The sea in Cornwall was "warm" last week approx. 15C :) (I'm sure this is tabor related...!) ... From: tabor_n_pipe@yahoogroups.com...
Neil Parker
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Sep 4, 2006 11:06 pm
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Hello I have seen in the Flabiol's Festa website that the guest artist for this year is José Manuel Castellano, a young superb andalusian gaita rociera...
I was sailing along the Normandy coast last week and we spent a couple of nights in Honfleur. There is an amazing sailors church - St Katherine's I understand...
hi stephen! I've always wanted to visit Honfleur - it was besieged unsucessfully by Henry V, which led up to the slaughter of Azincourt, as you surely know -...
E. Juten
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Sep 12, 2006 8:41 pm
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Good to hear from you Michael, There are three (at least) interesting churches in Honfleur. St Catherines, I mentioned. Then an earlier one on the quayside...
How nice of you to reply so informatively! I hope to get down there in the not-too-distant future. Do you know anything about HARfleur, which is not very far...
E. Juten
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Sep 13, 2006 5:49 pm
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Hi, Just unlurking to say that if you do a google search for Harfleur [I was bored so I had a look], you get quite a lot about the Seige of Harfleur including...
To bring back the P&T element, I do remember someone saying they had been playing the Agincourt Carol on P&T. A real feat of perseverance. I have never made...
I was flying out to Spain a week ago and bought the Observer newspaper in the airport because they were giving away a free CD, in the magazine I found the...
Hello folks, I looked at the sam Coulter website and I am considering putting the Medieval Tabor pipe on my christmas wish list. Does anyone any any experience...
About a year ago I had Sam Coulter make me a G tabor pipe, and I had him fashion it after his 'Dordrecht' recorder, with a recorder-style duct fipple rather...
Dear Steve, Count me in on this one; depending, of course, on dates/times etc. The earlier you are able to let me know what you would like us to play the ...
Dear Steve, I have just got back from a meeting with someone at Gloucester Cathedral regarding celebrating Edward II in 2008. They want to raise money to ...
Dear Steve, So how would we go about raising money? I am sure that there would be no charge to us for using the room - stained glass window, stone arcading...
The festival was excellent as ever. There were some moving tributes to Phil Day. Many thanks to the organising team and Arbucies. I have put an extract from...
Hi Rafel and Teresa It was a superb festival and the quality of playing increases every year. I took quite a bit of video on my little camera. I plan to...
Unfortunately the guitarist was not able to come, but José Manuel had us all captivated with his beautiful playing of the Flauta Rociera. He is a superb...
Hello taborers I have put together a short compilation of video from the festival this year. It gives a better cross section than the previous video I posted....
Saturday's Guardian had a supplement of the best from "look and learn" children's magazine - and on the cover is a boy playing pipe and tabor. the magazine...
[http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h186/waldco/graphics/newyearstabor.gi\ f] As the calendar year changes, May your tabor keep its snare, As you pipe the upper...
Happy new year full of music, rhythm and harmony for everybody. Let the music flow in your minds, let the rhythm beat in your hearts. Juanma Sanchez-Madrid ...
Yes, Happy New Year to all. I've been remiss in not announcing that "Pasacalles de Phil Day" has had its Western Hemisphere debut. I performed it at a recital...
Hi Folks Rod Stradling pointed me to the Pipe and Tabor pages on the Green Man Morris site. http://www.greenmanmorris.org.uk/pipeandtabor.htm Worth a read. ...
Hello taborers I have uploaded a short video (five minutes) about a National Gathering of Taborers from the west of Spain. There were "tamborileros" from ...
Thank you, Juanma! Its really nice to see and hear the variety of styles. -- Dennis Sherman Chicago, IL, USA ... From: Juanma Sanchez <tamborileros@...>...