Gwyl Plant Gwent
Gwerinwyr Gwent started this festival of Welsh folk
dance for children in 1981,
with eight schools
taking part, now over a hundred schools take part
each year.
The festival is non-competitive and open to any
youth group, not just to schools.
The first festivals were held in Gwent Square, Cwmbran.As the number of children grew the festival became two festivals, with one group of children dancing during the morning and another group of children dancing in the afternoon. Our numbers kept on growing, and we added two festivals in Ebbw Vale town centre.We outgrew Ebbw Vale so we moved to a larger venue in Abertillery. We grew even bigger so added Abergavenny and then Newport to our venues.Each year we add more schools to our list!
If you are passing by when they are dancing, do stop to watch the colourful spectacle made by the children as they dance in their traditional Welsh costumes, for the children enjoy displaying the dances which they have learnt during the past year.
Each summer the Gwyl Plant Gwent committee decide upon the twelve dances for the next summer's festivals. They then produce booklets with the instructions for these dances, in English and in Welsh. The teachers are provided with a CD of suitable music for practising the dances, together with a DVD where the dances are walked through to the exact words in our book of instructions and then danced to the music.Courses are held in the autumn and spring terms for teachers to learn the dances.
If you would like to know more
about the courses, festivals, or the teaching aids
(which may be bought by anyone who feels they would
find them useful),
please contact the secretary of Gwyl Plant Gwent -
Mrs Dawn Webster
Greenacres, Broadstreet Common,
Nash, Newport NP18 2AZ
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