PENARTH partied hard for St David’s Day, with stalls and live music on the street as the community came together to celebrate what it is to be Welsh.
A stage was set up on the corner of Windsor Road and Glebe Street, with live music including from the likes of Barry Voice Choir and the brilliant Cogan Primary School.
There were also pop-up stalls and street food including free Welsh cakes.
Penarth Business Group leader John Davies said St David’s Day is a great day to celebrate the town and the nation.
“It’s a chance to celebrate the Welsh culture, being Welsh and being here in Penarth,” said Mr Davies, who straight after the festivities, was whizzing across to London where Penarth High Street is tonight up for the Visa award for one of the most resilient high streets in the UK at a glitz and glam ceremony.
Pupils at Cogan Primary sang on the high street
Watch Cogan Primary School sing for Penarth, below
Stalls included a stand giving out free Welsh cakes and Archibald Crumbucket was in town with the Crumbucket Dragon Machine, which he explained, plays music, blows bubbles and celebrates everything wonderful about Wales.
Michael Goode, Bethan Knox and Sioned Stephens of Cymraeg I Blant for kids and Mentor Iaith Bro Morgannwg
St David street performance quirkiness
Bar 44 Tapas was on the street with owner Owen Morgan making calçot. Bar 44 set up a BBQ outside their restaurant, run using the expertise of group head chef Ian Wood.
Calçots, for anyone who doesn’t know, are a cross between a giant spring onion and a leek, used in festivals in Catalonia, cooked over open fires and enjoyed with wine or cava from a porrón – which was there and which Mr Morgan did demonstrate how to use – in the video below.
Watch as Bar 44 owner Owen Morgan demonstrates how to properly eat a Calçot
Linda and Ryan giving the town Welsh cakes
Michael Goode, Bethan Knox and Sioned Stephens, of Cymraeg I Blant for kids and Mentor Iaith Bro Morgannwg – both organisations working with Welsh speakers in the Vale - were also on the high street.
Mr Goode explained what it means to him to celebrate being Welsh.
“It’s a celebration of the tradition and the history,” said Mr Goode. “It’s a nice way to get together and celebrate through song and dance.
“It’s just a nice feeling being Welsh and we get to wear silly hats too!”
At Foxy’s Café, Foxy’s singing group Criw canu, sang for their customers, which can be seen in the video below.
Watch below the Criw canu girls sing for their customers - if you want to join the group they practice at Foxy's Cafe Thursdays 7.30pm
Lots more photos and videos can be seen below.
Dydd dewi dewi hapus!
Cogan Primary school pupils
Watch the Barry Male Voice Choir in Penarth on St David's Day below
Foxy's singing group Criw canu: Sian Fox, Bethan Vaughn Cartwright, Elspeth Hughes, Emma Berry, Mai Davies, Helen Jennings, Marian Sweet
Archibald Crumbucket and his the Crumbucket Dragon Machine
Penarth celebrating in style
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