Presiding Officers


 

ADJUDICATOR OF MUSIC


MS. TERESA NEVOLA MOVER

Conshohocken,Pennsylvania


Ms. Teresa Nevola Moyer is an Associate Professor of Voice and Associate Director of Theatre at Eastern University. She holds a Master of Music in Opera Performance and an Artist's Diploma in Voice from Curtis Institute of Music, as well as a BA in music Education from Rutgers University. She currently studies voice with Dr. Thomas Houser. Other teachers have included Todd Duncan and Joan Patenaude-Yamell. Ms. Moyer is an ensemble member of the Opera Company of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Singers Chorale, the Symphonic Chorus of the Philadelphia Orchestra. She performed as a member of the Bridge Ensemble (Spoleto Festival Choir and Opera Chorus, Spoleto, Italy), and is a frequent recitalist and freelance singer in the Philadelphia area. She teaches voice and directs musical theatre at Eastern University. She also maintains a private voice studio in her home in Conshohocken, where she lives with her husband, Stephen. We wholeheartedly welcome her to our Eisteddfod.

 

ADJUDICATOR OF RECITATION


REV. DR. WILLIAM R. SUMMERHILL, JR.

Kingston,Pennsylvania


We are happy to welcome back as our Adjudicator of Recitation the Rev. Dr. Surnmerhill. He has served our "Cynonfardd"  Eisteddfod well in the past by being one of our competent adjudicators. Dr. Summerhill brings to us his own Welsh heri- tage through his mother, Mary Evans of Wilkes-Barre. He has performed in many dramatic and musical ensembles in schools and communities where he has lived.  Dr. Summerhill, Academic Dean of Wyoming Seminary, is also Chaplain and teacher of Religion and Public Speaking at
Wyoming Seminary. He has been an Adjunct Professor of Religion at the Penn State University, Mont Alto Campus; Chaplain of the Quincy UM Home; Pastor of the Roxbury UM Charge in Southern Pennsylvania, and an Associate Pastor and choir director of Rockville Christian Church, suburban Washington, DC.

 

CONDUCTOR - AFTERNOON SESSION


MRS. BETTY L. JONES

Trucksville, Pennsylvania


Mrs. . Betty L. Jones is very familiar to those of you who have attended our St. David's Day Teas and Gymanfa Ganus. We  lovingly call her our "Bread Lady". However, she brings much more than this to our congregation. She was bom in England, educated in Pontllanfraith, South Wales, worked in the Civil Service in London for several years and also taught in an
Elementary School before coming to America. She has worked as a bookkeeper in Natona Mill, Inc., Dallas. She and her husband, Tom, are members of Dr. Edwards Memorial Church where she serves as recording secretary, a member of the Eisteddfod and Ethnic Committees, Senior Choir, VBS teacher and a willing volunteer for any job needed. Betty and Tom have three children and four grandchildren. We feel very fortunate to have her with us.

 

CONDUCTOR – EVENING SESSION


DANIEL J. HUGHES

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

 

Daniel J. Hughes, a Wilkes—Barre native, is a graduate of James M. Coughlin High School, Penn State University, State College with a Bachelors Degree in quantitative analysis, and a Cum Laude graduate of American Academy McAllister Institute of funeral Service in New York City. Currently, he is a funeral director with the M.J. McLaughlin Co., Inc.; serves as a
deputy coroner for Luzeme County, and is licensed by the Pennsylvania Insurance Commission. Mr. Hughes is active in many civic and fraternal organizations, including serving as Past President of St. David's Society and a current member of the leadership Wilkes-Barre Class of 2004. We are pleased to have him participate at our Eisteddfod.

 

OFFICIAL ACCOMPANIST



MRS. SUSAN LAUER

Laflin, Pennsylvania


 


GYMANFA CONDUCTOR
MR. WESLEY B. SIMMERS

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

 

GYMANFA ACCOMPANIST
MRS. BARBARA FUTCHEL

West Nanticoke, Pennsylvania