From the monthly archives:

August 2010

Marty’s Very First Welsh Cake

August 11, 2010

One of our most significant accomplishments on Sunday the 1st was to procure a Welsh cake for Marty. Welsh cakes — if you’re not familiar with them — are perhaps one of the tastiest treats in the known universe. They’re full of things I can’t eat anymore (wheat, sugar, etc.!) but I admit I took [...]

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Our Introduction to the Maes: August 1st

August 10, 2010

Let’s mosey on back to August 1st, shall we? This is the very first day we ventured to the Eisteddfod field. We called Kev and he came for us; it was a beautiful day. For the second time, we went up and over the mountain between us and Ebbw Vale — Kev said that he [...]

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National Eisteddfod 2010: The Results

August 6, 2010

Well, it’s done! And I’m still in a haze, that’s for sure, but I know it went well. Angharad was gorgeous and sang beautifully, and she’s going on to the David Ellis. I’m no precise judge of Welsh diction or singing technique, but to me she sounded perfect — and it was a pleasure to [...]

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Next up: Mezzomageddon!

August 5, 2010

Short update, because I can’t load MailChimp on this connection and I need to get to bed: I’m through preliminaries. Only two were advanced, myself and another mezzo who I haven’t come across before. She’s very, VERY good. I sing tomorrow on the big mainstage at 11:35am BST. There is a LIVE video feed that [...]

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Preparing

August 5, 2010

I’m getting ready now for preliminaries, which happen at 5:30pm BST at the West End Chapel. The nice taxi driver (his name is Kev, as in “Kev’s Kabs”) found out where it was located, and he’ll be picking us up at a quarter to 5. I’m listening to the ad hoc recording I made of [...]

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