This eisteddfod made rules for the better government of the bardic order.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Poetry of Wales] Reference

A final decision on the future of the eisteddfod as an organisation had not yet been taken.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

• Cardiff is the capital city - there is an additional focus on an eisteddfod in the capital.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference

It's also, weirdly, a formal, public celebration of spoken language, a kind of political eisteddfod.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama & the Conquest of Denver] Reference

“I suppose by graduate bard you mean one who has gained the chair at an eisteddfod?” said the man in grey.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery] Reference

Perhaps it was just disappointment that caused what Amis later described as the “eisteddfod of hostility” that greeted its publication.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tasteless Sausage on Martin Amis] Reference

A Welsh choir, unless it was competing at an eisteddfod, really did not need to have someone stand in front of it beating time or forcing changes of volume or tempo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Truly]

For years she had been the leading contralto in chapel and for years she had brought home the solo prize for contraltos at every eisteddfod within a radius of twenty miles from Glynderi.    From Wordnik.com.  [Truly]

Scottish highland wrestle, or hideous prize fight with all their accompaniments of vice and brutality, may surely well spare the ridicule and contempt with which they visit the pleasant Welsh eisteddfod.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Poetry of Wales] Reference

Both were unveiled at the eisteddfod in Bala, Gwynedd.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News | Technology | World Edition] Reference

It's like a Bendigo Senior mini version of the eisteddfod. ''.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Advertiser - Front Page] Reference

August - Exhibition in Aberdare Library of previous eisteddfod memorabilia.    From Wordnik.com.  [WalesOnline - Home] Reference

Now, if you have never been to a dance eisteddfod - it is like entering a whole new world!.    From Wordnik.com.  [What I see...] Reference

And in 1940, during World War II the eisteddfod was broadcast on the radio from Mountain Ash.    From Wordnik.com.  [WalesOnline - Home] Reference

The production came about to fill the void left after rock eisteddfod was cancelled this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Advertiser - Front Page] Reference

For it was here in 1861, in the old Market Hall, that the first modern day eisteddfod was held.    From Wordnik.com.  [WalesOnline - Home] Reference

Ond uchafbwynt yr eisteddfod bob blwyddyn, wrth gwrs, yw seremoni'r cadeirio a doedd eleni ddim yn wahanol.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blogiadur.com] Reference

Mr Kemper said most eisteddfod societies have the same challenges of high cost of venues, and public liability insurance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Central Western Daily] Reference

That his attempt to define terms like eisteddfod fails -- like that to indicate its pronunciation -- is only to be expected.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol II No 3] Reference

Taurus ap Thomas was called out as the winner of two eisteddfod chairs - when, by tradition I had to be dragged up protesting to the stage.    From Wordnik.com.  [BlogCymru.com] Reference

Visitors to this year's eisteddfod field - the maes - who are carrying an iPhone can to download an app with the details about the events being held.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Reference

Val Axtens, who has been involved with the Lismore Music Festival Society for 28 years, said the eisteddfod offered students an invaluable experience.    From Wordnik.com.  [northernstar.com.au: The Northern Star] Reference

A MOVE is underway to form a committee to set up a music eisteddfod in the outer south-east, encompassing the City of Casey, Shire of Cardinia and City of Greater Dandenong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Star News Group] Reference

Neither the Players nor the a brief business session followed ners and parties in and around our eisteddfod survived in later by a presentation by a guest local area. years speaker, rounded off with tea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Association of eisteddfod Societies Australia president Tony Kemper of Wollongong said many eisteddfod committees have been working with the same committee and volunteers for many years and it was important to give them support with sessions such as this.    From Wordnik.com.  [Central Western Daily] Reference

Mrs Chalinor says eisteddfod officials are encouraged to speak with adjudicators if they feel children, particularly in dance sections, are too scantily clad or inappropriately dressed for their age group, or inappropriate language is used in the speech and drama sections.    From Wordnik.com.  [Central Western Daily] Reference

We spent the better part of three days during the October school holidays sitting and sitting and sitting and waiting and waiting and waiting at the Tbird's second eisteddfod - this time she picked up a new demi character dance and had a go at improvisation for classical ballet and jazz.    From Wordnik.com.  [What I see...] Reference

This is the man who was late for the Queen’s eightieth birthday and the international eisteddfod, and who is late for his own overdue resignation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The art of debate] Reference

Rhys Williams, of NUT Cymru, said, Some people say there’s an eisteddfod on St David’s Day, but often now the school eisteddfod is on a day near St David’s Day.    From Wordnik.com.  [St Davids Day-Yes or No] Reference

Anger at Liverpool eisteddfod bid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Links for 2004-12-26 [del.icio.us]] Reference

"I knew I'd caught the bug by the time of our primary school eisteddfod in 1976.    From Wordnik.com.  [WalesOnline - Home] Reference

Educational Association), a school of arts and an annual eisteddfod run by my grandfather, a German seafarer.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Statesman] Reference

Try here: http://www. eisteddfod.org.uk/.    From Wordnik.com.  [The new Alwen crossing] Reference

Labels: american, Americymru, celtic, here be dragons, interview, left coast eisteddfod, mike brooks, music, Oregon, Portland, Wales, Welsh.    From Wordnik.com.  [BlogCymru.com] Reference