the hymns of wales... people love to sing. it's the air that we breathe. the welsh tradition of eisteddfods, singing and recital competitions that take place across the country, encourage a love of singing from an early age. children's singing overlaps among sir bryn's many charitable initiatives is a scholarship to develop the most promising young performers who come up through these competitions. it's something that was an important part of bryn's own success. any given village in wales can have an eisteddfod every weekend. so, my poor parents paid a lot of petrol to drive me, you know, north, south, east and west to compete. but they knew they saw something in their son, in their child. they saw the passion that he had. he loved singing. so, i think that drove them to encourage the singing that i had within me. so the eisteddfod is that wonderful shop window.