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Llangollen International Eisteddfod
- the early years

Last updated: 06 August 2008

Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod archivist Prof Chris Adams shares these photos and comments from the first festivals starting in 1947.

Surprise guests... from Spain

Surprise guests... from Spain

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Two uninvited Spanish dance groups provided the biggest surprise of the 1947 festival. From San Sebastian and Seville, on a tour of Britain sponsored by the Esperanto Society, their performances so delighted the audience that folk dance became an official part of every subsequent eisteddfod.

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