The 2014 National Eisteddfod will be held in Carmarthenshire, and local preparatory work for the Festival begins with a public meeting on Thursday, 8 November, to encourage local people to be part of the preparations for Wales’ leading festival, held on Festival Fields, Millennium Coastal Park, Llanelli from 2-9 August 2014.
National Eisteddfod Organiser, Hywel Wyn Edwards, said, “The Eisteddfod has visited Carmarthenshire many times over the years, and we’ve always enjoyed a warm welcome in the county, so we’re very much looking forward to returning in 2014. The Eisteddfod was last held locally in 2000, on the Millennium Coastal Park, and this will be our home again in 2014. The site is an accessible and pleasant location for visitors from all directions.
“Since announcing our intention to return to Carmarthenshire, we’ve had enquiries from people across the whole area, keen to get involved in the preparations, and we hope that this enthusiasm and eagerness will continue for the next few months, to ensure that we have a week to remember in August 2014.”
The public meeting is an opportunity for local people to show their support and volunteer to be part of the preparations. The support and help of local people is vitally important, with local communities playing an active and central role in organising the Eisteddfod as the festival visits different parts of Wales.
Following the meeting, local committees will be established, and the literary and administrative discussions begin. The meeting to create these local committees will be held on Saturday morning 17 November at Ysgol y Strade, Llanelli. The local appeal committees will also be set up and the fundraising work will start in earnest.
If you would like to know more about the Eisteddfod in Carmarthenshire, or if you would like to register your support before the meeting, email Hywel@eisteddfod.org.uk or alwyn@eisteddfod.org.uk.
The meeting is to be held at Ysgol y Strade, Llanelli, at 19.00 on Thursday 8 November. Everyone is welcome at the meeting, and simultaneous translation equipment will be available for anyone who needs it on the night. For more information on the National Eisteddfod go to www.eisteddfod.org.uk.
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Cyfarfod Cyhoeddus I groesawu’r Eisteddfod I Sir Gaerfyrddin
I Sir Gaerfyrddin y bydd yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yn dod yn 2014, a nos Iau 8 Tachwedd, bydd cyfle i gychwyn ar y gwaith o baratoi ar gyfer ei hymweliad, gyda chyfarfod cyhoeddus yn Ysgol y Strade, Llanelli, i annog pobl leol i fod yn rhan o’r paratoadau ar gyfer gŵyl flaenaf Cymru, a gynhelir yn y Meysydd Gŵyl, Parc Arfordirol y Mileniwm, Llanelli o 2-9 Awst 2014.
Meddai Trefnydd yr Eisteddfod, Hywel Wyn Edwards, “Mae’r Eisteddfod wedi ymweld ag ardal Sir Gaerfyrddin nifer o weithiau dros y blynyddoedd, ac mae hanes hir a diddorol i berthynas yr Ŵyl gyda’r ardal.
“Rydym wedi mwynhau croeso cynnes yn y sir bob tro, ac felly rydym yn edrych ymlaen i gynnal y Brifwyl yno eto ymhen dwy flynedd. Byddwn yn dychwelyd i’r Meysydd Gŵyl, Parc Arfordirol y Mileniwm, Llanelli, cartref yr Eisteddfod ym mlwyddyn y Mileniwm, 2000, sy’n leoliad cyfleus a braf ar gyfer ymwelwyr o bob cyfeiriad.
“Ers cyhoeddi’r bwriad i ddychwelyd i Sir Gaerfyrddin, mae nifer fawr o drigolion yr ardal eisoes wedi cysylltu gyda’r swyddfa am ragor o wybodaeth ac i gynnig cymorth. Gobeithio y bydd y ddiddordeb a’r awydd yma’n parhau am fisoedd lawer wrth i’r gwaith o drefnu’r Eisteddfod fynd rhagddo, a rydym yn edrych ymlaen am wythnos i’w chofio yn 2014.”
Bwriad y cyfarfod cyhoeddus cychwynnol yw rhoi cyfle i bobl leol ddangos eu cefnogaeth a gwirfoddoli i fod yn rhan o’r paratoadau. Mae cymorth a chefnogaeth trigolion lleol yn hollbwysig i’r Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, gyda’r gymuned yn chwarae rhan ganolog yn y gwaith o drefnu’r Eisteddfod wrth i’r Ŵyl deithio i wahanol rannau o Gymru.
Yn dilyn y cyfarfod hwn, bydd pwyllgorau lleol yr Eisteddfod yn cael eu hethol, gyda chyfarfod fore Sadwrn 17 Tachwedd, yn Ysgol y Strade, ac yna bydd y trafodaethau llenyddol a gweinyddol yn cychwyn, yn ogystal â’r gwaith o greu’r gronfa leol a chodi arian ar gyfer cynnal yr Ŵyl.
Os hoffech chi gael gwybod mwy am yr Eisteddfod yn Sir Gaerfyrddin, neu os ydych am nodi eich maes o ddiddordeb ymlaen llaw, gallwch anfon ebost at hywel@eisteddfod.org.uk neu alwyn@eisteddfod.org.uk.
Cynhelir y cyfarfod yn Ysgol y Strade, Llanelli, nos Iau, 8 Tachwedd am 19.00. Am ragor o wybodaeth am waith yr Eisteddfod ewch i www.eisteddfod.org.uk.
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