Initiated in 1922 when Joe Kelly and Edward Callister of the Cleveland Manx community met with Willie Craine during a visit to the Isle of Man. The medal is awarded annually at the Manx Music Festival (Yn Chruinnaght or the Guild) in Douglas. It represents the enduring connection between the Cleveland Manx community and the cultural life of the homeland, the diaspora reaching back across the Atlantic to support the traditions it had carried with it.