Uchafbwyntiau'r Wythnos Llangollen

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-What a sight this is,

-hundreds of people in Llangollen...

-..welcoming visitors

-from near and far.

-This is the highlight,

-the international parade.

-Today is the jewel

-in a crown of a week.

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-As we look back at a week

-of competing in Llangollen...

-..where better to start than the

-international parade through town?

-This group is from Germany.

-How does it feel to take part?

-It's great to be here

-and it's a huge honour for everyone.

-Wonderful. Enjoy Llangollen.

-The sun is shining on this group

-from Trinidad & Tobago.

-Welcome to Llangollen.

-What does it mean to you,

-being part of this procession?

-It's a wonderful opportunity

-for people to come together...

-..and share their cultures.

-Terry Waite, how's it going?

-It's the 70th year

-of the Eisteddfod.

-We're going to go

-for another 70 years.

-I hope I'm with it

-for that length of time.

-What do you think of Llangollen?

-It's a wonderful town.

-Everyone is so welcoming.

-To be honest, it's very similar

-to our country, Norway.

-There we go, could you take that

-and then I can wave the flag!

-How are you today?

-How are you today?

-

-I'm good, how are you?

-I'm so fabulous,

-I'm having so much fun right now.

-What do you make of this welcome?

-It's amazing.

-I can't believe

-all these people came out...

-..to support

-all the musicians today.

-Are you having fun?

-Are you having fun?

-

-Over there, yes!

-We're going under the arms!

-Sorry, sorry. Ooh.

-We start with one of the week's

-first competitions...

-..the Junior Children's Choir.

-This is Cor Ieuenctid Mon

-singing about a naughty bird.

-# Yn wir, yn wir, peth diflas yw byw

-# Disgynnodd o'r gangen

-i ymyl cwningen

-# A dweud yn ei chlust,

-"A glywaist ti? Ust!

-# "Mae tan yn y goedwig

-# "Mae'r fflamau mawr ffyrnig

-yn lledu drwy'r cangau

-# "Mae'n dod atom ninnau

-# "Dos, rhed yn ddi-oed

-# "Mae tan yn y coed,

-y gwaethaf erioed" #

-Uppingham Children's Choir

-sang Lord Of The Dance.

-# I danced in the morning

-when the world was begun

-# I danced in the moon,

-and the stars, and the sun

-# I came down from heaven

-and I danced on the earth

-# At Bethlehem I had my birth

-# Dance, then, wherever you may be

-# I am the lord of the dance said he

-# And I lead you all

-wherever you may be

-# And I lead you all

-in the dance said he

-This is Hereford Cathedral

-Junior School Choir...

-..singing Gonna Eise Up Singin'.

-# I see the sun is a-shinin'

-# And the rain isn't fallin'

-like it was just yesterday

-# So I feel like livin'

-# So I feel like livin'

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-# Yes, I feel like livin'

-# Got a reason to say

-# Gonna rise up singin'

-throw my troubles away

-# 'Cause it's a brand new day! #

-Can Yr Elfennau by Robat Arwyn...

-..was the choice

-of Ysgol Gynradd Nantgaredig.

-# Unsain neu dri?

-Dyna'r dewis sydd gen i!

-# Dewis y gwead, dyna wnaf i

-# Canu mewn unsain neu harmoni

-# Tenau neu drwchus? Unsain neu dri?

-# Dyna'r dewis sydd gen i! #

-The winners of the Junior

-Children's Choir competition...

-..are Cor Ieuenctid Mon.

-Congratulations.

-Thank you!

-Thank you!

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-Yay!

-How do you feel after winning?

-How do you feel after winning?

-

-Amazing. We're full of emotion.

-We're so happy.

-As part of the Children's Day

-celebrations at Llangollen...

-..the Eisteddfod invites hundreds

-of children from local schools...

-..to watch a special show

-in the pavilion.

-There is another special event

-here today.

-It's 100 years

-since the birth of Roald Dahl.

-The audience are taken on a journey

-through his colourful characters.

-Are you all having fun?

-I'm here to put a stop

-to all that fun.

-This group from Dolbadarn were

-clearly happy. Look at their smiles!

-Did you enjoy, Elain?

-Did you enjoy, Elain?

-

-Yes, thanks.

-Tell us about the story.

-There was a twist in it.

-What was the twist?

-Little Red Riding Hood came into

-the story of the Three Little Pigs.

-She had a pistol up her knickers!

-"His teeth were sharp

-"His gums were raw

-"And spit was dribbling from his jaw

-"The maiden smiles

-"One eyelid flickers

-"She draws a pistol

-"From her knickers

-What did you enjoy?

-What did you enjoy?

-

-The dancing.

-What kind of dancing was it?

-What kind of dancing was it?

-

-Bollywood.

-Is that what you get up to

-in Llanberis?

-No!

-Show me how they were dancing.

-The Children's Folk Dance Group...

-..is one of Llangollen's

-most colourful competitions.

-We head to India first

-and here are Gabhru Panjab De.

-This traditional dance is

-in thanks for a bountiful harvest.

-Most of the dancers use it on stage.

-What's the technique?

-The technique?

-It's opening and closing, really.

-Not everybody could do it, I'm sure.

-Not everybody could do it, I'm sure.

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-Not everybody could do it.

-Are you going to win today?

-Are you going to win today?

-

-Yeah, definitely.

-From Asia to Africa.

-This group travelled

-over 7,000 miles from Zimbabwe.

-Here they are with an agricultural

-dance about the harvest.

-Familiar faces to us in Llangollen,

-Dawnswyr Penrhyd.

-Here they are dancing to the

-traditional tune Pwt Ar Y Bys.

-Oh, ah.

-Oh, ah.

-Hoi, hoi!

-Hoi!

-Hoi!

-Hoi!

-Hoi!

-Here they are, Gabhru Panjab De

-from India win first prize...

-..in the

-Children's Folk Dance Group.

-Dawnswyr Penrhyd from Wales

-took second place.

-Congratulations to them all.

-Here is the University of

-the Philippines Medicine Choir.

-They're performing a traditional

-piece about a horse and cart.

-Listen closely

-for the sound of a horse.

-Not this horse behind me as it

-happens, but the horse in the song.

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-On this year's opening night...

-..a special concert

-of the opera Carmen was staged.

-The USA's Kate Aldrich was the star.

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-There were 15 choirs in the Senior

-Children's Choir competition.

-Three of those choirs

-came from Wales.

-Who were they?

-Cor Y Cwm.

-Y Cymer!

-Cor Heol Y March.

-Good luck to them all.

-Here is Cor Ysgol Gyfun

-Cymer Rhondda...

-..with a Czechoslovakian dance.

-# Dowch i ddawnsio, ysgafn

-mor ysgafndroed

-# Law yn llaw fe siglwn ni,

-siglwn ni

-# Chwythu'r tan yn fflam loywach,

-fflam loywach

-# A codi'n llais yn gan gryfach,

-gan gryfach

-# Nawr yn nesu, nawr yn rhannu

-# Dawnswyr heini, sboncia o'r llawr

-# Parau'n cilio, parau'n closio

-# Dal pob merch

-a'u trio'n gylchoedd mawr

-# O 'run hoff bydd annwyl im,

-annwyl im

-# A gwel ynof dan cariad,

-tan cariad

-# Paid a gwrthod 'mreichiau i,

-mreichiau i

-# Yn y ddawns ein dwylo

-yn cydio'n dynn

-# Nawr yn nesu, nawr yn rhannu,

-dawnswyr heini, la la la la

-# Parau'n cilio, parau'n closio

-# Dal pob merch

-a'u troi'n gylchoedd mawr #

-From Ysgol Y Cymer to the Caribbean

-and this colourful choir...

-..from Trinidad & Tobago,

-celebrating dancing and music.

-# I feel the might of my culture,

-seizing my future

-# Feeding me from its roots

-# Taking over the stage,

-calming my people's rage

-# I jump on my boat, morning

-and evening, shouting to the flame

-# Calypso is my name

-# Sing a sweet refrain,

-call on them drummers

-# Call the band players

-# Tell them I'm ready

-# I feel like dancing tonight

-# Call on the string band

-# Beats on the fire

-# Hey, Mr Bassman

-# I feel like dancing tonight #

-How would you describe your singing

-and your culture?

-Our culture is unique

-compared to certain others.

-We like to call ourselves

-a coalpot of culture.

-There are people from everywhere

-in our choir and our country.

-We have influences

-from different styles of music...

-..and countries around the world.

-This is Cor Heol Y March

-from Wales...

-..singing Distawrwydd

-by Euros Rhys Evans.

-# Distawrwydd

-# Ssh, ssh

-# Ac ar y ffordd tu allan,

-swn car yn ymbellhau

-# Distawrwydd

-# Distawrwydd

-# Yna dim swn o gwbwl

-ond swn y gyfarth gwan

-# Fan draw wrth odre'r mynydd

-# Yn awr ac yn y man

-# Man #

-Next, a choir who travelled

-over 7,000 miles from Indonesia.

-It's a traditional Mexican song,

-Las Amarillas.

-Next, Cor Y Cwm from Rhondda

-singing Pais Dinogad by Gareth Glyn.

-# Beth bynnag a gyrhaeddai

-dy dad di a'i gigwain

-# O wyllt-hwch, cadnoaid,

-creaduriaid

-# O wyllt-hwch, cadnoaid,

-creaduriaid

-# Ni ddiangai'r un

-# Ni ddiangai'r un

-# Nad oedd rym

-# I'w adain #

-The winners are Cor Y Cwm,

-Rhondda, Wales!

-Congratulations.

-Erm.

-Erm.

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-How do you feel?

-Congratulations.

-Well, it was so close.

-Oh, my gosh, yeah.

-How did you feel

-when the marks were announced?

-I felt ill, I was so nervous.

-What does it mean to you as a choir?

-Everything. It means everything.

-Cor Y Cwm won and Cor Heol Y March

-came a close second.

-The Indonesian choir were third.

-The competitors don't just compete

-on the stage in Llangollen.

-There are plenty of opportunities

-to entertain...

-..outside the Eisteddfod field.

-Here are the Gabhru Panjab De

-dancers. They represent India.

-Do you think there's anyone

-at home? I need a cuppa.

-Hello? Yoo-hoo.

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-The winner in the Folk Instrumental

-Solo was Sabrina Chan...

-..with a piece about successful

-hunters in the forest.

-One of the most popular competitions

-is the Traditional Folk Dance.

-Here are Gabhru Panjab De

-from North West India...

-..with a dance about

-the agricultural community.

-This is the first visit

-to Llangollen...

-..by Gema Citra Nusantara

-from Indonesia.

-Their dance is a perfect combination

-of singing and choreography.

-Here is Aichurok from Kyrgyzstan.

-Their dance is about a beautiful,

-pure, diligent girl.

-The winners are Gema Citra Nusantara

-from Indonesia.

-Many congratulations to them,

-the first of three categories...

-..to qualify for the Dance Champions

-of the World competition.

-On to the

-Children's Folk Song Choir.

-The choirs are required to sing

-their country's traditional songs...

-..in a classical style.

-Here is Ysgol Gynradd Nantgaredig

-with Y Gelynnen.

-# A cheiliog du'r fwyn fwyalchen

-# Ac eistedd mae f'anwylyd wen

-dan gysgod pren y gelynnen

-# Ffal di rwdl lam tam, twli

-ri dl di, ta ram tam ta nam tani

-# Ac eistedd mae f'anwylyd wen

-dan gysgod pren y gelynnen, oi! #

-Next, Bishop Anstey High School

-from Trinidad & Tobago.

-They're singing about a man who

-copes with his stutter with a smile.

-# Brethren join in the ha-hallelujah

-# Ha-hallelujah

-# Ch ch ch ch

-# Dear brethren

-join in the ha-hallelujah

-# Ha-hallelujah

-# J j join in the hallelujah

-# Ha-hallelujah, ha-hallelujah

-# J j join in the hallelujah

-# Ha-hallelujah, ha-hallelujah

-# Halle-halle-hallelujah

-# Halle-halle-hallelujah #

-Cor Heol Y March sang the

-mischevious song, Rew di Ranno.

-# Rew di rew di ranno

-# Rew di rew di ranno

-# Dyna'r modd y mae yn byw

-a gad o i Dduw arlwyo

-# Rew di rew di ranno

-# Rew di rew di ranno

-# Rew di rew di ranno #

-Pangudi Luhur Youth Choir

-from Indonesia had a folk dance...

-..from Papua

-in the east of their country.

-The winners were Pangudi Luhur

-Youth Choir from Indonesia.

-Cor Heol Y March from the

-Vale Of Glamorgan came second.

-The choir from Indonesia also won

-Children's Choir of the World 2016.

-Their conductor was named the most

-inspired conductor of the festival.

-Congratulations to them all.

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-Welcome back.

-On to the Folk Song Choirs.

-Here is Bob Cole

-Conservatory Chamber Choir...

-..singing the spiritual song

-My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord.

-# My soul's been anchored

-in the Lord

-# Will you praise him? Oh, yes

-# Will you praise him?

-# Will you praise him?

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-# Hallelujah. Oh, yes

-# God almighty

-# Are you anchored?

-# Are you anchored?

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-# Lord, I'm anchored

-# Lord, I love you. Oh, yes!

-Yes, I'll serve you. Oh, yes!

-# Lord, I'll praise you. Oh, yes!

-Hallelujah

-# My soul's been anchored

-in the Lord

-# God almighty,

-my soul's been anchored

-# Anchored in the Lord #

-Next, Coro San Benildo

-from the Philippines.

-They sang a folk song

-about fishermen.

-From the Philippines

-back to the USA.

-The Sunday Night Singers

-sang about leaving home.

-# Oh, the land of cloudless day

-# Oh, the land of an unclouded sky

-# Oh, they tell me of a home

-where no storm clouds rise

-# Oh, they tell me

-of an unclouded day #

-The winners of the Folk Song Choir

-competition...

-..were from Bob Cole

-Conservatory Chamber Choir.

-Congratulations to them.

-Dawnswyr Penrhyd, are you all OK?

-ALL: Yes!

-Noa, you've come up

-from Ammanford today.

-How many times have I

-interviewed you over the years?

-Several times.

-You've never taught me how to dance.

-How about starting today?

-Can we have a little bit of music?

-It might help

-and won't make me look as bad!

-Noa, what are you going to teach me?

-Noa, what are you going to teach me?

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-The scissors.

-Where do we start?

-And again?

-Out. Across. In.

-OK. How did I do?

-OK. How did I do?

-

-Alright.

-Alright? One more then.

-Not the scissors this time.

-How do the claps go?

-OK.

-I definitely need music

-for this one!

-As loudly as possible. Thank you.

-That's enough! Thank you very much.

-Thank you, thank you.

-I'm going to get out of the way now.

-You're going to dance Cylch y Cymry.

-You go and find your place.

-Thank you, Penrhyd!

-The winners of the Open Floor Dance

-were Nidus 2 from Cwmbran.

-They joined Gema Citra Nusantara

-from Indonesia...

-..in the Dance Champions

-of the World competition.

-# DANCIN' FOOL #

-The winner of the Voice

-of Musical Theatre competition...

-..was Gareth Elis from Carmarthen.

-He sang Gethsemane

-from Jesus Christ Superstar.

-# God, thy will is hard

-# But you hold every card

-# I will drink your cup of poison

-# Nail me to your cross and break me

-# Bleed me, beat me, kill me

-# Take me now,

-before I change my mind

-# Now

-# Before I change my mind #

-An ever-popular competition

-is the Choreographed Dance.

-Here are Aichurok from Kyrgyzstan.

-Their dance is about friends

-having a party for the bride.

-I'm joined by the princess here.

-What's the history and significance

-of the dance?

-It's a traditional dance

-from Indonesia.

-It's about a female hero

-who is a strong warrior.

-She has a soft heart

-and uses a mask to convey her anger.

-Closing the competition

-were dancers from India.

-This dance is about farmers

-working hard through the year...

-..for a good harvest.

-In first place, from India,

-Gabhru Panjab De.

-They secured their place in the

-Dancers of the World competition.

-But Gema Citra Nusantara

-from Indonesia...

-..went on to win the 2016 Dance

-Champions of the World competition.

-Many congratulations to them.

-Next, the best

-from the Youth Choirs competition...

-..and to the Philippines'

-Coro San Benildo.

-They sang a playful song

-called Chua-ay.

-# I'm starting

-with the man in the mirror #

-Coro San Benildo

-from the Philippines.

-Lorenzo is their conductor.

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-What was it like to perform

-at Llangollen today?

-It's wonderful to be here

-in Llangollen and Wales.

-We'd hoped for this moment

-for three or four years...

-..and now we're here.

-We love everything about this

-special place and this country.

-We get to realize a dream

-by singing from our hearts.

-Thanks very much and good luck.

-From Cardiff,

-here's Chorus Carminis.

-They were competing

-for the first time...

-..singing the hymn Tydi a Roddaist

-by Arwel Hughes.

-# Tydi a roist i'r awel dant

-# Ac i'r ehedydd gerdd

-# O! Cadw ni rhag dyfod ddydd

-# Na yrr ein calon gan yn rhydd #

-Tomos Gwyn is the conductor.

-Tell us about the choir.

-We started in September.

-A lot of us have come from

-the National Youth Choir of Wales.

-We got together to sing a little.

-I just decided

-to try us out for Llangollen.

-You're not a very large choir.

-You're not a very large choir.

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-No, we're a small chamber choir.

-How did it go today?

-How did it go today?

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-I think it went alright.

-We got through it!

-Was Tomos smiling?!

-Was Tomos smiling?!

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-At the end!

-Good luck.

-It's nice to have you here.

-Thank you.

-Back to the USA and the

-Bob Cole Conservatory Chamber Choir.

-This is an African song

-called Let Me Fly.

-# Oh, let me fly

-# Won't you let me fly

-to Mount Zion, Lord, Lord

-# Oh, let me fly

-# Oh, let me fly

-# Oh, let me fly

-# Let me fly to Mount Zion,

-Lord, Lord

-# Lord, Lord #

-The winners were Coro San Benildo

-from the Philippines...

-..the first choir through to

-the Choir of the World competition.

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-There was a special gala concert

-this week...

-..as this was the 70th Eisteddfod.

-Bryn Terfel paid tribute

-to one man who was crucial...

-..in establishing the Eisteddfod,

-the composer W S Gwynn Williams.

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-# Dyma ras i fil o fydoedd

-# Cymaint a'n bydysawd ni

-# Dyma ddigon yn oes oesoedd

-# I'r preswylwyr penna'u bri

-# Cans mae cariad Duw'n helaethach

-# Na mesurau meddwl dyn

-# Ac mae calon yr Anfeidrol

-# Yn rhyfeddod nef ei hun #

-In the Cultural Showcase

-competition...

-..a brand-new group from Wales

-came out on top, Taf-Aethwy...

-..a mixture of Dawnswyr Bro Taf

-and Cor Glanaethwy.

-This is a story about a girl

-called Lisa going to a fair.

-# Ffwdl la la, ffwdl la la,

-ffwdl la la, la la la la

-# Ffwdl la la, ffwdl la la,

-ffwdl la la, la la la la

-# Fe awn i lawr i'r dre,

-gwir ddedwydd fydd ein lle

-# Cawn lawnder o ganu ac o ddawnsio

-# A chwmpeini naw neu ddeg

-o enethod glan a theg

-# Lle mae mwyniant y byd

-yn disgleirio

-# Ffwdl la la, ffwdl la la,

-ffwdl la la, la la la la

-# Ffwdl la la, ffwdl la la,

-ffwdl la la, la la la la

-# Ffwdl la la, ffwdl la la,

-ffwdl la la, la la la la

-# Ffwdl la la, ffwdl la la,

-ffwdl la la, la la la la

-# Ffwdl la la, ffwdl la la,

-ffwdl la la, la la la la

-# Ffwdl la la, ffwdl la la,

-ffwdl la la, la la la, hoi! #

-Australia, Zimbabwe and the USA

-are some of the countries...

-..where our competitors

-have travelled from to compete here.

-However, this next group

-from Bishop Anstey High School...

-..have travelled all the way

-from Trinidad and Tobago.

-They're a very colourful group.

-Every costume represents a different

-area or culture within the country.

-Here they are to perform one of

-their favourite traditional songs.

-# It was dark, dark, dark

-inside a big, big park

-# I felt like a king upon a throne,

-me and Imelda lying alone

-# When I heard her talk

-and a creeping walk

-# As I looked around frightfully,

-I was in the centre of a cemetery

-# I talk about run,

-I nearly bus' my head

-# Living, running from the dead

-# A ghos' say, "Don't run, my lad.

-Come let's play a game of cards"

-# Well is now a-runnin' in truth,

-foot stick in a mango root

-# I fall down inside a tomb,

-I get up with a zoom-zoom-zoom

-# The scream I make

-I sure the whole world shake

-# World shake

-# World shake

-# Living, running from the dead

-# Living, running from the dead

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-# World shake

-# World shake

-# World shake

-# You're bringing your girlfriend

-on top of me grave

-# World shake

-# World shake

-# World shake

-# Living, running from the dead #

-Five of the best choirs...

-..went head-to-head to sing for

-the Choir of the World 2016 title...

-..and the Pavarotti Trophy.

-The first to compete was the winner

-of the Youth Choirs category...

-..Coro San Benildo

-from the Philippines.

-They sang Padayon,

-about battling on despite the pain.

-# Whose dread command

-no man may shun #

-The second choir to compete...

-..was Mirabile Ensemble Choir

-from Nottingham.

-They represented the women.

-Here they are singing

-Hymn to the Waters by Gustav Holst.

-# Onward, ye waters, onward hie

-# Dance in the bright beams

-of the sun

-# Obey the ruler of the sky

-# Who dug the path for you to run

-# Flowing from the firmament

-forth to the ocean

-# Healing all in earth and air,

-never halting

-# Indra, Lord of Heav'n,

-formed their courses

-# Indra's mighty laws

-can never be broken

-# Cleansing waters flow ye on,

-hasten and help us #

-Representing the Mixed Choirs,

-Bob Cole Conservatory Chamber Choir.

-Here they are performing the

-powerful piece Let My Love Be Heard.

-# Be heard

-# Let my love be heard

-# Let my love be heard

-# Let my love be heard #

-Cor Glanaethwy

-represented the Open Choirs.

-Here they are singing Geraint

-Cynan's arrangement of Hallelujah.

-# Hallelujah

-# Hallelujah

-# Hallelujah

-# Hallelujah

-# Hallelujah, woah, woah

-# Hallelujah

-# Woah, woah, woah! #

-Bois Y Castell

-won the Male Voice Choirs category.

-Here's their performance of Wagner's

-work. This is Rhyfelgan Rhufain.

-# Santo Spirito

-# Cavaliere!

-# Ymlaen yr awn i'r frwydr felys

-# A dychwel wnawn mewn buddugoliaeth

-# A dychwel wnawn mewn buddugoliaeth

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-# Pob march yn mynd ar duth

-# A dychwel wnawn

-mewn buddugoliaeth #

-The winner of the 2016

-Choir of the World...

-..is Bob Cole Conservatory Choir

-from the USA.

-That's the end of another successful

-and happy Eisteddfod.

-To crown it all, the winners of

-Choir of the World at Llangollen...

-..Bob Cole Conservatory Choir

-from California!

-From us all at the

-international pavilion, goodnight!

-S4C Subtitles by Testun Cyf.

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