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Menter Merthyr Tudful Information for you: Canolfan a Menter Gymraeg Merthyr Tudful Folk Session - Come down to Merthyr's next Welsh folk session. Pipes, ffidles, guitars and plenty of singing. You can join in or just listen. Free! (Part of the White Night Festival/Procession of Light 2009) At: The Crown Inn, Lower High Street, Merthyr Tudful On: Wednesday 02/12/2009 Time: 8.00-hwyr For further information contact Menter Merthyr Tudful 01685 722176 You can see all the information and the poster here> Click You may have to right click above to download the poster This e-mail message is intended solely for the attention of the person to whom it is addressed. Menter Merthyr Tudful accepts no responsibility for any events organised by any other organisations. To confirm details any event and / or in case of cancellation, please contact the events organisers and not Menter Merthyr Tudful. For further information about Menter Merthyr Tudful look at our web site at http://www.merthyrtudful.com To change your interest options click here >> Change Digwyddiad i chi: Canolfan a Menter Gymraeg Merthyr Tudful Sesiwn Werin - Dewch lawr i'r sesiwn werin Gymreig nesaf. Pibau, ffidlau, gitar a digon o ganu. Gallwch ymuno mewn neu wrando. Rhad ac am ddim! (Rhan o'r Wyl Nos Wen/Gorymdaith Oleuni 2009) Yn: Tafarn Y Crown, Gwaelod Y Stryd Fawr, Merthyr Tudful Dydd Mercher 02/12/2009 Am: 8.00-hwyr Am wybodaeth bellach ffoniwch Swyddfa Menter Merthyr Tudful 01685 722176 Gallwch weld yr holl wybodaeth a'r poster yma > Cliciwch

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Menter Merthyr Tudful Information for you: Cymdeithas Gymraeg Soar Learners' Quiz - Cymdeithas Soar are holding a quiz for learners of all levels. Entry is £2 a head (Max 6 in a team) Contact the Menter to register. Tutors bring your classes. At: Y Ganolfan Gymraeg, Pontmorlais, Merthyr Tudful, CF47 8UB On: Tuesday 01/12/2009 Time: 7.30-9.00 For further information contact Menter Merthyr Tudful 01685 722176 This e-mail message is intended solely for the attention of the person to whom it is addressed. Menter Merthyr Tudful accepts no responsibility for any events organised by any other organisations. To confirm details any event and / or in case of cancellation, please contact the events organisers and not Menter Merthyr Tudful. For further information about Menter Merthyr Tudful look at our web site at http://www.merthyrtudful.com To change your interest options click here >> Change Digwyddiad i chi: Cymdeithas Gymraeg Soar Cwis Dysgwyr - Fe fydd Cymdeithas Soar yn cynnal cwis mawreddog ar gyfer dysgwyr o bob lefel. Mynediad i'r cwis yw £2 y pen (Timau o 6 neu lau) Cysylltwch a'r Fenter i ymrestru. Tiwtoriaid: Dewch a'ch dosbarthiadau'n llu Yn: Y Ganolfan Gymraeg, Pontmorlais, Merthyr Tudful, CF47 8UB Dydd Mawrth 01/12/2009 Am: 7.30-9.00 Am wybodaeth bellach ffoniwch Swyddfa Menter Merthyr Tudful 01685 722176

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Menter Merthyr Tudful Information for you: Cymdeithas Gymraeg Soar/Canolfan a Menter Gymraeg Merthyr Tudful Gwibdaith Abertawe - The Zoar Society will be running a trip to Swansea for a meal and Christmas shopping. £2 a head For further information contact the Menter. At: Leaves Castle Hotel, Merthyr Tudful On: Tuesday 08/12/2009 Time: 10.00-4.00 For further information contact Menter Merthyr Tudful 01685 722176 This e-mail message is intended solely for the attention of the person to whom it is addressed. Menter Merthyr Tudful accepts no responsibility for any events organised by any other organisations. To confirm details any event and / or in case of cancellation, please contact the events organisers and not Menter Merthyr Tudful. For further information about Menter Merthyr Tudful look at our web site at http://www.merthyrtudful.com To change your interest options click here >> Change Digwyddiad i chi: Cymdeithas Gymraeg Soar/Canolfan a Menter Gymraeg Merthyr Tudful Gwibdaith Abertawe - Fe fydd Cymdeithas Soar yn cynnal gwibdaith i Abertawe ar gyfer pryd o fwyd a siopa Nadolig. £2 y pen Am ragor o fanylion ffoniwch y Menter. Yn: Gadael Gwesty'r Castell, Merthyr Tudful Dydd Mawrth 08/12/2009 Am: 10.00-4.00 Am wybodaeth bellach ffoniwch Swyddfa Menter Merthyr Tudful 01685 722176

ad-hoc (art exhibition / arddangosfa celf)

Merthyr Express column

26th Nov 09
Town Centre Santa and Crafts
Santa, his elves and most importantly his two favourite reindeers will be at Merthyr Tydfil town centre’s Café Quarter Square (off Court Street, at the bottom of the main High Street) from 10am until 4.30pm this Saturday, 28th November. Each child will receive a gift, (while stock lasts), and there will be the opportunity to have your photo taken with Santa (photo’s will be sent out after the event). Tickets cost £3 and are only available on the day. Children should remember to bring along their Christmas list so that Santa knows what they want for Christmas. In addition to Santa there will be a local craft market where you will have the opportunity to purchase locally made arts and crafts that will make wonderful Christmas gifts for all the family.

Cyfarthfa Crafts
Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery will also be hosting a Christmas Craft Fair this Saturday, 28th November 2009. Why not come along to this free event and find the perfect present at the Christmas Craft Fair, which will be running from 10.30am until 3.00pm. For more information please call 01685 723112.


Music and Light
Next Wednesday, 2nd December 2009 Merthyr Tydfil town centre will be playing host to a free entertainment evening: Nos Wen / White Night, an evening of music, light and celebration starting at 5pm outside the Civic Centre with tin whistles players Chwibanoglau Pontmorlais, then a modern twist on traditional Christmas music with the band Daughters from Merthyr’s Rock Church. Then carols and a procession of light with Welsh Pipers leading to the town centre where there will be more carol singing with schools and family. The Welsh Pipers will then continue to lead the procession to the Lucy Thomas Fountain at the bottom of the town centre where there will be more music from the tin whistles and carol singing, ending the procedings with a bang courtesy of three Merthyr Tydfil bands; The Epaulettes, Radio Cymru favorites Y Betti Galws and Merthyr’s favourite hard rockers Celtic Pride. To finish the night The Crown Inn will also be hosting a night of live folk music.

Poems and Pints
Poems and pints with Sheenagh Pugh and others at an Open Mike Night in The Imperial Hotel, Merthyr Tydfil next Thursday, 3rd December 2009, at 7.30pm. Poet, translator, novelist and critic Sheenagh Pugh has published more than ten collections of verse and verse translations, as well as two novels. She won a number of prestigious prizes, including the Forward Prize for Best Individual Poem in 1998, the Welsh Arts Council’s Poem for Today Competition in 1987 and the Cardiff International Poetry Competition in both 1988 and 1994. Open Mike Nights are free entry events supported by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council and Academi. For further information please contact: (01685) 725382 or email arts@merthyr.gov.uk.

Funky Youth Choir
Scene and Heard is a funky new youth choir for the upper Rhymney valley at the Pontlottyn Boys and Girls Club. £1 a session, contact Ann Lang on 01865 844039 for further information.

Welsh Quiz Night
Cymdeithas Gymraeg Soar present a Quiz Night - Open to all Welsh speakers and higher level learners on Tuesday 1st December at 7.30pm at The Ganolfan Gymraeg Pontmorlais, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8UB. Entry is £2, with light refreshments also available. For further information contact 01685 722176.

Rembrandt Painting
A special loan of Rembrandt van Rijn’s (1606-1669) Portrait of Catrina Hooghsaet from Penrhyn Castle will be on show at National Museum, Cardiff alongside original etchings and Netherlandish portraits from National Museum Wales’s own collection. Museum visitors will be given the opportunity to enjoy the Portrait of Catrina Hooghsaet (1607-1685) for free until 21st March 2010, when it will return to Penrhyn Castle near Bangor – its home since the 1860s. The portrait of the wealthy Amsterdam lady, painted in 1657 is an example of Rembrandt’s outstanding talent for painting characters, not just faces. It demonstrates his ability to combine fine detail, blurred impressions and dramatic effects of light and shade. During the 1650s, Rembrandt was the most celebrated artist in Amsterdam. Today, he’s recognised as one of the most important figures in the history of art and his work continues to inspire artists across the globe.

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Menter Merthyr Tudful Information for you: Canolfan a Menter Gymraeg Merthyr Tudful/Communities First Town and Parc/M.T.C.B Procession of Light - The second Procession of Light promises to be bigger and better this year with live music, entertainment, carol singing and, of course, Christmas Lanterns. Congregate at 5pm outside the Civic Centre for procession through town and carol singing at the Lucy Thomas Fountain. There will also be live local bands at the fountain from 6-8pm followed by a Welsh folk session at The Crown Inn. Everything is free of charge so bring the whole family At: Town Centre, Merthyr Tudful On: Wednesday 02/12/2009 Time: 5.00-8.00 For further information contact Menter Merthyr Tudful 01685 722176 You can see all the information and the poster here> Click You may have to right click above to download the poster This e-mail message is intended solely for the attention of the person to whom it is addressed. Menter Merthyr Tudful accepts no responsibility for any events organised by any other organisations. To confirm details any event and / or in case of cancellation, please contact the events organisers and not Menter Merthyr Tudful. For further information about Menter Merthyr Tudful look at our web site at http://www.merthyrtudful.com To change your interest options click here >> Change Digwyddiad i chi: Canolfan a Menter Gymraeg Merthyr Tudful/Cymunedau'n Gyntaf Tref a Pharc/C.S.B.M.T Gorymdaith Oleuni - Fe fydd yr ail Gorymdaith Oleuni yn fwy ac yn well eleni. Gyda cherddoriaeth, adloniant, carolau ac, wrth gwrs, llusernau Nadolig. Cyfarfod ger y Ganolfan Ddinesig am 5yh, gorymdeithio lawr i waelod y dref ar gyfer carolau ger Ffynnon Lucy Thomas. Fe fydd hefyd bandiau lleol fyw ger y ffynnon 6-8yh ac yna sesiwn werin yn Nhafarn y Crown. Popeth yn rhad ac am ddim felly dewch a'r teulu cyfan. Yn: Canol y Dref, Merthyr Tudful Dydd Mercher 02/12/2009 Am: 5.00-8.00 Am wybodaeth bellach ffoniwch Swyddfa Menter Merthyr Tudful 01685 722176 Gallwch weld yr holl wybodaeth a'r poster yma > Cliciwch

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Menter Merthyr Tudful Information for you: Canolfan a Menter Gymraeg Merthyr Tudful/Cymraeg i Oedolion Morgannwg Fun for the Family - A morning of fun for all the family with Heini (S4C), Anthony (Stwffio), music, crafts, face painting and S4C characters (Sali Mali, Sam Tan). Entry for children Free! Adults 50p At: Rhydycar Leisure Centre, Merthyr Tudful On: Saturday 28/11/2009 Time: 11.30-1.30 For further information contact Menter Merthyr Tudful 01685 722176 You can see all the information and the poster here> Click You may have to right click above to download the poster This e-mail message is intended solely for the attention of the person to whom it is addressed. Menter Merthyr Tudful accepts no responsibility for any events organised by any other organisations. To confirm details any event and / or in case of cancellation, please contact the events organisers and not Menter Merthyr Tudful. For further information about Menter Merthyr Tudful look at our web site at http://www.merthyrtudful.com To change your interest options click here >> Change Digwyddiad i chi: Canolfan a Menter Gymraeg Merthyr Tudful/Cymraeg i Oedolion Morgannwg Hwyl i'r Teulu - Bore o hwyl i'r teulu cyfan gyda Heini (S4C), Anthony (Stwffio), miwsig, crefftau, peintio wynebau a chymeriadau S4C (Sali Mali, Sam Tan). Mynediad i blant Am Ddim! Oedolion 50c Yn: Canolfan Hamdden Rhydycar, Merthyr Tudful Dydd Sadwrn 28/11/2009 Am: 11.30-1.30 Am wybodaeth bellach ffoniwch Swyddfa Menter Merthyr Tudful 01685 722176 Gallwch weld yr holl wybodaeth a'r poster yma > Cliciwch