News
June 2007
JAZZ AT THE VAYNOL
By popular request, Swing Guitars, the Llanberis-based Django Reinhardt-style quartet that has recently been holding occasional rehearsals in the Vaynol Arms, has agreed to play there every Wednesday from 13th June onwards. As well as its guitar-playing founder members, father and son George and Wesley Parry, the band now features Adrian Ward-Ellis on tenor sax and clarinet, and Allan Wilcox on bass. The fun begins at 7.30pm, and admission is free.
May 2007
 Staff and Friends of the Vaynol Arms are going on a sponsored walk up Snowdon on monday the 4th June to raise money for the Motor Neurone disease association. any donation is welcomed , big or small.
Anne, Lin, Wendy, Shirley, Alice and Lillian are gearing up for the walk as we speak. Good luck to us all!
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News – June 06
SNOWDON CLIMB IN AID OF MOTOR NEURONE
ANNE, ALICE, SIONED, SHIRLEY, LYNNE, ALED AND THE WHOLE OF THE VAYNOL ARMS TEAM ARE TO WALK UP
SNOWDON TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE ASSOCIATION. THE EVENT WILL HAPPEN IN JUNE – DATE TO FOLLOW
SPONSORSHIP NEEDED PLEASE – FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT ANNE ON
01286 870284
anne@vaynolarms.co.uk
July 05
 The Nant Peris Carnival
Friday 22nd July 2005
Carnival week starts with the annual quiz in the Vaynol Arms
Monday 18th July
Starts at 8.30pm
Quiz host is Mr Meirion Griffiths
Wednesday 20th July
The Selwyn Davies Shield
Pool competition
Open to village residents only
Starts at 7pm
Organiser is Mr John Ellis
 Friday 22nd July
The carnival itself starts with a procession from Bro Glyder to the carnival field at 6.30pm.
Carnival queen this year is Miss Sioned Cumberton, who will be crowned by the reigning queen ,
Miss Ariann Preston on the carnival field. There will be fun and games for all the family, plus raffles , tombolas etc
Everybody welcome -Please support our village carnival
Thank you. For more information please contact
Cheryl 01286 870650
 June 2005
SNOWDON FIDDLE FESTIVAL
Calling all fiddlers and fiddle music enthusiasts! The tiny, picturesque village of Nantperis at the foot of Snowdon is the place to be on 25th June 2005. Following its huge success last year, the Snowdon Fiddle Festival returns to Nantperis with an action-packed day of fiddling frenzy.
The evening concert in the ancient church of St Peris presents JOE SCURFIELD, founder member of the Old Rope String Band, fiddler extraordinaire and master of many styles including bluegrass, old-time, Irish and Swedish fiddling. Also a fine and extrovert clog dancer, magician and juggler. Miss his solo act at your peril! He is complemented by the powerful and haunting music of SILD (an Estonian word meaning bridge), a unique Welsh-Estonian acoustic duo comprising Estonian fiddler/singer/bowed harper Sille Ilves and Welsh guitarist/bouzouki player Martin Leamon. Drawing upon the traditional songs and tunes of Estonia and Wales, their debut CD ‘Priodi’ was enthusiastically hailed by Radio 3’s Verity Sharp as ‘lovely, lovely music’.
 Add to this a short set from The Promoters (fiddlers Cass Meurig and Idris Morris Jones of Pigyn Clust and guitarist Nial Cain), possibly the best-kept secret on the North Wales folk scene, and local fiddle club Clwb Ffidil yr Wyddfa, and you have a true feast for the fiddle connoisseur.
 During the day there will be fiddle and crwth workshops both for beginners and experienced players as well as an Estonian tunes workshop for instrumentalists of any kind. Enjoy an all-day steaming folk session in the welcome of the Vaynol Arms and bring your poorly fiddle for a free consultation with Fiddle Doctor Nial Cain! Parents can relax as the day also includes a climbing trip for kids, storytelling sessions with Catherine Aran as well as clog dancing workshops.
 Don’t miss it! For more information and tickets contact 01286 871042 or
nialcain@tinyworld.co.uk
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