Wed, 18 Jan 2017 Heno

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-Hello and welcome to Wednesday's

-edition of Heno live from Llanelli.

-As usual, we've got a variety of

-stories over the next 30 minutes.

-First, we join Alun Williams at

-Ysgol Gymraeg Cwmbran Welsh school.

-It's been an exciting day for

-the teachers, children and parents.

-There are two new pupils

-here at Ysgol Gymraeg Cwmbran.

-They are Sbarc and Seren.

-Stay tuned to find out more.

-Rhodri Davies is in Capel Iwan

-to visit a manor steeped in history.

-I've come to Glaspant Manor,

-on the outskirts of Capel Iwan.

-Freddie Mercury spent time here.

-If you have a spare million pounds,

-this could be your home.

-Rhodri mentioned

-Freddie Mercury there.

-But if you're a fan of music

-from the Swinging Sixties...

-..the Millennium Centre stages a

-show about the era's biggest bands.

-Do the songs Lola, Sunny Afternoon,

-You Really Got Me, ring a bell?

-You can relive the Sixties at

-the Millennium Centre this week...

-..with the new musical,

-Sunny Afternoon: The Kinks.

-Garmon Rhys stars in the show

-and tells us what's in store for us.

-Speaking of the Swinging Sixties...

-..our guest was only then starting

-out in the Welsh music scene.

-Dafydd Iwan, welcome to Heno.

-Thank you.

-Were you a fan of The Kinks?

-Not really.

-They were around at the time.

-You've come to tell us

-about a new app.

-But first, we're off to Cwmbran.

-Two new characters joined the

-pupils, teachers and parents...

-..to launch the

-Welsh Language Charter.

-Sbarc and Seren play a major role in

-school life and inspire children...

-..to use the Welsh language in all

-aspects of their lives.

-Alun Williams joined

-the celebrations.

-The aim of the Welsh

-Language Charter...

-..is to encourage children

-to speak Welsh more often socially.

-It's a Welsh Government venture

-which has travelled across Wales.

-Today, they've reached

-Ysgol Gymraeg Cwmbran.

-The Welsh Charter

-is a new project...

-..which hopes to have 1M

-Welsh speakers by 2050.

-Today, we celebrate the school's

-successes and launching the project.

-A couple of us at the school

-co-ordinate the Charter.

-We have meetings

-to think of ways forward...

-..to help the children to feel more

-confident using the language...

-..inside and outside the school.

-Sbarc and Seren are the official

-mascots of the Welsh Charter.

-They are on the posters and the

-children have got to know them.

-They are here today, ready to launch

-the charter in the school.

-We are selling stuff and helping

-people to speak Welsh.

-We are selling stuff so children

-and parents can speak Welsh.

-How important is it

-that people learn Welsh?

-It's important to speak Welsh and

-we all need to start speaking it.

-There are challenges outside school.

-There are Welsh Apps, Welsh TV

-and contemporary Welsh music.

-We are asking parents

-to support us...

-..by helping their children to

-use these resources.

-It will give them a better

-experience of the language...

-..and make them more confident

-to make Welsh part of their lives.

-We've had a positive response

-from all the schools in this area.

-The parents have also been positive.

-They have made the decision to send

-their children to a welsh school.

-They want to promote the language

-and raise its status in the area.

-Joe, without wishing to sound rude,

-what on earth are you doing here?

-Coming from Bristol, I've always

-been a bit of a Wenglophile.

-Not so fond of Cardiff City FC,

-who beat us on the weekend.

-I'm a massive fan of Welsh TV,

-theatre, poetry and music.

-We grew up on it.

-My girlfriend is a first-language

-Welsh speaker and we've had a son.

-I want to know how to get involved

-and learn your beautiful language.

-Fair play to you, "Chwarae teg" -

-there's your first lesson!

-I don't know what that means

-because it's very early days.

-On the App on my phone,

-it talks a lot about lamb meat.

-If you need someone to ask

-for "Cig oen", I'm your man!

-Brilliant.

-Brilliant.

-

-It's early days.

-Joe, thank you and good luck.

-Joe, thank you and good luck.

-

-You're welcome.

-Many children's parents have

-had Welsh-medium education...

-..but who have lost confidence

-over time.

-We hope to boost everyone's

-confidence with this venture...

-..and for people to use Welsh

-in every aspect of their lives.

-Some important work being done

-there by Menter Iaith.

-My studio guest tonight

-is the singer, Dafydd Iwan.

-Welcome to the programme.

-Thank you.

-The children often listen

-to your music in Cwmbran.

-Here is the man behind the voice.

-It's great to see the Charter

-across Wales.

-It was a great success in Gwynedd.

-The children lead the way.

-It's important they

-use it outside school.

-Welsh music was mentioned.

-Dafydd is here to tell us about a

-new Welsh music streaming service.

-Apton is available to us all.

-It's an exciting time.

-Apton is a Welsh music

-streaming service.

-It stems from A Bangor University

-research project.

-Three years has been spent on it.

-There definitely is a need

-for a service.

-Many Sain records have been streamed

-on Spotify.

-Now it's all available on Apton.

-You don't need to download them,

-but can stream them live.

-The whole catalogue is available.

-You can have a favourites list.

-Spotify is the major player.

-They are known to not pay

-artists much money.

-We will be paying artists properly.

-It can be used anywhere.

-You need to register online.

-You can then download the app

-to your phone.

-There is also a phone service.

-Over 1,500 have already registered.

-It's gone international.

-You've had a lot of interest

-in this app outside of Wales.

-People in Patagonia have subscribed.

-We were hacked earlier this year.

-It actually gave us some publicity.

-People contacted us for details.

-Dafydd Roberts has been talking

-to companies across the world.

-We are hoping it will encompass

-all minority languages.

-Have you been able to use vinyls?

-Some people do buy vinyl.

-Everything on vinyl

-will be available on Apton.

-We have had to use our archive.

-Many other archives are on Apton.

-I hope people will use it.

-It costs a minimum of 6 a month.

-Thank you, Dafydd.

-It's time for a break

-but we've got this to come later.

-Find out more about A Sunny

-Afternoon at the Millennium Centre.

-It stars me, Garmon Rhys.

-And Rhodri has been to a

-Carmarthenshire manor house...

-..with has a connection with another

-giant of the rock music scene...

-..Freddie Mercury.

-See you in a few minutes.

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-Welcome back.

-I don't know if Dafydd

-agrees with me...

-..but English-penned tracks

-such as Lola, Waterloo Sunset...

-..and Dedicated Follower of Fashion

-are among the Sixties biggest hits.

-Yes, the songs are iconic.

-They were lovely songs with great

-melodies.

-If you remember this era

-and are a fan of The Kinks...

-..you can relive these classics

-in a musical based on the band...

-..staged at the Wales

-Millennium Centre until Saturday.

-Llinos Lee met cast member,

-Garmon Rhys to find out more.

-# The tax man's taken all my dough

-# And left me in this stately home

-# Lazing on a sunny afternoon #

-Thanks for the chat before you

-step on stage for the matinee.

-Tell us more about Sunny Afternoon.

-It follows the story of The Kinks

-who formed back in the Sixties.

-They started as youngsters jamming

-in a changing room and in the house.

-They played around on their guitars

-and became international superstars.

-# Are you listening to me? #

-I portray the bassist, Pete Quaife.

-Ray Davies and Dave Davies

-were also band members.

-They were the original

-Gallagher brothers.

-There was a lot of feuds

-and conflict between them.

-Pete is stuck in the middle of them.

-Each actor has to play an instrument

-so is it an added pressure for you?

-Yes it does.

-There's a part where I have to

-dance, sing and play the guitar...

-..all whilst acting.

-I'm doing four things at the same

-time and it can be challenging.

-# Lola

-# La-la-la-la Lola #

-Were you a fan of The Kinks?

-Were you a fan of The Kinks?

-

-Yes, massively.

-I didn't realize how much of

-an influence they had on rock music.

-They helped to develop the sound

-of distortion and the fuzzy guitars.

-When I had the job, I listened

-to their whole back catalogue...

-..and realized how good they were.

-# Help me, help me,

-help me, sail away #

-Give us an example of the songs

-in the show.

-There's Days, Lola, You Really Got

-Me, All Day and All of the Night...

-..and Set Me Free.

-Do you see the audience singing

-along to these recognizable songs?

-It's a satisfying feeling

-when we look out into the audience.

-This is half way

-between a drama and a gig.

-People forget they've come to see a

-drama and they give it their all.

-A venue like this offers so much

-to the production.

-# Are you listening to me? #

-Where will you be performing after

-the Wales Millennium Centre?

-In February,

-we'll be performing in Llandudno.

-Many of my family and friends will

-be coming to see me in Llandudno.

-The show will be in the centre until

-Saturday, can you sell it to us?

-The show is a lot of fun, loud

-and is a great night out...

-..which is guaranteed to make you

-dance, sing and smile.

-# In the summertime

-# In the summertime #

-I love it!

-That certainly looks worth seeing.

-The show runs at the Millennium

-Centre until Saturday.

-Dafydd knows Garmon.

-I'm sure the show will be a great

-night out.

-If 1.1 million can ever

-be considered a bargain...

-..then we've got

-that bargain for you now.

-Glaspant Manor is on the outskirts

-of Capel Iwan in Carmarthenshire...

-..and is for sale.

-For just over a cool million

-you'll get this magnificent place...

-..that's a holiday rental business

-with a connection to rock legends.

-Rhodri went to find out more.

-Glaspant really is quite a place.

-As well as the Grade 2 listed

-manor house, there's a farm...

-..holiday cottages

-with seven bedrooms...

-..barns, which are used as

-workshops, and a lovely lake.

-But if that wasn't enough, wait

-until you hear about the history.

-Freddie Mercury

-absolutely loved this place!

-The present owners have been here

-for about ten years...

-..but for centuries, until the

-middle of the 20th century...

-..it was the home

-of the Howell family.

-They were the landed gentry

-of this area.

-The squire of the Capel Iwan area

-would have been a Howell.

-He owned an farming estate

-with tenants paying rent.

-That would have been the source

-of his wealth.

-Like other families of this kind

-they were privately educated.

-Most of them had been Anglicized but

-the Howell family were different.

-They had kept hold

-of their Welshness.

-Henry Howell kept a diary...

-..which records the life

-of the family and the community...

-..at the end of the Victorian Age.

-We get to see both sides

-of the family.

-We meet other noblemen

-hunting with dogs.

-On the other hand,

-you have the gossip of Capel Iwan.

-Who was seeing who, who had got

-a divorce or were in trouble...

-..even who were ill.

-In the diary, you get a picture

-of everyday life in Capel Iwan.

-A very different owner followed

-the departure of the Howell family.

-Angela Lyle is from a famous family,

-Tate & Lyle, the sugar company.

-One of her best friends, a

-flamboyant character of the '70s...

-..was Freddie Mercury.

-He started to some to stay with her

-at Glaspant.

-This is one of the holiday cottages.

-Believe it or not,

-but many years ago...

-..this is where Freddie Mercury

-and many other famous names...

-..sang and recorded.

-Queen and other groups...

-..had stayed at the world's first

-residential recording studio...

-..Rockfield Studios near Monmouth.

-Angela Lyle converted one of the

-stables into a studio at Glaspant.

-Freddie Mercury, Ozzy Osbourne

-and Black Sabbath, Hawkwind...

-..but the most famous was

-the original line-up of Genesis.

-The last album they recorded

-before Gabriel left the band...

-..was The Lamb Lies Down

-on Broadway.

-It went into the Top Ten

-across the world.

-That album was recorded at that

-small studio in Carmarthenshire.

-Other people also left their mark

-on this place.

-For example,

-an Italian prisoner of war.

-In 1943, Prisoner of War, Carlo

-Fiori, Via S Gallo, Firenze, Italia.

-About 1,000 Italians were held at

-the Henllan camp, ten miles away.

-They often helped out

-on local farms and estates.

-Many stayed in the area after the

-war and their families remain here.

-Glaspant is still an important part

-of the community.

-It's a very special place.

-Many mansions in West Wales have

-gone to ruin as families die out...

-..or have been swamped by debt.

-This is still here

-and it's a hidden jewel.

-If only I had a spare million!

-The singer, Dafydd Iwan

-has been my studio guest.

-Do you have a spare million?

-No, Apton is keeping me busy.

-Will you be able to hear the Welsh

-greats on Apton?

-Yes, we're bringing all of the Welsh

-labels together.

-There is a crisis for many labels.

-We want the Welsh recording labels

-to continue.

-Good luck with Apton, the new

-Welsh music streaming service.

-Visit the website for more details.

-Thank you, Dafydd.

-That's it from us tonight.

-Join Prynhawn Da tomorrow at 2.00pm.

-Huw Fash looks at floral styles

-which are on trend this season.

-Dafydd Cadwaladr also discusses

-teas that make a perfect cuppa.

-On Heno at 7.00pm...

-..Elin looks around the new Hafod

-Lon school in Penrhyndeudraeth.

-Gerallt will chat with the author,

-Harry Parry in Llanengan.

-Angharad's guest is Mirain Fflur,

-a presenter of Pigo Dy Drwyn.

-Until then, thanks for watching

-and goodnight.

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