Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival

Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival
Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival
	Druid Ceremony at the 2013 Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival, with founder Lorin Morgan-Richards holding the Mari Lwyd, while Peter Anthony Freeman speaks.
Dates	First weekend in March
Location(s)	Los Angeles, California
Years active	2011–2017

The Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival was an annual

Los Angeles, California. It typically took place during the first weekend of March, and attracted Welsh ex-pats and Welsh descendants from all over the United States.^[1] Activities included Welsh and other Celtic music, genealogy, food and drink, Welsh language classes, cultural exhibits, Welsh authors

, crafts, and children's activities.

The festival was founded by

Siobhan Owen,^[4] Meinir Gwilym,^[5] and Poxy Boggards.^[6]

History

The

Siobhan Owen was captured on film in Do Ye the Little Things in Life: St. David's Day Festival-National Day of Wales 2013.^[10]

Following the 2014 event, Lorin Morgan-Richards called on active members of the community to form the Welsh League of Southern California to build on what had been achieved. While Richards stepped aside, Peter Anthony Freeman was elected President and spoke of the importance of the event: "The celebration of Saint David's is more than commemorating the life of an ancient monk. This is a celebration and a reminder of where we come from. One of the greatest features of America is that it does not ask us to abandon our culture, rather we are asked to contribute our culture, so that the whole may become greater than the sum of the parts."^[11]

On October 10, 2015, the WLSC with involvement by

Gymanfa Ganu at the Los Angeles Welsh Presbyterian Church featuring soprano Cherie Hill and poet Hilary Wyn Williams (mother of Thomas Dekker). The St. David's Day Festival meanwhile was held at the Mayflower Club in North Hollywood for both 2015 and 2016.^[12]

In the fall of 2016, it was announced an informal breakup of the league as Peter Anthony Freeman resigned from his position to retire in Wales.^[citation needed]

References

^ "Welsh artists to descend on Hollywood this coming St David's Day". Wales World Wide. 10 February 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ "St David's Day 2015 Events Roundup". Wales.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
^ "How they celebrate St Davids Day in the USA and Canada". North Wales Extra. 12 February 2013. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ "St David's Day Festival – National Day of Wales". Time Out Los Angeles. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ Turner, Camilla (1 March 2014). "From the Antarctic to Disneyland Paris the world celebrates St David's Day". Wales Online. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ "St David's Day festival returns to Hollywood". Wales World Wide. 13 February 2015. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015.
^ Bourne, Nick (26 December 2012). "Welsh Church in Los Angeles holds final Sunday service". BBC Wales News. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ Morgan-Richards, Lorin; Barton, Cath (31 October 2013). "The Welsh in America". Wales Arts Review. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ Price, Karen (27 February 2013). "Richard Burton film takes center stage at St David's Day Festival in LA". Wales Online. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ "Do Ye the Little Things in Life: St. David's Day Festival-national Day of Wales 2013 en Streaming – Film Complet". FULLTV. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020.
^ "Look You! St. David's Day festival set for Feb. 28". The British Weekly. Archived from the original on 16 November 2016.
^ "Celebrate St. David's Day!". Meetup. 13 March 2016. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017.

External links

Welsh League of Southern California

34°11′11″N 118°22′21″W / 34.1864°N 118.3726°W / 34.1864; -118.3726

[1] "Welsh artists to descend on Hollywood this coming St David's Day". Wales World Wide. 10 February 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

[2] "St David's Day 2015 Events Roundup". Wales.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.

[3] "How they celebrate St Davids Day in the USA and Canada". North Wales Extra. 12 February 2013. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

[4] "St David's Day Festival – National Day of Wales". Time Out Los Angeles. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

[5] Turner, Camilla (1 March 2014). "From the Antarctic to Disneyland Paris the world celebrates St David's Day". Wales Online. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

[6] "St David's Day festival returns to Hollywood". Wales World Wide. 13 February 2015. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015.

[7] Bourne, Nick (26 December 2012). "Welsh Church in Los Angeles holds final Sunday service". BBC Wales News. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

[8] Morgan-Richards, Lorin; Barton, Cath (31 October 2013). "The Welsh in America". Wales Arts Review. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

[9] Price, Karen (27 February 2013). "Richard Burton film takes center stage at St David's Day Festival in LA". Wales Online. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

[10] "Do Ye the Little Things in Life: St. David's Day Festival-national Day of Wales 2013 en Streaming – Film Complet". FULLTV. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020.

[11] "Look You! St. David's Day festival set for Feb. 28". The British Weekly. Archived from the original on 16 November 2016.

[12] "Celebrate St. David's Day!". Meetup. 13 March 2016. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017.

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v t e Lorin Morgan-Richards
Characters	The Goodbye Family
Children’s novels	Me’ma and the Great Mountain (2012) The Goodbye Family and the Great Mountain (2020)
Children’s short story collections	Simon Snootle and Other Small Stories (2009) A Boy Born from Mold and Other Delectable Morsels (2010) The Dreaded Summons and Other Misplaced Bills (2017)
Poem collections	A Welsh Alphabet (2010) The Terribly Mini Monster Book (2011) Dark Letter Days: Collected Works of Lorin Morgan-Richards (2016) Imperfectualism (2020)
Comic strip collections	13 Disturbing Postcards to Send to Your Grandparents (2010) Memento Mori: The Goodbye Family Album (2017) Wanted: Dead or Alive… But Not Stinkin’ (2017) The Goodbye Family Unveiled (2017) Down West (2018) Nicklesworth: Featuring the Goodbye Family (2018) Gallows Humor: Hangin' with the Goodbye Family (2018) Dead Man's Hand-kerchief: Dealing with the Goodbye Family (2019) The Importance of Being Otis: Undertaking with the Goodbye Family (2019) Yippee Ki-Yayenne Mother Pepper: Getting Saucy with the Goodbye Family (2019) Pyridine's Fancy: It's a Grave Business with the Goodbye Family (2020) Keeping up with the Boneses: Digging with the Goodbye Family (2020) The Goodbye Family Jewels: Volume 1 (2020) Family Messings: Getting Dirty with The Goodbye Family (2021) It's Your Funeral: Stitched Up with the Goodbye Family (2022)
Non-fiction collections	Welsh in the Old West (2015) The People of Turtle Island (2016)
Theater	ENKI (1999) An Occurrence Remembered (2001)
Television	The Goodbye Family: The Animated Series (2021-present)
Related	Bringing the Circle Together Celtic Family Magazine Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival
Creator	Lorin Morgan-Richards