No wait, you're right! I forgot the Isle of Man and Cornwall! Are you thinking of travelling to Galicia at some point?
-Ian DISKJAKEY wrote: > In a message dated 8/25/07 6:10:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Ahhh, Galicia. I spent a couple of months there in 1999. It is truly a > special place and well worth visiting. At the time, I was interested in > learning > the Gaita and met Miguel Mosquera, a luthier from Santiago de Compostella. > My > sister had been an exchange student there in 1989 and so I was fortunate > enough to be able to visit some of her old friends in Vigo. > > > Hi Ian, > > Please contact me off-list as I think they've been pretty liberal in allowing > us to discuss this -- which could be considered off-topic (although > interesting). I want to learn so much about the region. > > > > > Certainly, the people of Galicia see themselves as family with the peoples of > the Celtic world. All over Galicia, you can buy T-shirts of the 5 nations -> > Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Corwall, Brittany, and Galicia (Don't know why > Asturias wasn't on the shirt). > > I thought there were "seven" Celtic Nations: Ireland, Scotland, Wales, > Cornwall, Isle of Man, Brittany and Galicia. I also don't understand why > Asturias > is never mentioned. > > > > > As far as the Hurdy-Gurdy goes, I met a great street musician named Miguel > who played great trad tunes next to the cathedral in Satiago. I also got to > see > Berroguetto live. Their zanfona player, Anxo, was great. I noticed that, by > and large, there is little use of the chien in Spanish playing. Have you-all > noticed that, too? > > I did notice this. > > > > > I'll introduce myself in my next post! > > -Ian Clemons > Portland, OR., USA > > > Cheers, > > Jake > Jake Conte > Italian by birth, > American by assimilation, > Celtic by design > > Please check my music pages at Myspace: > _www.myspace.www.myspace._ (http://www.myspace.com/jakeconte) > _www.myspace.www.myspace.<WB_ (http://www.myspace.com/celticspain) > _www.myspace.www.myspace.<WBRww_ (http://www.myspace.com/castlekeepband) > > > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
