{"id":295366,"date":"2025-07-27T07:50:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T07:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/295366\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T07:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T07:50:17","slug":"island-dance-group-performs-in-north-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/295366\/","title":{"rendered":"Island dance group performs in North Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/211607-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    Picture credit: Perree Bane <\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            Manx culture shines at Llangollen Eisteddfod.\n        <\/p>\n<p>An Island dance group has brought some Manx culture to North Wales, performing at the world-renowned Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.<\/p>\n<p>Perree Bane\u00a0showcased traditional Manx dance through workshops and performances and also taught some students at a Welsh high school.<\/p>\n<p>The dancers had to contend with temperatures of 32 Celsius in heavy consumes,\u00a0but Chair\u00a0Ben Harris says: &#8220;Moments like this show how much we have in common across Celtic nations, and how dance and music naturally bring us together.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The group says the trip underscored the importance of cultural exchange and preserving the Isle of Man\u2019s unique traditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve highlighted that events like the Eisteddfod provide a platform to strengthen ties between nations, while ensuring that traditional dancing, music, and storytelling continue to thrive for future generations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Perree Bane has thanked supporters and organisers, including the IOM Arts Council and the Steam Packet.<\/p>\n<p>They describe the opportunity as a celebration of the power of cultural exchange and Celtic connection through music and dance.<\/p>\n<p>                    More from Isle of Man News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Picture credit: Perree Bane Manx culture shines at Llangollen Eisteddfod. An Island dance group has brought some Manx&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,77,9458,4884,7910,28157,42452,269,12,6226,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-295366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-fun","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-isle-of-man","13":"tag-manx","14":"tag-manx-news","15":"tag-music","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-presenters","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114924108098891415","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}