Past Venues and Chairpersons of the National Gymanfa Ganu & the North American Festival of Wales
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Past Venues of Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu
1929 Niagara Falls, NY 1930 Niagara Falls, NY 1931 Niagara Falls, NY 1932 Niagara Falls, NY 1933 Chicago, IL 1934 Cleveland, OH ~ Edward Blythin & John G. Roberts 1935 Youngstown, OH 1936 Atlantic City, NJ ~ Evan Prosser 1937 Johnstown, PA ~ Ewart L. Roberts 1938 Pittsburgh, PA ~ R. H. Davies 1939 Buffalo, NY ~ Lot H. Cooke 1940 Detroit, MI ~ Allen Thomas 1941 New Castle, PA ~ Henry T. Jones 1942 Utica, NY ~ Hobart L. Morris 1943-45 The Gymanfa Ganu was suspended during World War II years. 1946 Akron, OH ~ Ernest Harris 1947 Akron, OH ~ Ernest Harris 1948 Detroit, MI ~ Allen Thomas 1949 Salt Lake City, UT ~ John James & Dr. M. D. Thomas 1950 Canton, OH ~ Mrs. David F. Evans & Edward J. Hopkins 1951 Milwaukee, WI ~ John R. Jones 1952 Columbus, OH ~ E. I. Evans 1953 Rochester, NY ~ Lynn C. Watkins 1954 Philadelphia, PA ~ Thomas E. Rees 1955 Salt Lake City, UT ~ George C. Lloyd 1956 Cleveland, OH ~ John G. Roberts 1957 Washington, DC ~ Mrs. Sarah Ann Davies 1958 Milwaukee, WI ~ John Pritchard 1959 Toronto, ON ~ Douglas C. Jones 1960 San Francisco, CA ~ Dr. M. D. Thomas 1961 Chicago, IL ~ Mrs. Florence E. Williams 1962 Utica, NY ~ Richard Hughes 1963 Detroit, MI ~ Walter T. Perrott 1964 Philadelphia, PA ~ John Ellis Rosser 1965 Pittsburgh, PA ~ George K. Richards 1966 Los Angeles, CA ~ Dr. M. D. Thomas 1967 Toronto, ON ~ Ivor Davies 1968 Buffalo, NY ~ Mair Monkhouse 1969 Cleveland, OH ~ John G. Roberts 1970 Milwaukee, WI ~ Gwynn Parri 1971 Salt Lake City, UT ~ Dr. M. D. Thomas 1972 Chicago, IL ~ Mrs. Robert J. Williams 1973 Toronto, ON ~ W. F. Blanch 1974 Cleveland, OH ~ John G. Roberts 1975 New York, NY ~ Wilfred O. Greenway 1976 Philadelphia, PA ~ Elisabeth Griffith 1977 Ottawa, ON ~ Don Mills & Tal Griffiths 1978 Minneapolis, MN ~ David E. Thomas 1979 Niagara Falls, NY *[1] ~ Gwyneth Crysler & Lewis Edwards 1980 Vancouver, BC ~ Gwenfyl E. Jones 1981 Utica, NY ~ Robert A. Jones 1982 Toronto, ON ~ Eluned Thomas 1983 Wilkes-Barre, PA ~ Jack A. Pritchard 1984 Portland, OR ~ Emmaline Davies & Betty Pierce *[2] 1985 Montreal, PQ ~ Terrence Pearce 1986 Columbus, OH ~ Tom Brownfield 1987 St. Paul, MN ~ Mae Howells Anderson 1988 Baltimore, MD ~ Barbara A. Morgan 1989 Pittsburgh, PA ~ David R. Lewis & John C. Williams 1990 Victoria, BC ~ Yvonne Griffiths-Evans 1991 Cincinnati, OH ~ David Taliesin Richards & Dr. Wm. John Lewis 1992 Kansas City, MO ~ Jack A. Nesbitt & Ann McFerrin 1993 Wilkes-Barre, PA ~ Jack A. Pritchard & Beth Landmesser 1994 Bellevue, WA ~ Alan Upshall 1995 Harrisburg, PA ~ Glenn Grove & Pat St.Clair 1996 Utica, NY ~ Rev. Stephen L. Reese & Patricia C. Driver 1997 Milwaukee, WI ~ David T. Williams & Arline H. Barsamian 1998 Columbus, OH ~ Mary Ellen Morgan & Marietta Riggs Schumann 1999 Minneapolis, MN ~ Dr. Ellis J. Jones & Mary Morris Mergenthal 2000 Ottawa, ON ~ Ian Morris 2001 San Jose, CA ~ Howard Thomas 2002 Harrisburg, PA ~ Glenn Grove & Cheryl Mitchell Past Venues of the North American Festival of Wales 2003 Richmond, BC *[3] ~ Alan Upshall & Lynn Owens-Whalen 2004 Buffalo, NY *[4] ~ Myfanwy Davies 2005 Orlando, FL ~ Jan Briggs & Trudy Howells 2006 Cincinnati, OH ~ Ian Morris 2007 Washington, DC ~ Hywel Davies 2008 Chicago, IL ~ Barbara Jones 2009 Pittsburgh, PA ~ Ian Morris 2010 Portland, OR ~ Janet Figini & Betty Pierce 2011 Cleveland, OH *[5] ~ Barbara Jones 2012 Scranton, PA ~ Beth Landmesser 2013 Toronto, ON ~ Betty Cullingworth 2014 Minneapolis, MN ~ Mary Morris Mergenthal & Kay Gavin 2015 Columbus Ohio ~ Laura Jenkins Gorun 2016 Calgary, AB ~ David Matthews & Elaine Westlake 2017 Rochester, NY ~ David & Janet Allen 2018 Alexandria, VA ~ Katherine De Francis & Diane Owen 2019 Milwaukee, WI ~ Jan Jones Batty & Danny Proud 2020 North American Festival of Wales was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 Utica, NY ~ Ted Engle 2022 Philadelphia, PA ~ Jack Williams & Taylor Williams 2023 Lincoln, NE ~ Gwenith Closs-Colgrove & Susan Evans Atchison 2024 Pittsburgh PA ~ Ian Samways & Jessica Davis [1] 50th Anniversary Jubilee Gymanfa Ganu [2] The first all female team to chair a National venue committee [3] 1st Annual North American Festival of Wales [4] 75th Anniversary Nelson L. Llewellyn Gymanfa Ganu [5] Organization name changed to the Welsh North American Association |