This is an urgent message from our friends in America. We are all working together to help them get funding for their Eisteddfod this year
The Meriwether Lewis Memorial Eisteddfod Foundation has entered the Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook in an attempt to win a grant for $20,000 This money will be used to fund airfares and accommodation for Welsh artists and musicians to appear at the Left Coast Eisteddfod in Portland , Oregon this year.
Why does this matter? For two reasons. Firstly because Wales’ image in the US, in so far as its existence is recognised at all, is dominated by outmoded ideas and conceptions which actively hinder its acceptance as a thriving , creative and contemporary culture. Our Scottish and Irish cousins have done a good job of selling themselves to the world. We have not. We intend that this event will act as a ‘shop window’ for contemporary Welsh culture and encourage an American audience to actively explore the many riches that Wales has to offer.
Secondly since we are the only Welsh or Celtic charity in this race it has become something of a point of pride that we place in the top 200. Many people have rallied around to help with this and in our opinion it is no longer solely about how many artists we can fly across the pond. It is about whether or not the Welsh or Celtic online communities can support their own and assert themselves on a major platform and in a major contest. We pledge to support any Welsh or Celtic charity which decides to take this on next year. But right now we need your support.
Its becoming quite a cause celebre amongst the Welsh American community and we have volunteers getting the votes in around the clock.. Indeed I know of at least one of our people who has barely slept for a week. We are all hunkered down behind our mealie bags, slowly running out of ammo and singing ‘Men of Harlech’. We are waiting for YOU to appear on the horizon and ride to our assistance 🙂
WE ARE WORKING ROUND THE CLOCK FOR THIS AND THE RACE IS VERY TIGHT, JUST 3 DAYS TO GO!
WE ONLY NEED ONE MINUTE OF YOUR TIME!
YOUR VOTE MAY BE THE ONE THAT SECURES $20,000 FOR THE EISTEDDFOD!
PLEASE READ AND VOTE!
IF YOU HAVE ALREADY VOTED PLEASE ASK A FRIEND AND POST OUR VOTING PAGE ON YOUR WALL TOGETHER WITH A PERSONAL APPEAL!
HOW TO VOTE
1. Log in to Facebook and register with the app http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/….you need to give it permission to access your profile.
2. Click on ‘Search and Vote’ which is in a bar with a green background just below the ‘Like’ button. Do not just click on the ‘Like’ button. You have to click it but this does not constitute a vote. All this will do is ‘Like’ the application. This is very important…you need to click the ‘Like’ button but there is more.
CLICKING ON LIKE DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE VOTED.
3. On the search page:- http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/search enter … meriwether lewis memorial eisteddfod foundation … in the ‘Charity Name’ search box (cut’n’paste will do ). This will bring us up in the search results. Click on the link to take you to the voting page. You should see a bar ( green background ) with the words ‘Vote Now’. Click it and you’re done. You will see the vote counter increase by one.
Diolch
