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-In this series of Cwmni...

-..we look behind the scenes

-at Welsh companies.

-From printing to manufacturing,

-from tourism to food and drink.

-Each business is different

-but one thing is certain...

-..the Welsh language

-is important to them all.

-This week, we focus on DMM.

-DMM manufactures climbing

-and mountaineering equipment...

-..at its factory

-in Llanberis, Snowdonia.

-The equipment is sold

-to 66 countries across the world...

-..and they send out

-around 100 packages every day.

-The company was founded in 1981,

-employing four people.

-Nowadays, 185 people work here...

-..many of whom speak Welsh.

-For help to follow the programme,

-use the website and the app...

-..and don't forget the subtitles!

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-Good morning, DMM. Can I help you?

-I look after the engineering side

-of the DMM business, in the factory.

-I'm a Managing Director

-of the company.

-I came here for what I thought

-was three months in 1998.

-I came here

-as part of a partnership scheme...

-..between the University of Bangor

-and local workplaces.

-They sent out graduates for three

-months and DMM asked me to stay.

-They gave me a 12-month contract and

-that led to a full-time contract.

-I worked as a designer initially

-and I really enjoyed it.

-Designing on a computer in 3D

-is really great.

-Manufacturing that product is great.

-Going into production and

-seeing it in shops is great too.

-Knowing that the items we

-manufacture save lives is wonderful.

-It's nice

-to see our products being used.

-We started with 70 people...

-..and that's gone up to 185 or 188.

-We have plans

-to expand the business again.

-The technology we use has moved on.

-It's great

-to see something succeed...

-..especially here, in Wales.

-Very few people do what we do.

-Nobody else does it under one roof.

-A lot of people dread going to work

-in the mornings.

-Don't tell my wife,

-but I like being here!

-She knows that really.

-I tackle different challenges

-every day.

-We're very fortunate...

-..because we have a team of people

-who are experts on what we do.

-We do every single thing,

-from start to finish here...

-..which means everything

-is under our supervision.

-I'm a forger.

-This is my press.

-We forge a few different things.

-Carabiners, buddys, cams

-and all sorts of things.

-It's a very interesting job.

-People's lives

-depend on these things.

-These items are made in Wales

-and they're used around the world.

-I've been here for ten months.

-I came here

-for three months originally.

-It's very important...

-..that we measure

-completely accurately.

-The heat of the oven and the press

-has to be spot-on...

-..to make sure

-the components are right.

-It takes three months

-to train to do this job.

-Once you're fully trained,

-you forge items here.

-One person will hit around

-1,000 carabiners in a single shift.

-This keeps going 24 hours a day.

-We turn out a lot of items in a day.

-This is the oven.

-It's a bit bigger

-that the oven you have at home!

-It's a hot job,

-but it's nice in the winter.

-I clean the tools...

-..and make sure

-the tools are maintained.

-When they've been out in the press,

-they come back into the toolroom.

-I speak Welsh at work

-most of the time.

-Four or five of us speak Welsh

-and two or three are English.

-We speak both languages here,

-but Welsh is our main language.

-The way DMM works is similar to

-the way the slate industry worked.

-The company is self-sufficient.

-All the equipment and moulds

-are created onsite, in the toolroom.

-There was a similar room

-in slate quarries.

-Every mould is prepared and cleaned

-in the toolroom.

-Every piece of equipment

-has its own mould and unique name.

-Names like Boa,

-Cam, Buddy and so on.

-When the rods

-are bent into the initial shape...

-..carabiners are heated in

-a red-hot oven to strengthen them.

-They're then moved to a machine

-which smoothes the edges.

-The carabiners

-are then moved to the CNC machine...

-..where the detailed work is done.

-I operate the machines you see here.

-I set the CNC machines too.

-If tools break, I change them.

-That's the type of work I do.

-Everything works around the designs.

-The designers create designs,

-programmes are created...

-..the components are machined

-to size or to a certain detail...

-..then they go to the next area.

-What I enjoy most about my job

-is learning new skills.

-I go to college one day a week...

-..as part of a three-year

-engineering course.

-I'm learning to work with lathes.

-There are other programmes

-like this one.

-We do more technical work here

-than we do at college.

-College is more hands-on

-and you think more here.

-Mathematics and so on.

-I speak Welsh all the time at work.

-I speak English to my manager

-because he's English...

-..but the lads speak Welsh.

-I'd say 90%

-of the people here speak Welsh.

-This carabinera goes into

-the machine looking like that...

-..and it comes out

-looking like this...

-..having been drilled.

-It's drilled here, here and here.

-After every run, we check

-one in every eight components.

-Go - green goes through.

-No go - red doesn't go through.

-This gauge is the same idea -

-go, no-go.

-We put the go in the thread.

-It must rotate nine turns...

-..to show the component is machined

-to drawing specification.

-We work

-to incredibly small tolerances.

-We work to 0.1mm, so that's

-how excellent our work is.

-Olrhain - trace.

-Peirianneg - engineering.

-Llygoden - mouse.

-Morthwyl - hammer.

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-This time, we're surrounded

-by flames and lasers...

-..as we see how DMM manufactures

-climbing and mountaineering gear.

-Are we winning?

-Do they go through?

-Yes, they go through.

-They're better, aren't they?

-Johnny said so yesterday.

-I've managed the assembly

-for eight years.

-Like everyone else,

-I started at the bottom...

-..labelling in the warehouse.

-They asked me

-to come and work down here.

-There are 30 staff in

-this department, working under me.

-We also have other small departments

-- walnuts and inspection.

-There are four or five

-working there too.

-It's my job to get

-the work out to everyone in here...

-..to make sure I achieve the monthly

-targets given to me by the factory.

-It's stressful and there's a lot of

-pressure on me to get the work out.

-Things go wrong, things get damaged

-and we have breakdowns and so on.

-I keep spirits high

-and encourage them to work for me.

-That sounds wrong!

-They work hard.

-I wouldn't be here if these

-good people didn't work hard.

-It'll be better.

-The pin will stick out much better.

-I'm a technical assembler.

-Everything comes in pieces

-and we assemble it all by hand.

-I can do up to 600 or 700 in a day.

-Assembly

-is at the very heart of DMM.

-I can't make mistakes.

-If I make mistakes

-and they leave the building...

-..it will cost a lot of money

-to dismantle them.

-But there is a way to deal with it

-and that's what we do.

-We speak Wenglish -

-half English, half Welsh!

-I call it lazy Welsh.

-It's easier and quicker

-to use an English word.

-We all speak the same language!

-The English members of staff learn

-Welsh and we have fun with them.

-They sometimes use long, correct

-Welsh words which leave us baffled!

-But we also use perfect Welsh

-when we talk to them...

-..and we swear in Welsh!

-We've got good banter here.

-I'm a quality engineer.

-I sort out problems...

-..and I test new products.

-I've been learning Welsh

-for three years.

-The people at work are very patient.

-They help me on the shop floor...

-..and they speak Welsh to me.

-They speak slowly.

-That helps.

-I learn Welsh by talking to people

-on the shop floor.

-I have a little baby.

-She's ten months old.

-She's learning Welsh too!

-I work in customer services.

-I have to answer

-a lot of technical questions...

-..about harnesses or carabiners.

-Things like that.

-I've been learning Welsh...

-..for around four years.

-I started to learn Welsh...

-..because I had two children...

-..five years ago.

-I speak Welsh with my children,

-with the people in the office...

-..and with the people

-in the warehouse.

-They're extremely patient.

-When I learn Welsh in class...

-..my tutor

-always speaks very slowly.

-But when I come here, the people

-in the office speak really quickly.

-I get real experience here.

-I'm a laser operator.

-I add whatever information needs to

-be etched onto our products.

-The products arrive here

-with no writing on them.

-I put them in the machine

-and prepare the programme.

-Each product has a serial number.

-We use it to track

-when it was made and who made it.

-We also add the relevant,

-all-important standard mark.

-All that information

-is lasered onto the equipment.

-Should there be a problem, we know

-when it was made and who made it...

-..all the way back to its arrival

-here as an aluminium bar.

-We can find the details

-through the whole process.

-We know who did what

-and whether it was done correctly.

-I like the variety in this job.

-The text and the laser

-may be the same...

-..but the equipment changes.

-I don't know what to do now.

-What can I say?

-I'm always quiet at this time.

-I'm a warehouse worker and we get

-things ready to go to the shops.

-We put tags and labels on them...

-..ready to be shipped to shops.

-There are a lot of different jobs

-and it's always busy here.

-It never stops.

-Seriously - it never stops.

-Eight of us work in this warehouse

-and four work in the other one.

-They bring work through to us

-from the other warehouse.

-My daughter works here with me

-and she's fantastic.

-She's a good worker.

-I thought I'd have trouble with her

-but she's good.

-She's a hard worker.

-We speak Welsh all the time

-at work...

-..but when the sales people

-come through, they speak English.

-It is hard to switch

-from Welsh to English at times...

-..but we teach Welsh

-to English people too.

-I'll carry on with this.

-Alright?

-I'm a goods-out operator.

-I send goods out

-to different countries every day.

-We use couriers

-like DPD, UPS and TNT...

-..to send items to all sorts

-of places every single day.

-We send goods to America,

-South Africa and all of Europe.

-We send good all over England,

-Wales, Scotland...

-..and to Austria.

-Loads of places.

-Canada, New Zealand,

-Australia, Rhosgadfan.

-Our most popular ones

-are Germany and Norway.

-Climbing equipment is really

-popular there, for some reason.

-Thanks to DPD,

-we can deliver to the whole country.

-There isn't a place

-where we don't send goods.

-The best part of my job

-is getting everything out.

-We have targets to meet,

-so we need everything to go through.

-If we reach our targets,

-we get a bonus.

-When I go to Liverpool or Cardiff...

-..I go to climbing shops

-and think, "I packed those."

-They were made over there.

-Golygfa - view.

-Cydosod - assemble.

-Offer - equipment.

-Anfon - send.

-Byd-eang - worldwide.

-Afiach - disgusting.

-It's really important

-to speak Welsh at work.

-I'm glad I can speak Welsh.

-I speak Welsh with everyone

-at work and that's important.

-We live in Wales.

-It's easier for me

-because I went to a Welsh school.

-All my friends speak Welsh.

-It's easier for me

-if I can speak Welsh all day.

-DMM is based on quality.

-Nothing other than that

-leaves this place.

-We manufacture Ferrari carabiners.

-Go to Italy or China

-and you'll get Skoda carabiners!

-That's my personal opinion.

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-Next, a chance to enjoy highlights

-of the Royal Welsh Show 2015.

-For help to follow the programme,

-use the website and the app...

-..and don't forget the subtitles!

-Welcome to the highlights

-of Tuesday at the Royal Welsh.

-What a day it's been!

-People and animals everywhere.

-It was a wonderful day

-and there's nowhere I'd rather be.

-And so, on with the competitions.

-The continental breeds' popularity

-continues in the sheep ring.

-Over 150 shapely and meaty

-Beltex sheep came to compete here.

-Adrian and Ilan have joined me.

-I'm lucky

-to have two men to keep me company.

-Ifan, the Beltex is a new addition

-to the Royal Welsh.

-Yes, the Royal Welsh

-was the first show in Britain...

-..to offer classes

-for the Beltex breed...

-..and that was in 1995.

-The Beltex was introduced to Britain

-in around 1991.

-It's a breed which has gathered

-a lot of support.

-This small-framed breed

-carries a lot of meat.

-Yes, that's true.

-They have a small frame and their

-bones are finer than most breeds...

-..so the ratio of meat to bone

-is really high in the Beltex.

-Adrian, you've kept this breed

-for a couple of years.

-Yes, for ten years.

-I think it's an important breed

-for the quality of British lamb.

-I think he's made his decision.

-Charlotte Findlay's ram.

-Look at the width of those shoulders

-and the square loin.

-Those hind quarters are meaty.

-I think he'd produce good lambs

-to be put on the hook.

-These high grade rams

-produce the best quality lambs.

-There are 30 lambs in the ring.

-What a great advertisement

-for the breed.

-Yes, it's a feast for the eyes

-to see these excellent ram lambs.

-Ilan, as a butcher, this is where

-you see the potential of the lamb.

-Yes, it's part of the business.

-You want to get the best out of

-the carcasses and get the best meat.

-As you see, there's plenty of meat

-on these Beltexes.

-We have a result.

-OEM Jones and EM Roberts win

-with Ioan from Maesybont second...

-..and Rob Rattray, the butcher

-from Aberystwyth, is third.

-I think Ioan's other ram lamb

-has won fourth prize.

-What an achievement to have two ram

-lambs in the top six.

-Adrian, congratulations.

-Thank you. What a class!

-You often taste victory here.

-Yes, and this is the class

-we all want to win.

-To win the ram lamb class

-is wonderful.

-There must have been 40 lambs

-in this class. It's great.

-Thank you.

-The Beltex Championship

-is about to be decided.

-That one really is fresh.

-He gets so excited.

-The judge has made his decision.

-Yes, and I think he's chosen

-Charlotte Findlay's ram.

-She's smiling at the judge.

-Yes, she's trying to catch his eye

-any way she can!

-Has she succeeded?

-No.

-Harry Wood takes it

-with the shearling.

-Harry Wood from Popes Farm,

-Lancashire, wins the championship.

-Congratulations to him.

-It's the continental breeds'

-time to shine.

-The Charolais

-have come from far and wide.

-Adrian Davies, Glanbrydan,

-Carmarthenshire, won last year.

-Will the championship

-remain in Wales again this year?

-The ewe shearling class

-is a real feast.

-Yes, all the classes

-have been magnificent.

-I'd love to judge this class

-but it would be a tough job.

-These are young sheep.

-These are young sheep.

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-Yes, they're one-year-olds.

-They're excellent.

-They're huge!

-They're huge!

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-Yes, they are.

-Let's take a look at the ewes

-which are leading at the moment.

-Things could change, but the ewe

-in pole position is from Dumfries.

-Yes. It's a good sheep.

-The back is good, isn't it?

-Look at the hind quarters.

-The breed is renowned for it.

-Its legs are very good too.

-The ewe lying second

-is from Carmarthen.

-Adrian Davies

-won the championship last year.

-His is a really fine ewe.

-Yes, he won the

-Charolais Championship last year.

-Yes, and few people achieve that.

-Oh, has he changed his mind?

-Yes - Adrian has moved

-into first place.

-Adrian Davies from Carmarthenshire.

-They're two good ewes.

-He's given the steward a wink,

-so the cards are on their way.

-He's won again.

-Can he win the championship?

-Can history repeat itself?

-Who knows?

-This is becoming an annual meeting.

-I've had one win anyway.

-It's brilliant.

-It's a big ask

-for you to improve on last year.

-Yes. Last year was wonderful.

-Just thinking about it

-brings tears to the eyes.

-Yes. It was incredible

-to do what we did last year.

-You're a step closer

-to doing it again.

-Fantastic.

-Fantastic.

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-Congratulations.

-The big Charolais battle

-has commenced - the championship.

-Dr Dai Morris, the championship

-is going to Scotland.

-Yes. It's between two brothers.

-Yes, and what a feat for two

-brothers to reach the final two.

-They're showing

-two magnificent animals.

-Gregor and Bruce Ingram

-from Scotland.

-There we have it. Do you agree?

-There we have it. Do you agree?

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-Yes.

-Incredible, fair play.

-They come to Wales

-to compete every year.

-Yes, and they always

-have a great time.

-They'll enjoy tonight!

-Wow! Fantastic again.

-You keep coming down the Wales

-and winning all the trophies.

-What's so special

-about the Royal Welsh Show?

-For us, it's the top standard

-of livestock in the UK...

-..or Europe as well.

-It's the place to be.

-It's a hive of activity.

-Good luck for the rest of the show

-and safe journey back to Scotland.

-Thank you.

-There's a wide variety

-of arts, crafts...

-..cooking and produce competitions

-here every year.

-The contestants' labour of love

-is there for all to see.

-Anwen Pugh, you've tasted success

-for the first time.

-Yes. I've never competed before.

-What made you compete this year?

-I'm usually here

-from Sunday to Thursday night...

-..so I thought I'd give it a go.

-Which competition did you win?

-Which competition did you win?

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-The novice knitting class.

-Tell me about your creation.

-Tell me about your creation.

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-It's a bag.

-I knitted it and lined it but

-there are no sewing stitches in it.

-It's all been knitted together.

-Well, well! Congratulations.

-My brother-in-law got me into it.

-He'd been keeping bees for a year.

-I talked to him about it...

-..and it just developed from there.

-I bought a hive and some bees

-and here we are now.

-The judges

-look at how clear the honey is.

-They shine a light through it

-to look for any black spots.

-They check the jar itself...

-..then they open it, smell the honey

-and then they taste it.

-They then

-make their decision from there.

-I won the Comb Of Honey, Suitable

-For Extracting novice class...

-..and the

-Two Jars Of Light Honey class.

-I'm most proud of winning...

-..the Three Jars Of Clear Honey

-Open Class.

-Beryl Evans from Llangeitho...

-..you're a contestant

-and a steward here this year.

-How has the Show been for you,

-so far?

-Quite successful and very busy.

-The Money Box class is at the

-far end and I won first prize there.

-There's a jar inside it

-and it's made of clay.

-I can see more red cards.

-Yes - I won the Picture Frame class

-and the Doorstop class.

-You've won even more prizes!

-Yes - first and third

-in the Driftwood class.

-It's been a huge success, Beryl.

-Congratulations.

-The Section D Welsh Cobs classes

-were held in the main ring.

-It's busy in the main ring

-with the Welsh breeds being judged.

-This class is the Welsh Cobs

-Filly Or Gelding Three Year Old.

-This is the judge - Sir Robinson.

-His interest in the Welsh breeds

-started as far back as the 1960s.

-Dorian Lloyd is the owner

-of Perthog Gwenan Mai.

-Here he is, showing the horse

-to the judge, Rob Robinson.

-A little trot there.

-This is Miss Edwards and Mr Tyler's

-London Olympic Rose...

-..sired by Swanhill Golden Rocket

-out of Trevallion Stella.

-Michael John Reed,

-Llanweneth Lucky Lady...

-..sired by Cascob Jack Flash,

-out of Llanweneth Menna.

-Andrew is leading this horse

-and I think he's got a new jacket.

-They match!

-It's good to see the judge

-chatting with the steward.

-The steward, Cemmaes Evans,

-is looking for someone.

-There he is - back where he started.

-Dorian Lloyd

-with Perthog Gwenan Mai...

-..out of Perthog Champ,

-sired by Gwynfaes Culhwch.

-They're in no particular order...

-..so they'll ask the champion

-and the reserve to step out.

-Who takes it?

-Dorian Lloyd takes the gold medal

-with Perthog Gwenan Mai.

-Congratulations to them.

-See you soon

-for more from the Royal Welsh.

-We ruffle a few feathers and we

-talk to some of the competitors.

-We look at

-the dairy cattle classes...

-..and Ioan keeps an eye

-on some Young Farmers competitions.

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-The poultry is judged on Tuesdays.

-Ioan went to see

-some very busy classes.

-That's a feather in his cap!

-I don't need to explain

-where we are!

-This is a hen and I'm in the

-poultry shed with Mr Amlyn Parry.

-I hear you tasted success

-with this hen.

-Yes. This is a hen

-which we bred last year.

-There are a lot of

-different colours of this variety.

-Has the competition

-been tough this year?

-Yes, 15 names were entered

-but only ten turned up.

-I'm happy to have won the class

-against nine others.

-This is your first year at the Show?

-Yes, and we brought some call ducks,

-some Sebrights and a Dutch.

-Is that a duck?

-Yes. It hatched this year.

-What's this one?

-A Silver Sebright.

-Do you get eggs from them?

-Yes. We hatch them

-and we sell the eggs we don't need.

-You breed

-the ones you want to keep. I see.

-You're the duck man

-and you're the hen man.

-Osian, are you alright?

-Osian, are you alright?

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-Yes, thanks.

-Your cockerel won.

-Is this your first time at the Show?

-Is this your first time at the Show?

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-Yes.

-Tell me about this cockerel.

-Hold it up so we can see it.

-This is a Pekin

-from the True Bantams section.

-He's a bantam? I see.

-What features should we look for

-in such a grand cockerel?

-You look at the feathers

-on the feet, of course.

-They're very important.

-Yes. His head is important too.

-The lobes and the yellow beak.

-Does he have a name?

-No, of course not.

-Think of a name for him

-before the end of the day.

-How are you, Elfed Evans?

-How are you, Elfed Evans?

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-I'm very well, thank you.

-What's this cute little thing?

-This is a Sebright hen.

-The Sebright is a True Bantam.

-There's no other breed like it

-in the world.

-It's a True Bantam.

-This breed was developed by

-John Sebright around 200 years ago.

-There are Silver Sebrights

-and Gold Sebrights.

-You've won, so I hope you can

-go and have a pint or two now.

-I'm too old for that

-but I'll have a whisky before bed!

-Yesterday was Beef day but today,

-the dairy cattle takes centre stage.

-Welcome to an early morning class.

-This is

-the Holstein Heifer In Calf class.

-Brian Wetherup from Fife

-is the judge.

-These are the

-Holstein Heifers, In Milk.

-There are four in the class.

-Holstein Heifers, In Milk...

-..having calved at

-not more than three years of age.

-The standard is high in this class.

-The Davies family, Castellhyfryd,

-took second prize.

-The Cow, In Milk, Having Calved

-Three Times class is smaller.

-This gladdens the heart of anyone

-whose heart and hard work...

-..lies on the farmyard.

-Castellhyfryd Sprite Rosina

-has stepped into the ring.

-She won last year, of course.

-There are three cows in this class.

-Can she win the championship again?

-It doesn't seem likely

-at the moment.

-The three cows are in

-and Sprite is in the middle.

-What will happen?

-The first one is a good cow.

-She's the youngest of the three.

-She strikes the right note.

-Yes indeed.

-There's more than enough milk

-in Sprite today.

-Yes, that's certainly true.

-I wouldn't be surprised

-if he changed the order.

-He's made his decision

-and Sprite came second.

-She won't retain the championship.

-The crowd applauds the decision.

-It's a big thing

-to have to demote a champion.

-Congratulations, Iwan Rhys Morgan.

-This is the Holstein Championship.

-Eifion Huws is here with me.

-Sprite isn't in contention.

-She was last year's champion.

-There are plenty

-of excellent cows in the ring.

-It's hard to know what will happen.

-What a class we've had here.

-I'll stand out here and pick out

-my Champion and Reserve.

-This is the winner.

-He chose the young cow.

-Nantybola is the Reserve.

-It's easy to see why he chose her.

-Excellent.

-The Young Farmers

-held a Dressing Up Competition.

-Ioan went over to learn more

-about clothes and style.

-This is the Young Farmers Centre,

-which is the heart of the Show.

-Iwan, you're the chairman.

-How are you?

-Not bad.

-You're a busy man.

-Yes. We're on the second day.

-This is the focal point of the Show.

-Young Farmers are our future.

-Everyone visits

-the Young Farmers Centre.

-What's going on here?

-It's really colourful.

-We're holding

-lots of competitions this week.

-This is

-the Dressing Up Competition.

-There are 11 teams behind me.

-Two members dress up

-a senior member of the club.

-The theme is The Great Oceans.

-This is the time

-when they get together...

-..and make fun of the senior member.

-It's all good fun and there's a lot

-of design talent on display here.

-It involves planning too.

-Yes, and these teams

-won their regional heats.

-They've already beaten other clubs,

-so they're county champions.

-The Show is the pinnacle of the year

-for Young Farmers.

-We all look forward

-to The Royal Welsh.

-Everyone gets together to compete...

-..and to catch up with friends

-from other counties.

-We have fun as we learn.

-These young men and women

-will look back at this experience...

-..of being on stage

-in front of 300 people...

-..as they make their way

-though life.

-You're doing a brilliant job.

-You're doing a brilliant job.

-

-Thank you.

-S4C subtitles by Eirlys A Jones

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