There is a pipe and tabor tradition in Mexico (which is, for the pedantic, in
North America, according to my Mexican amigo) - musicians for the voladores play
a small tabor and pipe
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danza_de_los_Voladores_de_Papantla), but I guess
you are maybe separating the US and Canada from Central and Southern America?

Ken


--- On Sat, 1/11/08, davbarnert@... <davbarnert@...> wrote:

> From: davbarnert@... <davbarnert@...>
> Subject: [tabor_n_pipe] Barcelona, Albany, and Pinkster Festivals
> To: tabor_n_pipe@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, 1 November, 2008, 1:24 PM
> Richard wrote:
>
> > Ken, Helen and David [different David --DB]
> >
> > Thanks for the refs and comments on the Barcelona
> Haggadah
> > illustration.
> >
> > Whilst googling this and other things I also found the
> following
> > ref to pipe and tabor in Albany, New York in 1803:
> >
> > http://shlomosez.blogspot.com/
> >
> > Is this the earliest mention of pipe and tabor in
> North America?
> >
> > Richard
>
> Curious coincidence: I live in Albany and perform annually
> on the
> pipe and tabor (among other instruments with my morris
> dancers) at
> the Pinksterfest (mentioned in the 1803 source linked
> above), but
> right now I am on vacation in Barcelona.
>
> I have no idea if there are earlier North American
> references.
>
> David Barnert
> <davbarnert@...>
> Albany NY
>
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