So here's how we're
going to be keeping ourselves occupied over the
next few months:
Feb 5 - Whitchurch, Shropshire
March 5th - Cwlwm Celtaidd,
Porthcawl
June 17th - Gwyl Gregynog
July 8th - Belgium
July 9th - Rhythms of the
World Festival, Hitchin Priory
August 22-23 - Whitby Folk
Festival
August 29th - Shrewsbury
Folk Festival
September 3rd-4th - Fylde
Folk Festival
September 4th - Moseley
Folk Festival
September 9-11 - Bromyard
Folk Festival
September 18 - Shrewsbury
October 8th - Derby Folk
Festival
Calan's Welsh TOUR with a rather well-known Scottish
Band...
Tuesday 18th October :-
St. David’s Hall Cardiff
Wednesday 19th October
:- Theatr Mwldan Cardigan
Thursday 20th October :-
Galeri Caernarfon
Friday 21st October :-
Pontardawe Arts Centre
Saturday 22nd October :-
Wyeside Arts Centre Builth Wells.
Please keep checking the website, MySpace and
Facebook for other updates.
Hopefully see some of you around at the festivals
and concerts we're doing in 2011!
The World Music
Expo
24/9/2010
Mae Calan yn edrych ymlaen
at eu sioe nesaf sydd yn Copenhagen, lle bydden
nhw'n cymryd rhan yn Womex - the World Music Expo
- gyda 9Bach a Mabon yn cynrychioli Cymru, a llawer
o gerddorion eraill o bedwar ban y byd.
Bydd hon yn cyfle enfawr i Calan a Chymru ar lwyfan
y byd mawr.
Mwy o wybodaeth ar gael yn http://www.womex.com/
Calan are looking forward
to their next gig which is in Copenhagen, where
they will take part in Womex - the World Music
Expo - with 9Bach and Mabon representing Wales,
and many other musicians from all over the world.
This will be a massive opportunity for Calan and
Wales on the world stage.
More information available at http://www.womex.com/
Prosiect Ysgolion
Shrewsbury School's Project
23/6/2010
Helo Calanettes!
Dyma ni, yn Shrewsbury am yr wythnos. Ryn ni yma
yna gweithio yn Ysgol Gynradd St.Georges gan rhoi
drochiad llwyr o gerddoriaeth a thraddodiadau
Cymreig, boed yn alawon, caneuon, dawnsio ac hyd
yn oed iaith. Erbyn Nos Wener, bydd 350 o blant
yn canu Lawr ae Lany Mor, a grwp o 30 yn chwarae
alawon megis Pwt ar y Bys, Ffidl Ffadl, Marwnad
yr Ehedydd ac Hen Ferchetan.
The kids at St.George's
Junior School, where we're working for the week,
are amazing. They've been picking up the tunes,
the songs, the dances, and even the language,
so quickly. I think it's amazing project - and
you can't help but learn and enjoy when you're
immersed in the stuff for one long intensive week.
Other schools, festivals and folk organisations
should learn from this, and start similar projects.
The huge cuts to public spending is worrying,
but we shouldn't loose sight at how educational
and enjoyable the arts are. This week has certainly
proved to us how important it is to pass this
traditional material on to the younger generation
- we're all getting so much out of it!
Hwn yw un o'r cyfleoedd
cyntaf i ni fel band i wneud rhywbeth tebyg i
hyn. Mae'n eironig braidd taw yn ysgol yn Lloegr
sydd wedi gwahodd ni; band Cymreig yn addysgu
plant nhw am ein traddodiadau ni. Yn wir, mae
nifer o blant yr ysgol a gwreiddiau Cymreig, ac
hyd yn oed heb y cyswllt hynny, mae dysgu mwy
am draddodiadau unrhyw genedl arall yn cyfoethogi
bywyd. Trueni nad oes llawer o bethau tebyg yn
digwydd yng Nghymru. Mae sefydliadau megis Trac
a Clera yn gwneud gwaith arbennig i hybu cerddoriaeth
traddodiadol - ond mae angen fwy o gefnogaeth
arnynt! Plis wnewch chi cefnogi nhw, er mwyn sicrhau
dyfodol disglair i'n traddodiadau!
