The public is invited to the 94th annual Peniel Welsh Gymanfa Ganu (Hymn Singing Festival) to be held Sunday, Aug. 28, at 2:30 p.m. at the 160 year-old historic Peniel Chapel, located 1/2 mile ...

The chapel where the hymn tune to Cwm Rhondda was first sung will be bought by locals for a community centre.

While the hymn’s lyrics date back to the 18th century, the tune most commonly associated with ‘Guide me, O thou great Redeemer’ – ‘Cwm Rhondda’ – was composed much later by John Hughes in 1907. Hughes ...