Thanks for the best year ever!

Hello to all my friends new and old!

Its been a wonderful year and the seasons have taken us to many new places and in return we have lots of musicians and bands having a grand time with their new instruments.  New bands in the Carbony Celtic Winds family include Celtica, Darren McMullen, Kennedy's Kitchen, Blackthorn, Keltic Kudzu, Ben Homes, Peter Purvis and Coyote Run.

In the process of traveling to over twenty different festivals and games this year, we did manage to fit in the development of several brand new instruments and refinements on existing designs.  Most notable is the full set of Great Highland Bagpipes and the new dual drone Gaita.  We also had a great breakthrough on our Irish flute which now features a hepta-taper design, enhancing the resonance of each primary note.

We created a Carbony Celtic Winds facebook page to share stories, videos and soundclips, if you haven't already, please like us!  Also this year we have established Carbony Celtics Winds as a part of Pipe Makers Union, LLC. The registration of this new business name grounds our intent and the future direction of our company.


Enjoy,

Rob

Links to Facebook and Festival

To assist in navigating to our facebook page or more info on the festival here are some easy to use links:

Carbony Celtic Winds
www.facebook.com/CarbonyCelticWinds

Also we have added quite a few new appearances for July and August:

July 8-10 Chicago's Irish Cultural Center Irish Fest
irishfestchicago.com

July 14-17 Festival of Traditional Music and Folk Dances
Château d'Ars (France)
www.rencontresdeluthiers.org/en/accueil.php

July 29-31 Great American Irish Festival (Utica, NY)
www.gaif.us

August 12-14 An Ri Ra Irish Festival (Butte, MT)
www.mtgaelic.org/Festival1.html

August 18-21 Milwaukee Irish Festival
www.irishfest.com


Thanks again and hope you are having a great summer,

Rob

summer update and facebook announcement

Hi,

Its been great 2011 so far and our new products are moving as fast as I can build them! We have just created our new Carbony Celtic Winds facebook page and would be honored to have you like us. This will allow you to post your favorite tunes and videos and keep up to date on all our favorite bands and music.

Also we have added quite a few new appearances for July and August:

July 8-10 Chicago's Irish Cultural Center Irish Fest

July 14-17 Festival of Traditional Music and Folk Dances
Château d'Ars (France)

July 29-31 Great American Irish Festival (Utica, NY)

August 12-14 An Ri Ra Irish Festival (Butte, MT)

August 18-21 Milwaukee Irish Festival

and look for us in Estes Park and Muskegon in September!

Thanks for all your support and hope to see you soon,

Rob

Happy St Patrick's Day

Just wanted to wish everyone a wonderful 2011 and to remind you to take in and play some music this week! The year is already on a great start and I always consider March 17th opening day for Celtic Festivals and Highland Games. I have been busy in the shop for a couple months and will be parading out some real sweet creations this year. Already released is a concert A chanter for the Great Highland Bagpipe. Very sweet sound and this chanter will get you into a band with fiddles and guitars. I have a few other neat creations coming out in the next two weeks so watch the website or come out to my booth when I am in your area.

I already have a few appearances locked in for this season:

Dunedin Highland Games, April 9th

Rural Hill Scottish Festival and Loch Norman Highland Games, April 15,16,17

Sacramento Valley Scottish Games & Festival, May 7,8

Newport Celtic Festival and Highland Games, June 10,11,12

The International Gathering of Instrument-Makers and Master Pipes of Saint-Chartier, July 14,15,16,17

Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Festival, Sept 8,9,10,11

My calendar is still filling up so email me if there is a show you would like to see me at thats not on the list yet!

Thanks again and check out some of the new stuff on our website, www.Carbony.com

And if you have a sound clip or video you would like to share, drop me an email at Rob.Gandara@Carbony.com. All artists selected will receive a $50 credit towards your next instrument purchase.

And of course in Corvallis on Thursday, look for my band Ordinance downtown. We are playing six sets in four pubs. Starting at 5:00 pm at Squirrels, 6:30 on Cloud nine, 7:30 at the Beaver Tail Brewery and closing out the night at the Block 15 Brewery. Bring your dancing shoes...


Sláinte,

Rob