I then called the chap I made a bet with, who promptly called me ‘a bastard’ but said ‘a deal is a deal’ and agreed he’d pay for the whole shebang. The next day once my hangover had passed I confirmed that it was legit, and got a rough price for flights, hotels etc. David’s Day party in Chicago, and was amazed when she answered yes. “I chance asked if she fancied playing at our St. “Cut to late 2006, and I’m doing an interview with Cerys for the Welsh-American newspaper Ninnau, and chatted back and forth quite a bit about raising kids in the US and all the other shared experiences that we had living over here.” “It went something along the lines of ‘if you can get Cerys Matthews to play in Chicago, I’ll pay for the whole thing’. “It started off as something of a bet in early 2006 with someone who shall remain nameless,” laughs the Welshman. However, the most eventful is the tale of getting Cerys Matthews to play for the Chicago Tafia Society. Cerys Matthews pictured with Dave Parry (Credit: Dave Parry) “Well both flags were being signed by Welsh performers while in the Chicago area, starting in 2006-2007, so the second flag has now been doing the rounds at venues in and around the city for at least 14 years,” says Dave.ĭuring that time, the society chairman has accrued many stories of his encounters with Welsh stars. The flag raised hundreds of pounds for Welsh children’s hospice Tŷ Hafan and now the latest Ddraig Goch looks set to outdo the original. “We started to collect signatures for the original flag back in 2002, and we auctioned it off in 2007.” “It’s not actually the first flag,” says Dave, who is originally from Aberystwyth and moved to Chicago in 1998, forming the society the following year in 1999.
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It’s now so full of signatures that there’s hardly room for any more, and as a result may soon be auctioned off to raise money for charity. Such names as Tom Jones, Bryn Terfel, Stereophonics, Manic Street Preachers, Cerys Matthews, Super Furry Animals, Marina Diamandis, The Joy Formidable, Jem, Goldie Lookin’ Chain, Jon Langford, Funeral for a Friend, Fflur Dafydd, Eddie Izzard and many more have signed the flag. The ‘Tafia Flag of Fame’, as it’s named, has been signed by the great and the good in the Welsh entertainment industry for more than a decade. Once the Welshman meets you it’s certain he will ask you to sign his star-studded flag. Thankfully, that’s not as ominous as it may first sound – as Dave is chairman of America’s biggest expat Welsh group, the Chicago Tafia Welsh Society and he’s after your signature. If you’re a Welsh performer appearing in Chicago, there is every chance that Dave Parry will seek you out.
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