It's a raven! It's a helicopter! It's Alex Cuba and a flying piano!

Necks craned skyward looking for the helicopter in the clouds with a piano and the promiseof performance by Cuban-Canadian artist Alex Cuba dangling in the air.

And like the sun he came, filling the mountain air near Smithers, B.C.with a funky rendition of a famous Cuban song calledGuantanamera, but this version is about"one tonne of mayo."

Cuba and the piano were set down by helicopteron theCrater Lake trail on July 15 for the performance, which wasall part of theStreet Piano Project started by a group called Smithers Street Pianos.

Cuba bornPuentes isknown for hisSpanish/English songwriting and has wonJunosas well as a Grammy award nomination for Best Latin Pop Album.

Looking skyward for Alex Cuba and a piano!

8 years ago

Duration 8:08

Alex Cuba flies in to remote area with piano

"I do my bestyou know I don't play piano I play guitar," Cuba joked after delighting hikers with a short song on the custom painted piano.

The Highland Helicopterthat delivered the musician and the bulky instrument to the Crater Lake trail on Hudson Bay Mountainwas delayed by fog, but eventually emerged.

Alex Cuba's mini concert near Crater Lake, not far from Smithers B.C.

8 years ago

Duration 2:46

It was all part of the Street Piano Project started in Smither's B.C. by a group called Smithers Street Pianos.