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The Chicago Tafia Welsh Society (also known as the Chicago Tafia) is an expatriate Welsh group formed in Chicago, Illinois, USA, in 1999. As one of the youngest and most contemporary Welsh groups in North America, the society strives to provide a link between the present culture of Wales and the Chicago area.

Activities

The group’s activities include organizing social gatherings to watch Welsh sporting events and musicians, and celebrating events such as St. David's Day. Over the years they have been involved with over a dozen concerts for Welsh male voice choirs in the Chicago area, including the Pendyrus, Penrhyn, Bangor, Black Mountain, Burlington, Hogia'r Ddwylan and CF1 choirs at prominent Chicago venues.

In 2007 the group attracted the former lead singer of Catatonia, Cerys Matthews to entertain them at their annual St. David’s Day party. In the same year, they successfully lobbied the Illinois General Assembly into signing into law Bill HR0149, which proclaimed March 1, in 2007 and each year thereafter, as St. David's Day in the State of Illinois, in recognition of the Welsh contribution to the state.^[1]

From 2009 to 2016 the Chicago Tafia partnered with the owners of the iconic Wrigley Building to illuminate the tower red, white, and green (the colours of the Welsh flag) on March 1, St. Davids Day.^[2]

In 2014 members of the Chicago Tafia started the Chicago Swansea City Supporters Club{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, that meets for games at Chicago area pubs.

References

1. ^Text of Illinois House Resolution HR0149
2. ^UK in the USA: Chicago marks St. David's Day with Welsh colors atop iconic Wrigley Building {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722051723/http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk/en/news/?view=News&id=14342696 |date=2011-07-22 }}

External links

The Chicago Tafia Welsh Society

The Chicago Tafia on Facebook

[https://twitter.com/chicagotafia The Chicago Tafia on Twitter]

[https://www.youtube.com/chicagotafia The Chicago Tafia on YouTube]

The Chicago Tafia on MySpace

Full text of Illinois House Resolution HR0149 proclaiming St. David's Day and the Welsh contribution to the State of Illinois

Newspaper, Magazine & Web articles about the Chicago Tafia

Paste Magazine - Leeks, Cawl, and Cakes: Welsh Traditions for St. David’s Day (March 2015)

Chicago Sun Times - Dylan Thomas at 100: "just one of the boys" (October 2014)

Anglophenia - British Expat of the Month: Dave Parry of Chicago Tafia (January 2014)

Patch - Homewood’s Cheekiest Resident Named British Expat of the Month (January 2014)

Wales Online - Dylan Thomas: Centenary celebrations in overdrive at home and abroad (February 2014)

Wales Online - Ten ways Wales punches above its weight on the global stage (March 2013)

[https://web.archive.org/web/20100101225300/http://www.loyolaphoenix.com/2.541/closer-look/celtic-culture-1.525322 The Loyola Phoenix - Closer Look gets a glimpse of the 13th annual Chicago Celtic Fest (September 22, 2009)]

Annual kilt contest skirts the issue - The Chicago Tafia in the Chicago Sun Times 11 September 2009

Wrigley Building Lit in Welsh Colours for St. David's Day 2009

BBC.co.uk - Wales and the World Honour St. David

[https://web.archive.org/web/20071028101243/http://www.london-welsh.co.uk/upload/XilesVol5.pdf An interview by the London Welsh with the Chicago Tafia]

BBC Wales - 28 February 2007

BBC Wales - 24 September 2004

Activities

References

External links

Newspaper, Magazine & Web articles about the Chicago Tafia

See also