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The Chicago Tafia Welsh Society
The Tafia is an expatriate Welsh group that was formed in Chicago in 1999. As one of the youngest and consequently the most contemporary Welsh groups in North America, they are well-known to provide a real link to the present culture of Wales to the Chicago area.
The group’s activities are varied with social get-together s to watch Welsh sporting events and musicians in addition to the typical cultural events such as St. David's Day. That is not to say that the traditional elements of Welsh culture are taken for granted by the group, over the years they have been involved with over a dozen concerts for Welsh male voice choirs in the Chicago area, including the Pendyrus, Penrhyn, Bangor, Black Mountain, Burlington and CF1 choirs at prominent Chicago venues.
In 2007 the group scored a double hit by attracting the former lead singer of Catatonia, Cerys Matthews to entertain the group at their annual St. David’s Day party and also the passing of Illinois General Assembly signing into law Bill HR0149 that proclaimed March 1, 2007, and each year thereafter, as St. David's Day in the State of Illinois and recognizing the Welsh contribution to the state.
In 2009, 2010 & 2011 The Chicago Tafia partnered with the British Consulate-General in Chicago and Colliers B&K to illuminate the iconic Wrigley Building red, white, and green (the colours of the Welsh flag) on Saint Davids Day on Sunday, March 1.
External links
- The Chicago Tafia Welsh Society
- The Chicago Tafia on Facebook
- The Chicago Tafia on Twitter
- The Chicago Tafia on You Tube
- The Chicago Tafia on AmeriCymru
- The Chicago Tafia on MySpace
- Full text of Illinois House Resolution HR0149 proclaming St. David's Day and the Welsh contribution to the State of Illinois
Newspaper, Magazine & Web articles about the Chicago Tafia
- The Loyola Phoenix - Closer Look gets a glimpse of the 13th annual Chicago Celtic Fest (September 22, 2009)
- Annual kilt contest skirts the issue - The Chicago Tafia in the Chicago Sun Times 11 September 2009
- Wrigley Building Lit in Welsh Colours for St. David's Day 2009
- BBC.co.uk - Wales and the World Honour St. David
- An interview by the London Welsh with the Chicago Tafia
- BBC Wales - 28 February 2007
- BBC Wales - 24 September 2004
See Also
- Welsh History in Chicago
- Welsh American
Categories:- Welsh diaspora
- American people of Welsh descent
- Ethnic groups in the United States
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