New flier for Ireland Trip this week

 

 

 

 

Change of Line up for Ireland

Big thank you to the 2 people who have agreed at short notice to come as replacements to Ireland this week to represent Celtic Womenfest with Creative Director, Cheryl Beer and to Dominic Williams from Coracle for supporting us ...

CW in Ireland WELCOMES:

Danielle Lewis: Up and coming Singer/Songwriter from New Quay

Suzanne Hughes Owen: Bi-lingual Spoken Word Poet and Management Committee Member of Pwerdi/The Powerhouse, Llandysul




Sadly, due to unforseen personal reasons Dawn & Sarah Passmore will not be able to come to Ireland ... our thoughts are prayers are with them and their family.

Celtic Womenfest in Ireland!

 

 

 

 

GREAT NEWS!!!

We're off to Ireland representing

Celtic Womenfest!

 

 

FRIDAY DECEMBER 14TH

Evening Show Case: A Child's Christmas in Wales Wexford Arts Centre, Christmas Caberet

 

SATURDAY DECEMBER 15TH: MORNING BUSINESS BREAKFAST WEXFORD

 

SATURDAY DECEMBER 15TH: AFTERNOON VISIT TO

The Gealach Gorm Singer Songwriter

Festival Director

& Gealach Gorm Theatre

 

SATURDAY 15TH DECEMBER: EVENING PERFORMANCE

The Presentation, Ennischorty

 

Thank you Coracle for funding the trip.

In particular to Dominic Williams for all his work in making it so.

 

 

 

 

Inter Celtic Connections for CW13

 

 

INTER- CELTIC EXCHANGE

Just to let you know folks that I had a very exciting meeting with Coracle today to discuss Inter-Celtic Cultural and Professional Exchanges for CW13 with Ireland!!!

 

Exciting times!

 

WATCH THIS SPACE!

 

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http://www.coracle.eu.com/about

 

 

 

 

 

 

CELTIC WOMENFEST 2013

EXCITING NEWS!

 

THERE WILL BE A CW13!

 

If you are interested to keep up to date with what's happening and/or would like to register an interest in getting involved then JOIN THIS BLOG. T

This is where all the updates will be!

 

I'm having a meeting with The National Botanic Garden of Wales in 2 weeks time and will be writing details of decisions made about next year's format here.

 

Thanks everyone!

 

Cheryl Beer

Creative Director

CW13

Celtic Womenfest 2012 closes ...

 

Rachel and the Cardigan Drummers include members of the audience in a workshop

 

Sam Collins presents Cheryl Beer,

Creative Director and Founder of CW12

with a thankyou ...

 

The drumming workshop continues

 

With dancing ...

Cheryl thanks the Festival Volunteers & Staff:

Kate Strudwick & Ruth Exell for Back Stage Management

Sam and Amie Collins for Artist Registration

Sarah Passmore for assisting with pre event CW12 social networking

Sarah and Dawn Passmore for helping to set up

Garden Volunteers for serving artist refreshments and buggy drivers

The National Botanic Garden of Wales for funding the infra structure and kindly providing a beautiful home for Celtic Womenfest

David Hardy Marketing & Communications and Program Co-ordinator for championing CW12

Jeff Beer for Sound Engineering

Garden staff for front reception and cafes

Radio Tircoed for providing a 6 week CW12 program hosted by Cheryl Beer

Sarah Passmore, Helen Davies, Hazel Saville, Rhian Edwards, Annie Haden & Bríd Wylearth for coming as Cheryl's guests on Radio Tircoed

Thank you to Women in Tune for lending us thier beautiful banner as a back drop to represent a hand across women's festivals.

In particular to Carol who hand made the banner

Thankyou Fine Art Banners for their fabulous flags

Thankyou Annie Haden for donating a weekend stay at No. 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Dylan Thomas Birth House.

Thank you Arts Care Gofal Celf for funding Sam Collins in participatory dance at CW12

Fran Jackson for providing Artist Massage

Thank you to Sarah and Dawn Passmore, Nikki Stitch and Stacey Cohen for helping to pack away.

We then sent peace and harmony to those women who were not well enough to make it to perform or facilitate with us .. we felt you in spirit.


Biggest warmest and heart felt thanks to all the performers ... ALL OF US PERFORMED AND/OR TOOK PART FOR LOVE THOUGHOUT THE 2 DAYS.

There was no external funding for CW12.

And perhaps the most beautiful thing about it was that we all did it because we wanted to and we wouldn't let a little thing like money get in the way of creating the largest ever all women festival line up in Wales!

Totally blown away that over 1600 people came to share it with us ... thank you so much for coming even in the wind and rain!


After the thankyou's the Drumming Workshop continued ...

 

To close Celtic Womenfest 2012 Bríd Wyldearth led us in a sound sculpture, creating a bunch of flowers to take home with us

and carry forward to CW13!!

 

If you would like to hear all about Celtic Womenfest 2013 then join this blog to receive notifications, including the call for acts for CW13 and press releases ...

 

Thank you all for inspiring me! Cheryl Beer


Footnote: All of these festival photo's were taken by either Jeff Beer or myself when we could.

Our appologies to the people we missed with our camera.

 

 

CW12 Monday Evening

 

Cardigan Drummers share their rhythms

Led by Rachel Hargrave

 

Rachel Aukland shares her poetry

More drumming ...