Manx Folk Dance Society awarded the Reih Bleeaney Vanannan Trophy for 2012

Manx Folk Dance Society awarded the Reih Bleeaney Vanannan Trophy for 2012

Mon, 16 Jan 2012

In a ceremony in the Nunnery Chapel the annual cultural award, the Reih Bleeaney Vanannan, was presented to this year's winners, the Manx Folk Dance Society. Members of the Society were present and the award was accepted on their behalf by their Chairman, Mrs Joan Cowell. Presenting the award, the Chairman of the Manx Heritage Foundation the Honourable Phil Gawne MHK said that the Society had supported and promoted Manx culture tirelessly over the past 60 years and had made an invaluable contribution to a unique and important aspect of our national identity. He also took the opportunity of thanking all those members of the public who had taken the time to send in nominations for consideration and revealed that there had been a large number of submissions this year and the selection panel had had a difficult choice to make.

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