Romain is the Penn Soner (musical director) of the Kerlenn Pondi. A Kerlenn is an organization of Breton culture within a given area. Usually, a Bagad is part of its area's Kerlenn, along with a group of dancers, and what is called a Cirque Celtique. Bagad New York is formed under the structure of a Kerlenn. Romain is a multi-instrumentalist and works for Dastum. Dastum is the organization which preserves Breton musical traditions by recording vocal and instrumental music performances, as well as cataloguing all known historical performances, sheet music, and all sorts of other media. Dastum has satellite offices all over Brittany which focus on the musical traditions of their own areas; musicians use the resources preserved by Dastum for any number of musical projects. Romain talked about Kerlenn Pondi's upcoming trip to Nepal as part of the Bombards of the World festival.
Auray is the first port in which Benjamin Franklin landed in his long relationship with France. The town of Auray's High School is named after him, and in 2007 Kevrenn Alre visited Philadelphia.
The Basilica of St. Anne is where the Biniou and Bombard were first played with an Organ.
We also visited the instrument factory of Jorj Bothua, who makes Bombards and Binou out of, among other types of wood, boxwood. This is a piece of boxwood before turning. Bothua uses some pieces of boxwood which are 1000 years old.
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