North America Wales Foundation Heritage Award and Gala Banquet
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This annual gala evening is co-sponsored by the North America Wales Foundation (NAWF) and the Welsh North American Association (WNAA) and will honor the 2024 recipient of the NAWF Welsh Heritage Medallion, (yet to be announced). Following the award presentation, entertainment by Lisa Dafydd, the 2022 recipient of the coveted Osborne Roberts Blue Riband Memorial Award at the National Eisteddfod in Wales.
2024 NAWF Heritage Award winner ~ TBD
Llinos Haf Jones ~ Mezzo Soprano
Llinos won the prestigious Osbourne Roberts Prize – The Blue Riband following her success in the Mezzo Soprano Solo competition at the 2023 National Eisteddfod and was consequently awarded the William Park-Jones Scholarship and the London Welsh Male Voice Choir Scholarship. Llinos has recently started her postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music under the tutelage of Marcus van den Akker and Joseph Middleton and is a grateful recipient of the Baroness de Turckheim Award. Llinos completed her undergraduate studies at the Royal Northern College of Music with first class honours. During her time there she won the Gwilym Gwalchmai Jones Scholarship, the James Martin Oncken Song Prize and the Manchester Welsh |
Established in 1980, the North America Wales Foundation was the initiative of several individuals, inspired by the late Jack K. Evans, a native of Wales. The Foundation has a commitment to preserve, share and promote the common culture and traditions of Wales and North America. The NAWF has distributed hundreds of thousands of dollars in awards over the years and runs an annual scholarship and grant program. Its highest honor, the Heritage Medallion, is awarded to individuals or organizations distinguished by their contributions to North American Welsh life.
PLEASE NOTE: *You must have your seating preassigned to attend the banquet. Please bring your banquet ticket, and those in the party you would like to sit with, to the registration area to reserve your place. Banquet seating selection will be available throughout the hours that the Registration Desk is open on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. [see menu]