St Davidrsquos Welsh Heritage Society FEBRUARY 2020

welshsocietyofthesuncoastorg Nancy Mellican editor

EVERYONE INVITED

CROESO

Regular meetings of the St Davidrsquos Welsh Socie-ty of the Suncoast are now held at noon on the third Tuesday of the month from October to April at St Dunstanrsquos Anglican Church A pot-luck luncheon and program entertain all persons with an interest in celebrating Welsh heritage We have great fun so bring a friend to socialize (They do not even have to be Welsh to be wel-come) This will be the 76th year of the existence of the St Davidrsquos Welsh Society of the Suncoast Not many can equal that record

Dont forget the next meeting on February 18 Our own Susan Biel will present a program on Gems and Minerals Around the World Susan is a gemologist who has graciously agreed to share her expertise We look forward to seeing every-one there Remember that March brings St Davidrsquos Day The banquet this year will be on his actual daymdashMarch 1st and is our only meeting this month The committee reminds you to send in your res-ervation form found in this newsletter) as soon as possible The committee guarantees a lovely evening with musical entertainments to please everyone

HOW ARE YOU According to our records the following members have not paid their dues this year We hope this is an oversight Know that we miss you and hope you are doing well

Ron and Cyndy Astle Pamela Lewis Susan Biel Susan Ryan Linda Brown Mark Taber Bill and Merrill Fell Kristy Alderson Amy Ferrell Dave Thomas Matt Hall Jack Jacobs

DID YOU KNOW

According to Wikipedia Welsh rabbit (original spelling) or Welsh rarebit (spelling based on folk etymology) is a traditional Welsh dish made with a savoury sauce of melted cheese and various other ingredients and served hot after being poured over slices (or other pieces) of toasted bread or served in a chafing dish like a fondue More often described with suffixes or choice of extras on menus variants have been named English rabbit Scotch rabbit buck rab-bit golden buck blushing bunny and in some parts of France it is known as leun Welsh The names of the dish originate from 18th-century Britain but the dish contains no rabbit meat

TRIVIA QUESTION Where is Walesrsquo oldest royal tombstone lo-cated and who is buried there

Minutes of January 2020 Meeting

The meeting was called to order at 1220 pm by

President James Nine members and two guests

were present After opening prayer by Kelfryn

James the Pledge of Allegiance to the American

flag and singing of the Welsh National Anthem in

Welsh President James welcomed all to the buf-

fet table for lunch

Reports Membership chair Nancy Mellican an-

nounced 30 paid members Treasurer Connie

Osmulski reported that there is $383961 in our

treasury

Emil Veltre our Facebook page creator an-

nounced that the site has achieved the 25 hits

required to allow it to be actively accessed

The meeting was turned over to the Banquet

Committee Chair Wendy Whittaker reported that

the harpist Victoria Garcia has been engaged

Jean suggested asking Clark Parry to provide the

invocation and benediction ndash Barbara will call

Clark Cyndi Parry to again head the silent auc-

tion with the assistance of Barbara Giraldi

Shirley Hand will bring a keyboard and play for

singing and provide some piano music before the

harpist arrives Shirley is being provided with

songbook and other music selections by Wendy

and Jean Treasurer Connie will continue to take

care of tickets meal cards name tags and table

decorations Jean James will be master of cere-

monies

Jean asked for a volunteer to provide a program

for the February meeting There being no further

business to come before the meeting it was ad-

journed with singing of God By With You Till We

Meet Again and benediction by Kelfryn James

Barbara Giraldi Secretary

February 15 Sandra Mallozzi March 4 Linda Brown April 1 Gwen Giffin Carter 2 Gwen Krause 6 Rhianon Hardy

11 Jack Jacobs 28 Meg Zeigler 28 Gareth Williams

ANNIVERSARIES

February 25 1961 Pat and Rhianon Hardy March 22 Larry and Connie Osmulski

N MEMORIUM Always proud of

her Welsh connections Norma Parry never failed to brighten our St Davidrsquos Day Banquet with her quiet smile Sadly she passed away on Thanksgiving Day in her Tupper Lake NY home She will be missed by all who knew her

ANSWER TO TRIVIA QUESTION In Llan-gadwaladr lies Britainrsquos oldest royal tomb-stone that of Cadfan ap Iago King of Gwyn-edd from 616 to 625

AROUND THE MEMBERSHIP

Susan Biel had to miss the last meeting be-cause she was having the tile floors replaced in her house and was taking longer than ex-pected

If you have any ne ws for this column please let Nancy Mellican know (727-726-3125) She can only print what is reported to her Thank you

2020 St Davidrsquos Day Banquet

Sunday March 1

Banquet Masters 13355 49th Street North

Clearwater

400 Social Hour 500 Dinner Program to follow

Dinner Choices (Cash bar available) Prime Rib ($4500) Vegetarian ($4500) Chicken Cordon Bleu ($4500) Childrenrsquos option Salmon Almandine ($4500) Chicken Fingers (1500)

RESERVATIONS

Name(s) Dinner choice

Your phone number

Request others (not listed above) at your table of 8

Mail Reservations (with check) to Connie Osmulski 1540 Lakeview Road Clearwater FL 33756

RESERVATION DEADLINE is February 24 There will be a $500 surcharge to pay at the door

PICTURE PAGE

Always start at the

dessert end of a

buffet

Connie Osmlulski prepares a

heathy salad for the buffet

Kelfryn James proudly

shows off his Cymru

sweatshirt that he bought

in Gatlinburg TN

Meg Zeigler and her

friend David Bargquist

listen to the discus-

sion planning for the

St Davidrsquos Day ban-

quet Secretary Barbara Giral-

di takes diligent notes for

her next report

You can find us on Facebook at ldquoThe Welsh Society of the Suncoastrdquo