Merthyr Express column

30 July 09
Arts Forum Stage
This year the Arts, Culture and Media Forum will have a stage at the Merthyr Show on August Bank Holiday Monday, 31st August. Performers currently confirmed include: 3Gs Choir and Dancers, H4A’s Pontlottyn Choir, Y Betti Galws, Glamorgan Gates Belly Dancers and Portuguese Folk Dancers, all performing at the bandstand next to the woodland cafe. For further information please contact the column details.

Make Time For Play
National Playday will be held on Wednesday 5th August, 11.00am – 3.00pm at Cyfarthfa Park. National Playday is the annual celebration of the child’s right to play. Through play, children explore the world around them. Play is essential for physical & emotional growth, for mental, intellectual & educational development. Tri County Play Association are responsible for the planning of National Playday, which is run purely by volunteers. For more information, contact Sarah Williams 01685 353959: sarah@tricountyplay.co.uk

Fashion Exhibition
From today, Thursday, 18th June 2009 until 15th August 2009 Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery will be showing All Dressed Up: An exhibition displaying some of the costume and accessories worn by the best dressed people of Merthyr Tydfil during the past 150 years. Also featuring fashion designs of the future by the Merthyr Tydfil community, in the search for the next Julien MacDonald! Entry into the exhibition is free of charge. For further information, please contact the museum on 01685 723112 or email museum@merthyr.gov.uk

Chartist Celebrations
Merthyr Tydfil Chartists Partnership will continue to celebrate the Anniversary of the Chartist Parade 170 years ago, with another event on Saturday, 15th August. This years events comemorate the occasion when the Chartists of Merthyr paraded peacefully to Saint Tydfil’s Church, in support of the right of all men to vote. The free event will again, as with the event in April, take place at the Café Quarter, Lower High Street, Merthyr Tydfil. For further Information please call Huw on 07968256864, Viv 01685 377883 or email Les at les.james@newport.ac.uk