http://www.curtisfamily.org.uk A place to record things that interest me (Chris Curtis)- that might interest you too. Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:13:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Time for an update. I have had a couple of lessons and learnt far more than I thought possible in the hour (total) with a proper saxophone teacher. He is very happy to work to my agenda for him, which was to tell me what I am getting wrong and tell ... http://www.curtisfamily.org.uk/index.php/2008/06/22/285 It must be summer. Southdowns Orienteers have come out of the woodlands, where the brambles and bracken are head-high at this time of year, and for the next few months we will be running around parks and adjacent terrain. In recent years the traditional "Park-Os" have developed into the Sussex sprint ... http://www.curtisfamily.org.uk/index.php/2008/06/21/283 Amazingly, this blog is four years old today! I started it when I was convalescing from an operation and it has kept going since then. Thanks for reading. http://www.curtisfamily.org.uk/index.php/2008/06/12/284 The alto sax was (a kind of) 50th birthday present to myself but I have bought a tenor sax as sheer self-indulgence! Actually, it could have been worse. The beast in question is a Walstein tenor sax from woodwind and brass. It is gorgeous with a deep, rosy phosphor-bronze body and ... http://www.curtisfamily.org.uk/index.php/2008/05/28/286 This week, I will have been playing the saxophone for a month. What progress? Quite good really (if I say so myself!) but I am at that depressing stage where I am good enough to know that I am not very good but not good enough to know how to ... http://www.curtisfamily.org.uk/index.php/2008/05/04/282 It has been ages since I went orienteering (or had much of a training run) and it showed! It was a glorious morning with bright sunshine and real warmth. The first part of the course took us through open woodland carpeted with bluebells. There is nothing more wonderful in nature than ... http://www.curtisfamily.org.uk/index.php/2008/05/03/279 I have wanted to play the sax since I was small. It is such a cool and expressive instrument. I keep seeing and hearing excellent sax solos (most recently from the guy in Elkie Brooks' band) and the idea would not go away, so it is time to take the ... http://www.curtisfamily.org.uk/index.php/2008/04/07/281 Test to see if the album appears here [gallery=1] http://www.curtisfamily.org.uk/index.php/2008/03/30/277