Cyngerdd Hanesyddol / Historic Concert

The big 200

Our concert at High Point University was the Black Mountain's 200th concert on US soil. The theatre itself only held about 600 people but was one of the best theatres we've performed in so far.

To celebrate in style, everybody upt their game and gave a great performance (especially in the Tom Jones Medley). We even gave Peter Karrie a heart attack by coming on in phantom masks after music of the night. It was a A very special day for all - especially for Mike Evans and Keith Millward who have been present for all 200 performances.

Teithio trwy'r dydd heddiw - tua 6 awr ar bws i gyrraedd y gyngerdd nesaf yn New Bern, Gogledd Carolina.

Travelling all day today to reach our next concert tonight in New Bern, North Carolina.

Fingers....

Cyngerdd neithiwr mewn Ysgol Uwchradd yn Matthews, Virginia.Gathon ni awr fach yn yr hotel cyn y gyngerdd i ymlacio - felly hanner awr yn y pwll - a 10 munud yn torheulio!!Anhygoel fod yn tywydd tua 20 gradd Celsiws ym mis chwefror - ddim yn trofanol, ond tipyn yn brafiach na'r -10 C ychydig dros wythnos yn ol. Concert last night in Matthews High School, Virginia.

Very large venue once again. Had an hour to relax befare the concert, so had a swin and a little sunbathing!!!Crazy that the temp. was around 20C in February - not exactly tropical, but just a bit warmer than the -10C we had just over a week ago..

Michael Williams (un o'r cyfeilyddion yn dangos ei sgiliau)

Michael 'fingers' showing his talents...

from -10۫˚c to 22۫˚c in a week / Oer i sgortchio mewn wythnos

In seaford, delaware, and the weather has changed dramatically from yesterday, and even more dramatically compared to the freezing snow of michigan. It's pretty similar to a lovely summers evening back home today, around 22˚c.

Lluniau o'r Cor / Some pictures

Llun / Pic 1: The Choir

Llun / Pic 2: Some of the group outside Mr Bush' pad in Washington DC

Severna Park, MD

Cyngerdd da iawn heno - cynulleidfa o tua 850. Mas am fwyd i sports bar a gwylio canlyniadau Super Tuesday yn dod mewn. Nol i'r gwesty a gwylio'r canlyniadau yn dod mewn. Clinton ac Obama yn agos iawn, ond Clinton wedi ennill cwpl o'r talethiau mawr. Hynod o ddidorol gweld shwd mae'r sianeli Americanaidd yn darlledu'r etholiad. Siwr byddwn ni'n gweld pethau tebyg ym Mhrydain yn y dyfodol. Gareth a Eifion yn gorfod codi am 5 i siarad ar Radio Ceredigion fory! Yna bach o water aerobics cyn gadael am y gwesty nesaf yn Delaware!

Good concert again tonight, about 85o audience and two standing ovations again! Food in a sports ar afterwards whilst watching super tuesday on tv! C'mon Obama! Back to the hotel npw to watch the results, very very close so far. It's interesting to see how the Yanks broadcast the election. Cnob and Eifion have to get up in 4 hours time to speak on Radio ceredigion! Water aerobics then at 10 before moving on to Delaware.

Cyngerdd bob nos am 8 noson / Concerts for 8 nights running

Cyngerdd arbennig o dda neithiwr, yo gorau hyd yn hyn heb os, mewn hen theatr yn Hagerstown - agos at lawn eto. Cyngerdd gyda ni bob nos tan ddydd Mawrth nesaf... Swnio fel bach o slog, onde mae'n dda cael tipyn bach o 'routine' . Ni'n aros ar bwys y mor heno - cyngerdd yn ysgol uwchradd Severna Park, Maryland. Bach o siopa heddi eto mewn Mall arall, wedi trefnu syrpreis i gyfeilydd/bariton y cor!

Fantastic concert last night, the best so far without shadow of a doubt, in an old theatre in Hagerstown, almost a full house yet again. Concert every night for the next eight nights now, hard work but we need a routine to keep up the standrard whcich started slipping last week. Will be close to the sea today for a change, concert in a high school in Sevarna Park, Maryland. Bit a shopping in another mall in the afternoon and a surprise arranged for our accompanist!

Hofrenydd yr Arlywydd / Mr Bush in his helicopter

George Bush in his helecopter flying from the White house.

"I have a dream"

Fideo: Golygfa o'r Lincoln memorial, lle nath Martin Luther King ei araith "I have a dream" - yn edrych mas tuag at y Washington Memorial.

Video and photo: The view from Abraham Lincoln memorial, and the spot where Martin Luther King made his "I have a dream speech" looking out at the Washington memorial.

Washington DC

Ymweld a Washington DC heddiw. Gwych. fel diwrnod hyfryd o wanwyn. gathon ni'r cyfle i weld yr holl lefydd enwog. (Lluniau isod)

Visited Washington DC today. Fantastic. fantastic weather , and able to visit all the places we wanted to.

Cymru yn Ennill / Wales Win!!

Lleoliad da iawn am y gyngerdd neithiwr. Llwyfan enfawr. Ath y cyngerdd yn dda - llawn gyda dros 100 o bobl. Gyrru o gwmpas Allentown am awr bore ma yn trio ffindio tafarn i wylio'r gem. Yn y pen draw ffindion ni dafarn gyda cysyltiad i'r we a grandawon ni i'r gem ar radio Wales online. Cwpl o luniau isod yn ystod y gem. Hefyd wedi bod ar radio Cymru ar ol y gem. Nathon ni ffonio Marc G o'r bws ar y ffordd i Haggerstown MD.

Impressive venue last night - with a 70ft wide stage! Concert went ok - and a full house of 1000 plus. We drove around allentown for an hour this morning trying to find a bar to watch the Rugby game. eventually we found a pub that had wireless internet connection - connected to the internet and listened to the game on Radio Wales online. Not a great first half but the second half made up for it... below are a couple of photos during the game.



Video: Diwedd y gem End of Game
Lluniau/ Photos: Aaron the barman with tedi in his wales kit - and Gwynfryn, Peter and Dion

Allentown, PA

Newydd cyrraedd Allentown - y lle nath Billy Joel sgwennu'r gan enwog amadano. Cyngerdd heno - gobeithio fydd e'n dda gan fod yna boblogaeth fawr o dras Cymreig yma. Mae'r gem fawr yfory - 11am amser ni. Gobeithio holi pobl yn y cyngerdd heno am dafarn leol a fydd yn dangos y gem. Dim cyngerdd yfory - dim ond teithio - ar ol gweld Cymru'n ennill gobeithio...

Just arrived in Allentown PA - The place Billy Joel wrote the famous song about. Another concert tonight - hopefully a good one because this area has large population of welsh decent. Hope we'll be able to ask them where we will be able to watch the big game tomorrow - it'll be at 11am out time. No concert tomorrow - just travelling - hopefully after seeing Wales win...

Delilah

Dyma video o'r Cor yn canu Delilah yn y cyngerdd cyntaf yn Chicago.
Here's a video of the choir singing Delilah in the first concert in Chicago.