Federation of Old Cornwall Societies - Messages from the President
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We hope that Kernow Goth societies will be able to resume celebrations of Tansys Golowan, Cornish Midsummer Bonfire and the traditional harvest event of Crying the Neck during 2021
Some nice interviews by BBC travel journalist Richard Collett in a piece entitled "The UK's forgotten fifth nation" about Cornwall. Kernow Goth's President of the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies Karin Easton and the President of Launceston OCS Rob Tremain speak about Cornwall and also include mention of some of the ongoing issues and feelings from Cornish people.
Link to BBC Travel Story website: The UK's forgotten fifth nation
Peter Pool was author of several books on the history of Cornwall and its language;
Andrew Pool has set up a website in his memory where you can download pdf versions of much of his work https://peterpool.co.uk/
Bert Biscoe has provided an overview and review of the website, please click on the image or download the review on a pdf by clicking this link Bert Biscoe Review
Gorsedh Kernow
This year's Gorsedh Kernow Esedhvos Festival planned for Bude-Stratton have been postponed until 2021. There was a limited Bardic ceremony at Lys Kernow. The Gorsedh Kernow press release is available here. Gorsedh Kernow Press Release
Gorsedh Kernow have also release the list of Bards that were incepted at the Lys Kernow ceremony, which is available here. This includes three members of 'Old Cornwall' Brian Jacobs [St Austell] Priscilla Oates [Cury & Gunwalloe] Len Sheppard [Newquay] New Bards Gorsedh Kernow 2020
The Cornish National Music Archive
Click on the link above to learn and download a pdf about the launch of the Cornish National Music Archive. The link to their website is here
The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies (FOCS) Holyer an Gof Cup – awarded to one of the winners in classes 5 and 6.
This is awarded jointly to:
- Cornwall: Connectivity and Identity in the Fourteenth Century written by S.J.Drake and published by Boydell and Brewer Ltd.
- Sea of Storms written by Richard Larn, illustrated by Oliver Hurst and published by Mabecron Books
For full list of Gorsedh Kernow Holyer an Gof winners click this link
Lowender Peran Celtic Festival 2020
Click this link to go to the Lowender Peran website for more information about the plans for this years festival. www.lowenderperan.co.uk
