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From:  Reg Boyle <bandb@n...>
Date:  Sat Apr 15, 2000  9:47 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] ATTN: All NATS adjudicators


At 01:37 PM 15\4\2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Reg wrote:
>
> >>In NSW there are about 30
>eisteddfodds a year. Usually staggered to enable performers to enter
>for more than one.
>
>I've never heard the word "eisteddfodd." What does it mean?
>
> |\ Dr. Diane M. Clark, Assoc. Prof./Chair of Music Dept., Rhodes College

Dear Diane,
It's a singing competition based on Welsh origins.
Defined in the Oxford dictionary as a 'Congress of Welsh Bards'.
The plural is eisteddfodeau but I wouldn't dream of using it!
A national or local gathering for musical competitons.
Regards Reg.


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