What to do on St. Davids day?

Ideas and Suggestions

St Davids Day is a day of celebration in Wales and for the Cymry and persons of Welsh descent throughout the world. Little may be known about the life of St David beyond the fact that he was a saint and that he died in 589 A.D. but it doesn't matter. His saints day is the occasion for the Welsh wherever they may be to come together and celebrate their common heritage and tradition.

So what can you do to help mark the event? Well, if you're lucky enough to be in Cardiff on March 1st you could always join the 5th Annual St Davids Day Parade. The opening ceremony will be held at the National Museum of Wales and the Parade will get underway at 1.15. It promises to be a lively event this year. Full details can be found on the website here.

Of course most of our readers will not be in Cardiff on the day but there are many other things that we can do to mark the occasion.

Like Celtic music? You could always tune in to IRFT Celtic Radio . The station will be streaming Welsh music for the entire day starting at 6 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on Februaury 29th and running until Midnight, Pacific standard time on March 1st. More details here and here.

Alternatively you could explore the feast of nectared sweets that is modern Anglo-Welsh literature. There are a number of reading suggestions on this page.

If activism is your thing you might like to sign the online petition to make St Davids Day a national holiday in Wales. This idea has been mooted several times recently only to be rejected by the Westminster Parliament. We believe that it is an idea whose time has come and we urge all our readers to sign. Here in the USA a number of individuals and organisations are working to make St Davids Day as well known as St Patricks Day. Witness the efforts of the Chicago Tafia in the YouTube video on this page. If getting up at the crack of dawn and waving a flag on a street corner is not your thing why not send a St Davids Day floral bouquet to your local TV or radio station asking them to let their audience know that March 1st is a special day?

We will be adding further suggestions as we think of them. If you have any ideas please feel free to email.

IRFT Celtic Radio Does St. Davids Day
For the first time on American Internet Radio.

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Thomas Jefferson

"It is said that.....
almost 50% of the
signatories of the
Declaration of
Independence were Welsh or of
Welsh descent"

Meriwether Lewis
Explorer ot the
territory of the
Louisiana Purchase