{"id":34013,"date":"2019-03-01T16:03:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T16:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=34013"},"modified":"2019-03-01T16:03:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T16:03:50","slug":"cardiff-celebrates-st-davids-day-with-a-parade-and-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/03\/01\/cardiff-celebrates-st-davids-day-with-a-parade-and-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff celebrates St David\u2019s Day with a parade and music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Cardiff\u2019s St David\u2019s Day Parade 2019\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gJDZwF1t4r4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Cardiff\u2019s St David\u2019s Day Parade 2019\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gJDZwF1t4r4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>\nST David&#8217;s Day is here, and Cardiff has led the celebrations with its annual parade in the city centre.<br \/>\nMarch 1 is the date on which the patron saint of Wales died in 589 AD.<br \/>\nIn Cardiff people celebrated by taking part in a march from the town hall in Cathays Park to St David\u2019s Hall in The Hayes.<br \/>\nThe parade included dragons, performances from local music groups and a display of Welsh flags.<br \/>\nThe BBC\u2019s Welsh National Orchestra played traditional Welsh songs.<br \/>\nEric Willis, 70, who attends the parade each year said: \u201cWhat is the point in being Welsh if you do not celebrate St David\u2019s Day?<br \/>\n\u201cWe have got to celebrate our Welsh culture and heritage in this mad, crazy international world.<br \/>\n\u201cIt should be a good parade today, there is going to be music and dragons \u2013 hopefully we will see a couple of thousand people show up.\u201d<br \/>\nTeacher Heledd Francis, 40, was happy finally to attend with her children.<br \/>\n\u201cI am a teacher so normally I cannot get down here, but this year it has happened to fall in half-term.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is a lovely thing that we can be part of the parade this year and I will probably be walking in it for a little bit,\u201d she said.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37086\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37086\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-37086\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/St-Davids-Parade-Featured-Image-1-1024x524.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/St-Davids-Parade-Featured-Image-1-1024x524.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/St-Davids-Parade-Featured-Image-1-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/St-Davids-Parade-Featured-Image-1-770x394.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/St-Davids-Parade-Featured-Image-1-500x256.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/St-Davids-Parade-Featured-Image-1-293x150.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/St-Davids-Parade-Featured-Image-1.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-37086\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/St-Davids-Parade-Featured-Image-1-1024x524.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/St-Davids-Parade-Featured-Image-1-1024x524.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/St-Davids-Parade-Featured-Image-1-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/St-Davids-Parade-Featured-Image-1-770x394.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/St-Davids-Parade-Featured-Image-1-500x256.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/St-Davids-Parade-Featured-Image-1-293x150.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/St-Davids-Parade-Featured-Image-1.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> St David&#8217;s Day parade begins at Cardiff&#8217;s City Hall.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nAs the parade kicked into gear, Patsy Peterson, 62, from the Cardiff Reds Choir said: \u201cMe and my husband, who is leading the parade today, join the parade every year.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is always a great atmosphere and it is very important to me that it is St David\u2019s Day, which I believe should be a national holiday.<br \/>\n\u201cEveryone who comes along always enjoys themselves and we are hoping for a bigger turn-out for the march as last year it was a little depleted.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST David&#8217;s Day is here, and Cardiff has led the celebrations with its annual parade in the city centre. 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