Last night my husband and I were Presidents for the evening at the local male voice choir’s BBQ where the choir sang together with a visiting mixed choir and they held an auction to raise funds towards the choir’s trip to Ireland in October. We were introduced and then I gave a short speech in Welsh. I started by explaining that I was going to try to speak in Welsh with mistakes of course, I had to pause as everyone cheered! The rest went very well and I finished by saying that I was sure there would be lots of singing, fun and a glass or two of Guinness on the trip. Thanks Aran for that phrase it was absolutely perfect! I had so many compliments I was really chuffed - the dog won’t have to listen to me practising now.
It has been quite a successful few months as I came second in a competition run by the Merched y Wawr to write a thank you email and was presented with the prize at the Gwyl Haf in Machynlleth. The adjudication said that I had made good use of verb tenses and showed an appreciation of the opportunities to learn Welsh. Thank you SSIW! When I took the Mynediad exam in June the Interviewer for the speaking part was the lady who had judged the competition and she told me she recognised my name.
I now need to write a thank you note to the Choir for such a wonderful evening. I’ll get back to doing some lessons soon.
Teresa
