St David’s Society is the senior Welsh heritage society of New York State.

It has its origins as a benevolent society to care for immigrants who needed financial help through hard times with health, funeral and subsistence expenses. It has morphed into an agency for supporting students though increasingly expensive college studies.

Salmagundi has been the home for its business office for many years and the St. David’s Society feels this is a good time to extend an invitation to Salmagundi members to join our celebrations.

As such, the society would like to promote an evening of Wales’s National Day, St. David’s Day, with a concert, dinner, and small exhibition – to share a little of their heritage as a Society and an awareness of the cultural differences which Welsh people bring to the unique American experience.

St. David’s Society welcomes Salmagundi members to join them in the parlor for a free musical performance featuring the work of their guest of honor, viola player Bernard Kane. To follow, we will be serving in the Salmagundi restaurant Welsh fare: leek soup and lamb stew, prepared by Chef Melvin. Reservations for dinner will be billed to member accounts.

There will also be some valuable pieces from our treasury and archives to offer a glimpse into who they are, where they come from, and what they do.