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CLERA TODAY

What does 'Clera' mean?
It is not an acronym! It's an old Welsh word for the wandering minstrels - musicians and poets - of times gone by. Clerwr would be the minstrel himself (plural clerwyr); clera is the verb.

Executive Committee & Officials 2008
Chair: Robin Huw Bowen
Vice-Chair: Catrin Meirion
Treasurer: Mair Eleri Jones
Secretary: Dafydd Thomas
Membership Secretary: Catrin Meirion
Grants Officer: Carrie Rimes
Marketing Officer: Iestyn ap Robert
Web Officials: Siôn Gwilym & Elin Angharad Roberts
Other members of the Executive Committee:
Arfon Gwilym
Stephen Rees
Anna Georgina Chitty
Gwenan Gibbard

Workshops
Clera aims to organise three Workshops every year – one in North Wales, one in the Mid-Wales and one in South Wales (see Forthcoming Events for details)

 

 

Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, first week in August
Clera usually performs on the Performing Stage, in various pavilions and evening sessions (see Forthcoming Events for details)

Sessions
The following are pub sessions which are open to anyone:

The Nelson, Bangor, second Monday of each month.
The Mochyn Du, off Cathedral Road, Cardiff, every Monday night.
The Blue Bell, Helygain, third Sunday evening of each month.
The Coops, Aberystwyth, second Thursday of each month

 

Coaching
Cwm-y-Glo Fiddle Club (near Caernarfon): www.cassmeurig.com
Dolanog Tune Club (Montgomeryshire): send an e-mail
Pipes/Pibgorn Club in Llanwnda, Caernarfon: led by Idris Morris Jones  idris@benallt.wanadoo.co.uk

 

 

Pictures:
Clera Workshops and sessions in various parts of Wales.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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