Asturian-American Migration Forum

A young bagpipe maker from the States is coming to CeltFest Cuba and hopes to produce a documentary about the celtic musicians of Cuba. His name is Nate Banton.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/182 ... rst-ever-c

If you want to support his project, there's an opportunity to donate $1 on up at that website.

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Si quieres apoyar a su proyecto, esta página te da la oportunidad donar $1 o más.

If someone could translate this I would be very appreciative.


I spoke to Nate. He will also be interviewing Alejandro Gispert who is a luthier of pipes. Nate and Alejandro will have much in common as they are both bagpipe makers. Alejandro is a craftsman who works at The National Centre for Conservation, Restoration and Museum studies (CENCREM) http://www.cencrem.co.cu/ He is also the leader of the Havana's Galician Pipe Band, Banda de Gaitas de la Sociedad Agrupación Artística Gallega.
He was mentored by Eduardo Lorenzo featured in the documentary “Los últimos gaiteros de La Habana” Eduardo urged Alejandro to learn the craft of making pipes to ensure that the tradition of the gaita remains alive in Cuba.
Alejandro makes Galician and Asturian bagpipes. He rents a lathe to produce them. One goal of the Canadian-Cuban Celtic Society will be to see if we can import a lathe to Cuba and donate it to Alejandro's workshop. We will be raising money in Canada and Nate's documentary will help publicise our efforts.
Presently Alejandro is making a Asturian bagpipe for a Pinar Del Rio musician. Pinar Del Rio is a farming area in Cuba. The Asturian Society of Pinar Del Rio only have two Asturian bagpipes that many musicians share.


Folk Group "Resurrectio" of the Asturian Society in Pinar Del Rio

Has anyone seen this documentary about Eduardo Lorenzo? http://www.prodocumentales.org/paginas/ ... ?idPeli=37

Nate clarified his project:

Nate Banton wrote:Thanks for mentioning the kickstarter link! I'm trying to raise money for a camera to document the great comeback that the Cuban bagpipers have made. It's just fantastic. And yes, we'll also be raising money for a lathe for Alejandro Gispert.

I'm afraid that raising money for the lathe will be the easy part. Getting it to to Cuba will be the hard part! We're hoping the documentary will bring awareness of the pipers and make that part easier.

I haven't yet talked to Alejandro Gispert, who is the Cuban piper working on making pipes. His pipe teacher, before he died, made him promise to learn to make pipes. And I know he has made a couple sets of pipes on a rented lathe. I believe he taught himself! So I won't be teaching anyone to make pipes, but I'll do my best to give him some pointers to make things easier.

Nate has also posted a blog entry on it here:
http://natebanton.blogspot.com/2010/02/ ... -cuba.html

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Nate ha escrito un mensaje en su blog sobre esto aquí:
http://natebanton.blogspot.com/2010/02/ ... -cuba.html

Here are a few links with images from CeltFest Cuba 2010:
http://natebanton.wordpress.com/
http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/Articl ... ?e=2546760
http://www.facebook.com/l/e22d0;kaenar. ... index.html
The last two might be the same.
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Aquí están algunos eslabones con imágenes de CeltFest Cuba 2010:
http://natebanton.wordpress.com/
http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/Articl ... ?e=2546760
http://www.facebook.com/l/e22d0;kaenar. ... index.html
Tal vez los dos últimos sean lo mismo.

http://www.pipesdrums.com/ViewObject.as ... ticlePrint
An article in Pipe and Drums magazine by CeltFest Artists Ryan MacDonald and James Troy

The Asturian musicians of Pinar Del Rio and La Habana together on the Prado in Havana. April 2010 at CeltFest Cuba http://www.flickr.com/photos/celtfestcu ... 878327703/