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Cymdeithas Ddawns Werin Cymru
Welsh Folk Dance Society
Hanes / History
Addroddiad Blynyddol Cyntaf
First Annual Report
1949-50
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Cymdeithas Ddawns
Werin Gymru
Welsh Folk
Dance Society
Llywyddes -
President : Mrs. Lois Blake.
Cadeirydd - Chairman
Mr. W. S. Gwynn
Williams,Glas Hafod, Llangollen.
Trysoryd - Treasurer:
Mr. W. E.
Cleaver, Abernant, Bodfari, Nr. Denbigh.
Trefnydd - Organiser
Mrs. Lois
Blake, Tafarn-y-Pric, Corwen.
Golygydd - Editor
Mr. lfan O.
Williams, B.B.C., Bangor.
Ysgrifennydd - Secretary
Miss E. Daniels
Jones, Glandwr, Mwrog St, Ruthin.
Pwyllgor Gwaith -
Executive Committee:
Miss Cassie
Davies, H,M.I.
Miss Gwennant
Davies, Aberystwyth.
Mrs. Irene
Edwards, Bettws-Y-Coed.
Miss D.
Freeman, Newport.
Mr. Redvers
Jones, Llangefni.
Miss S. Storey
Jones, Mold.
Mr. Teifryn
Michael, Aberystwyth.
Dr. lorwerth
Peate, Cardiff.
Mrs. Marjorie
Pierce, Llangollen.,
Mrs. Gwenllian
Roberts, Corwen,
Miss Nest
Pierce Roberts, Llangadfan.
Miss A. Rogers, H.M.I.
Miss Gwen
Taylor, Wrexham.
Alderman
Margaret Williams. St, Asaph.
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Adroddiad
Blynyddol Cyntaf,
Cymdeithas
Ddawns Werin Cymru
Teimlwyd ers blynyddoedd fod angen Cymdeithas
Ganolog yng Nghymru i ddwyn ynghyd weithgarwch y Ddawns Werin Cymreig
a oedd eisioes yn bodoli, ac i wneud yn fwy hysbys y deunydd a oedd
ar gael. I'r pwrpas hwn y sefydiwyd Cymdeithas Ddawns Werin Cymru ym
mis Medi, 1949. Caf y fraint fel ysgrifennydd o roi adroddiad o waith
y Gymdeithas er ei chychwyniad fiwyddyn yn o1.
Gwnaed llawer iawn mwy nag a feiddiem ddisgwyl
er pan ddaeth i fodol- aeth. Cafwyd ymateb parod a chyffredinol, a
cheisiadau.ani aelodaeth o bob rhan o Gymru.
Yr ydym yn ddyledus i'n Llywydd a'n Trefnydd,
Mrs. Lois Blake, am ei gwaith arbennig o ennyn diddordeb yn y
dawiisio Gwerin Cymreig yn y gwahanol glybiau a Sefydiiad y Merched,
a hefyd am y gwaith ymchwil gwerthfawr a gyfiawnodd ers blynyddoedd
ynglyn a gwreiddiau ein dawnsiau Cenedlaethol.
Trefnodd Mrs. Blake amryw o Ysgolion Undydd i
Athrawon ac Arwein- wyr Ieuenctid yn y Rhyl, Llanfair Caereinion,
Rhuthun, Dyserth, Bae Colwyn a'r Wyddgrug, a hefyd cymerodd gyrsiau
preswyl o dan nawdd yr Urdd yn Aberystwyth.
Gwna Miss Doris Freeman waith cyffelyb yn y De,
a chymerodd gyrsiau yng Nghaerfyrddin, Caerdydd, Brynmawr, Llanelly,
Pontypool, a Birmingham. Bu galw mawr am wasanaeth Miss Freeman a'i
thim o Gas Newydd i arddangos yr hen ddawnsiau Y tim hwn a ddewiswyd
i gynrychioli Cymru yn y Lingiad yn Sweden yn 1949.
Gobeithiwn weld partion o Gymru yn cystadlu yn
Eisteddfod Gyd- wladol Llangollen eleni, ac yn perfformio yr hen
ddawnsiau gwreiddiol.
Cafwyd perfformiadau yn Seremoni'r Cyhoeddi yn
Llanrwst eleni gan Ddawnswyr Corwen a cheir perfformiadau yn ystod yr
Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yng Nghaerffili.
Y flwyddyn nesaf, am y tro cyntaf, yn yr
Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yn Llanrwst, cynigir gwobr gan y Gymdeithas
am Ddawns Werin, Gymreig wreiddiol.
Het ganmlwydd oed a ddaeth o sir Feirionnydd
yw'r anrheg ddiddorol a dderbyniodd y Gymdeithas gan Miss Josephine
Jones, Dinbych.
Carwn ddiolch i Mr. W. S. Gwynn Williams, ein
Cadeirydd, Mr. Emrys Cleaver, ein Trysorydd, a'n Golygydd, Mr. Ifan
O. Williams, ac i holl aelodau'r Pwyllgor Gwaith am eu help i wneud y
flwyddyn gyntaf yn gymaint llwyddiant. A gaf i ddiolch hefyd i'r
Henadur Margaret Williams, Llanelwy am fynegi teimlad cymaint o bobl
drwy awgrymu y dylid galw Cyfarfod Cyffredinol a ffurfio Cymdeithas
Ddawns Werin Cymru.
E. DANIELS JONES.
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First Annual Report
of the Welsh Folk Dance Society
For years it has been felt that Wales has
needed a Central Society to co-ordinate the Welsh Folk Dance
activities already in existence, and to make known more generally the
Welsh Folk Dance material already collected. It was for this purpose
that the Welsh Folk Dance Society was formed in September, 1949. It
is my privilege, as Secretary, to report on the work of the Society
since its inception a year ago.
Far more than we had dared to hope for has been
achieved since the Society came into existence.
There was an immediate and widespread response
from all parts of Wales for enrolment as members.
We have our President and Organiser, Mrs. Lois
Blike to thank for stimulating an interest in Welsh Folk Dancing
amongst clubs and Women's institutes and for her valuable research
work which she has carried on for years into the origins of our
National Dances.
Mrs. Blake has organised a number of One Day
Schools for Teachers and Youth Leaders at Rhyl, Llanfair Caereinion,
Ruthin, Dyserth, Colwyn Bay and Mold, and has also taken resident
courses for the Urdd at Aberystwyth. Miss Doris Freeman is doing
similar work in South Wales and has taken courses at Carmarthen,
Cardiff, Brynmawr, Llanelly, Pontypool and Birmingham. Miss Freeman's
team from Newport (who were chosen to represent Wales at the Lingiad
in Sweden in 1949) have been in great demand for demonstration purposes.
We hope to have Welsh teams competing at the
International Eisteddfod at Llangollen this year and performing
authentic Welsh Dances.
Demonstrations of Welsh Folk Dance were given
at the Proclamation Ceremony at Llanrwst this year by the Corwen
dancers and Miss Freeman's team will give demonstrations during the
National Eisteddfod week at Caerphilly.
Next year, for the first time, the Society is
offering a prize for an authentic Welsh Folk Dance at the National
Eisteddfod at Llanrwst.
An interesting gift which the Society has
received from Miss Josephine Jones, of Denhigh, is a hat of about 100
years old which came from Meirioneth.
I should like to pay tribute to Mr. W. S. Gwynn
Williams, our Chairman, to Mr. Emrys Cleaver, our Treasurer, to our
Editor, Mr. Ifan O. Williams, and to all members of the Executive
Committee for their help in making our first year such a successful
one. May I also thank Alderman Margaret Williams, St. Asaph, for
expressing the need of so many people by her suggestion that a
general meeting should be called and the W.F.D. Society be formed.
E. DANIELS JONES. |
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