St Keverne will officially welcome the Cornish Gorsedh this Saturday ahead of the main festival taking place in the village later this year.

The Gorsedh Proclamation will involve a procession of Bards leaving from St Keverne Parish Hall at 10.15am.

They will make their way to the statue of Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank, at the top of the village, for the ceremony at 10.30am.

Among them will be new Bards from the village, parish councillor Anthony Richards and his sister-in-law Karen Richards.

They received their blue robes at last year's Gorsedh in St Austell and will be taking part in their first proclamation ceremony as fully fledged members.

Both are heavily involved in promoting Cornwall and its language, including through the An Gof commemoration each year. They are also members of St Keverne Local History Society, for which Mrs Richards secretary.

The ceremony will include an official welcome by parish council chairman David Lambrick on behalf of the village and the sounding of a horn to the four parts of Cornwall, together with the cry of 'Peace!'

The proclamation will be the first opportunity for everyone to see who has been chosen to represent St Keverne as the Lady of the Flowers, a role this year taken by Bethany Lyne.

Celts from England and overseas will be welcomed, before the Grand Bard of Cornwall closes the ceremony with everyone singing Old Land Of Our Fathers, a further cry of "Peace!" and the Grand Bard's final words "Until we meet again.”

After the proclamation the Bards will process back to the parish hall for light refreshments, ahead of the Gorsedh Kernow annual general meeting.

If wet, the whole proclamation ceremony will take place in the parish hall.

Bards and visitors have been asked to avoid parking in the village square and the band room, as a wedding is taking place in the church the same morning.

The main Gorsedh Bardic ceremony will take place on September 3, on St Keverne's recreation field weather permitting.