliders and still sang.

That is why we want to be part of Celtic Womenfest, to celebrate our togetherness and tell people about our history, as well as sing for them today and into the future.


A party of 54 will travel down from Abertillery to take part, singing a collection of Welsh and English Songs.

Creative Director, Cheryl Beer has worked with the choir previously,

I am thrilled that the Abertillery Ladies Orpheus are making such a huge effort to come and be part of the celebrations at The National Botanic Garden of Wales. Celtic Womenfest is a Platform for Women in Wales and it seems very fitting that a choir with such a long history in Wales should be joining us. All our performers are special, but Abertillery Ladies Orpheus Choir are  our very special guests indeed.

CW12 Running Order Monday 27th August

CW12 Continued ...

Monday August 27th

11.00am
 

Helen Davies as Queen Elizabeth 1

& Suzanne Hughes Owen
from The Powerhouse/Pwerdi
 

11.10am
 

Claire Axtell

11.20am
 

Esther Kane
 

11.40am
 

Emma Payne
 

12.00pm
 

Stephanie Finegan
 

12.30pm
 

Avril Harwood
 

1.00pm
 

Stacey Cohen
 

1.30pm

Abertillery Ladies Orpheus Choir
 

2.00pm
 

Susie Wild


2.20pm

Annie Haden
Dylan Thomas Birth House Draw 

2.30pm
 

Rhian Edwards (John Tripp Award)

3.00pm
 

Heather Jones PATRON
 

3.30pm
 

Amanda Painting
 

4.00pm
 

Amy Wadge PATRON
 

4.30pm
 

Poetry Crews 

5.00pm
 

Aislinn Peters
 

5.30pm
 

Hazel Saville
 

5.50pm
 

Mab Jones (Poet in Residence at NBGW)
 

6.15pm
 

Drum Workshop with Rachel Hargrave
 

6.45pm
 

Bríd Wyldearth sound sculpture to close event
 

7.00pm    Close
 

CW12 RUNNING ORDER SUNDAY 26TH AUGUST

Celtic Womenfest 2012

The National Botanic Garden of Wales

The Pineapple Outdoors Stage

(Or The Great Glasshouse if it rains!)

Here it is folks!

This is the outline running order

for the 2 days of CW12.

In addition, we have poets inbetween acts

during the change overs as well as

 Dance Workshops throughout the morning with LegaC via Arts Care Gofal Celf

Remember with so many people taking part

this is more of an outline and is no doubt 
subject to change!

Sunday 26th August

11.00am	Bi-lingual Welcome  Ruth Price: Deputy Mayoress of Llanelli.  Opening Poetry: Simone Mansell Broome
11.10	Jemma Krysa
11.30	Jacqueline Emslie
11.50	Danielle Lewis
12.10	Zoe Clark
12.30	Heather Summers with Arts Care / Gofal Celf
1.00	Beth Maguire
1.20	Sarah Passmore
1.40	Jen Wilson PATRON
2.10	Anne Lister
2.40pm	Time Allowance for Catching our breath!
3.00	Sian James PATRON
3.30	Patricia Mc Parlin
3.50 4.10	Carys Jones (Chambles) Poetry Crews
4.50pm	Alison Lenihan
5.20 5.40	Jay Ryan Lorraine King
6.10	Taran Percussion Band
6.40	Singing Workshop: Sam Collins
7.00	Close

WHO IS PERFORMING WHEN?

MY VERY NEXT BLOG WILL BE THE FULL PROGRAM FOR THE WHOLE 2 DAYS OF THE CW12 FESTIVAL!!

BUT FRET NOT BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET TO THE GARDEN, THE FULL RUNNING ORDER WILL BE PRINTED ON THE BACK OF YOUR COMPLIMENTARY  NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN OF WALES MAP, IN BOTH ENGLISH AND WELSH.  diolch!

CW12 Workshop Facilitators

We are so lucky at CW12 to have such established and wonderful community workshop facilitators

throughout the weekend, offering:

Drumming & Percussion with Rachel Hargrave

Harmony Singing with Sam Collins

Dance Arts Care / Gofal Celf  

Sound Sculpture with Bríd Wyldearth

CW12 Stand By Poetry Crews

Inbetween out Musical Acts, where appropriate, whilst the next artist is getting ready to perform, CW12 will give the opportunity for 5 minute spoken word slots from our standby Poetry Crews .

Some of these people are listed elsewhere with other hats on; musicians, workshops facilitators etc but here are those who not mentioned elsewhere:-


Donna Howell & Jayne Purnell

Both Donna & Jayne were part of TSP Voices in Trevethin, South Wales with Cheryl Beer as Musical Director, performing spoken word and song at many venues across Wales.

Local poets will join us:

Rachel Aukland

Pauline Selston

Dawn Passmore

Others have askled to take part in the Poetry Crews but our line up is full.

However, if you come to the CW12 Festival and bring your poems, make yourself known to me, Cheryl Beer, Creative Director (I'll be on stage presenting) and I will put your name on a reserve list.

I can't promise anything but if the opportunity arises then I will work my way through the reserve list.

Can't be fairer than that folks!

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR ALL CW12 MUSICIANS

A MESSAGE TO ALL CW12 MUSICIANS

Hello Folks :)

HOW EXCITING THAT YOU ARE GETTING READY TO TAKE PART IN WHAT IS NOW, QUITE LIKELY, THE UK'S BIGGEST EVER ALL WOMEN FESTIVAL LINE UP!!

As you know, we now have over 50 acts booked to perform at CW12 this Summer which is FAB!

It has been quite a challenge making sure that everyone who applied in the Call for Acts period, has been able to take part ...

BUT we have had to make some compromises.

As is the usual case with Festivals and/OR Events with large line ups, you will have only a very quick line check before you perform. (no sound check)

Our Sound Engineer wants to make sure that the program runs smoothly and as stress free as possible, throughout the Event and has consequently asked for you to keep your gear set up to an absolute minimum for the change overs , and in the light of the increased line up has asked that people ...

DO NOT bring loopers or the like.

Backing Tracks on CD FORMAT are fine.

Please do NOT bring DAT's or DAT Machines as I wouldn't want you to be disappointed when you will not be able to use them!

I have already put this message originally on the CW12 Group Page on Facebook on July 3rd so that everyone has had plenty of time to adjust their short set in advance should they need to.

Thank you ...

for your understanding and co-operation.

See ya there!

Exciting times!

Chez

CW12 Feature at Radio Tircoed

CW12 Radio Feature

Radio Tircoed 106.5 FM

Hosted by Creative Director & Festival Founder Cheryl Beer with Special Guest Sarah Passmore & Poet Dawn Passmore

Many thanks to Paul Johnson for making space in his show for CW12, to Mark Ford (Studio Manager/Program Controller) for arranging it and to Staurt Loosemore for giving me

the confidence to do it!!

Also thanks to Dave the Engineer

at Radio Tircoed.

Next show my Special Guest is Bríd Wyldearth

who will be facilitating a Sound Sculpture at Celtic Womenfest 2012

Listen to CW12 Radio Feature @ 11.00am with Cheryl Beer & Guests on Radio Tircoed

4th July

18th July

8th August

15th August

22nd August

The Running Order is Coming Soon!!!

Draft poster: Watch for our final poster with Welsh Translastion Coming Soon!

Cheryl Beer's best kept secret

will soon be out in the open!

WHO IS PLAYING WHEN!!!

WELL, CHERYL KNOWS,

THE ARTISTS KNOW

AND SOON YOU WILL KNOW TOO!

Because it will be listed here on the CW12 blog...

It will also be printed on the reverse of your 'Garden Map' that you will kindly be given
when you arrive.

Why not just come for the whole 2 days

and see everyone!!!!!!!!!!!