St David's Day Let's Celebrate

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Oh, hello. Welcome to number 22.

I'm Thomas Ticker.

I'm just having a spring clean.

Things get messy here from time to time.

Oh! Egg boxes.

What have I got these for? I don't know.

I keep things, thinking they'll come in handy some day.

I've got a great festival for you today - St David's Day.

St David is the patron saint of Wales.

If you live in Wales, you'll know all about it.

I've got friends who are getting ready for the celebrations.

Hello, my name is Charlotte and this is my sister, Harriet

and this is Jessica and we're celebrating St David's Day.

St David is the patron saint of Wales

and we live in the city named after him - St David's.

It's not a very big city.

In fact, it's the smallest city in all of Britain.

It has a few shops, a beautiful cathedral

and this is St Non's well.

Non was St David's mum.

It is said that the water here sprang up when St David was born.

-Shall we throw some coins in?

-Let's make a wish.

Throw them in, girls.

It's time for us to go to school.

At school today, we're getting things ready

for the St David's Day celebration.

Can I borrow the red?

Lucy, how many people will be at the parade?

Last year, all of you turned up...

It's going to be a big parade with a dragon and we're helping to make it.

We speak Welsh to our friends.

THEY SPEAK WELSH

Welsh is the language of Wales and lots of people here can speak it.

It's time to put the eyes on.

Happy with it?

ALL: Yes.

Make sure they're in the right place so he can see.

Done!

-Perfect. How does he look?

-Good.

The red dragon is a famous symbol of Wales.

It is on the Welsh flag.

Now it's time for our competition.

We take it in turns to perform.

It's really fun watching our friends performing too.

And the judges choose a winner.

We are wearing our Welsh costume to perform in.

I'm singing a song with my friends in Welsh

called Summer Day.

THEY SING IN WELSH

Now, we're going to our friend, Scott's farm.

Hi, Scott. We're here to pick some daffodils.

OK. Follow me.

It's a daffodil farm.

Daffodils are springtime flowers.

It's traditional to wear them on St David's Day.

-We got all of these.

-There's a lot here.

-There you go. A lovely bunch of daffodils.

-Thank you, Scott.

We're going to take these home to decorate our house.

Jessica's gone home now and we've come home too.

We're going to make some Welsh cakes for her

as a special surprise for tomorrow.

We need flour, sugar, Welsh butter,

an egg and some sultanas.

We add the flour and the butter.

How's it doing? Shall I have a look?

We need to add the sugar and sultanas.

Mum's cracking the egg in.

-It's very gooey now.

-Looks like caramel.

Very stiff.

Now we need to cut out circles.

I think Jessica will like them.

It's time to cook them now.

Mum's doing that bit.

They're ready.

-Look what you've made.

-Wow.

These look yummy.

We can't wait to celebrate St David's Day.

BOTH: Bye!

I think the St David's celebrations are going to be fun.

Oh, I do love flowers.

The only trouble with daffodils is they don't last very long.

Oh, of course... Hang on.

Yes!

And... We need...

And...this, I think.

Oh, and a bit of this.

I'll show you what I've got in mind after this.

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Not much is known about St David,

or Dewi Sant, as he's known in Wales.

There are lots of stories that might be true,

like this one.

One day, all the church people of Wales were called to a meeting

to help decide who should be the head of the Church.

Whoever could speak the clearest

and for the longest time,

would win the prize and become the head of the Church.

All the important men of Wales arrived for the competition,

wearing their best clothes and wanted to make good impressions.

But everyone wanted to go first.

All the men started arguing and shouting.

When Dewi arrived at the competition,

all the chattering and shouting was still going on,

with each man trying to outdo the next.

It was almost deafening.

Then, a dove, Dewi's friend, landed on his shoulder

and seemed to whisper something in his ear.

Now he smiled

and reached into his pocket for a hanky.

He unfolded it and laid it on the floor.

People started to stare at Dewi.

Slowly, the ground under Dewi's feet started moving.

And gradually, the ground grew under his feet

until he was standing on a small hill.

Everyone was amazed

and when Dewi spoke that day, everybody listened.

At the end of the day,

it was decided that Dewi should win the competition

as he was the best speaker

and that's how it came to be that Dewi was head of the Church

and patron saint of Wales.

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St David was very special, wasn't he?

Imagine having a dove talk to you.

I've only got Sprockett and she doesn't talk much.

Hmm. Right, finished.

What do you think? Flowers that will last forever.

That will brighten up the place.

It's time for the St David celebration now.

Are you ready?

Hello. We're in St David's and the St David's parade is about to start.

We're wearing our daffodils.

Everyone is gathered around

and the dragon parade is about to start.

Lots of people are wearing daffodils

and leeks, which are symbols of Wales.

Come on, you two, let's go and take our positions.

We're helping to carry the dragon that we made at school.

The parade is about to start.

We're walking through the streets so everyone can see us.

Lots of schools in and around St David's have made a dragon

and each one is a bit different.

I think that one looks cheeky and our one looks happy.

Look, there's our family watching us.

Hi, Mum! Hi, Dad!

'That was brilliant.

'The parade has made us hungry.'

We're going to the city hall now for a food competition.

Look, there's our friend, Scott, selling daffodils.

People from around St David's have each made cawl

to enter in the competition.

Cawl is like a lamb stew with lots of delicious vegetables in it.

We'll taste the cawls then write down which one's the best.

-That one's nice.

-Is it?

It's nice.

'The one that the most people like will be the winner.'

Taste? Enjoy.

Right, then. Who's for some of Dad's cawl.

'We've come home for a big family dinner. Dad's made cawl.'

-Dad, your cawl is the best in St David's.

-That's what I want to hear.

I thought it was. I'm going to enter next year.

Now we've had the dinner, it's time to go to a dance.

-Come on, Mummy, let's go inside.

-Let's do some dancing.

Everybody gets together for a dance.

Look, there's Jessica. It's time to give her the Welsh cakes we made.

-Look, we made you Welsh cakes.

-Thanks.

-Want one?

-Yes, please.

Mm-mmm!

Come on, Jessica. Let's go and join in the next dance.

'Lots of people here are dancing to the music.'

ACCORDION MUSIC PLAYS

'It's been a brilliant day.'

Happy St David's day. It's great to celebrate.

BOTH: Bye.

It's great to celebrate. It really is.

I've invited a few friends over for a special party outside my house.

Would you like to come?

# Can't wait to celebrate It's great to celebrate

# Can't wait to celebrate It's great to celebrate

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# We're so excited cos it's going to be

# A party time for all our friends and family

# We're getting ready we'll have so much fun

# So come and join in, everyone

# Cos it's time for us to celebrate

# Now it's time for us to celebrate

# Cos today is such a special day

# It's great to celebrate

# It's time for you and me to celebrate

# So jump to your feet and dance with us

# Clap your hands and cheer

# Cos it's time for us to celebrate

# Now it's time for us to celebrate

# Cos today is such a special day

# And it's time for you and me to celebrate

# It's time for us to celebrate

# It's time for you and me

# It's great to celebrate. #