Five Questions for New Mexico Authors – Cipriano Frederico Vigil
This week we ask Cipriano Frederico Vigil of Chamisal, New Mexico—a renowned musician, historian, composer, and musicologist of traditional Nuevomexicano folk music—some questions about his sure-to-be-classic bilingual book New Mexico Folk Music / Cancionero del Folklor Nuevomexicano: Treasures of a People / El Tesoro del Pueblo.
New Mexico Mercury: For someone like me with no tradition of community music, your book is a revelation. These first questions feel naïve, but they are sincere ones. What are the historical and cultural roots of Hispanic folk music in New Mexico? Is there a known beginning?...
Disabled but not enabled
Over the past 29 years Adaptive Sports Program of New Mexico has given thousands of disabled people the opportunity to enjoy snow and water sports supposedly reserved for the strong and healthy.
This summer more than 100 disabled people are participating in 10 river running and lake events that include kayaking, sailing, paddle boarding and sail boarding. Last winter more than 300 participated in downhill skiing and snowboarding at Ski Santa Fe, Sandia and Pajarito...