Your Favourite Picture Of You Playing

[ESJohn]

Saxophone Christmas, Akron, Ohio
December 9, 2023
30th year (with a few missed for Covid)
My first. I'm on the far left.
A nice variety of horns including sops, altos, tenors, baris and basses.
Short familiar tunes. Good thing due to 45 minutes to practice together just before the performance.
I think we sounded pretty decent.

 

[LostCircuits]

Me showing the guitar players in our band how to play a riff

 

[tommoh]

Latest tour photos. Me getting furious at a photographer who kept putting his bag under my feet despite being asked at least four times not to. (the guy who did the same with a pint glass had it kicked over him.) And a low Bb with 180* twist

 

[Targa]

That's one way of sucking the spit out.

 

[tommoh]

That's one way of sucking the spit out.

That's what he/she said....

 

[paulhughes]

Brain Tumour charity gig 9th December - great audience, great cause, great music, great time!

 

[Dr G]

Thanks for that, Paul. My family has experienced brain tumors as well. Still dealing with the consequences 17 years later.

 

[paulhughes]

Thanks for that, Paul. My family has experienced brain tumors as well. Still dealing with the consequences 17 years later.

It is a horrifyingly arbitrary condition. So sorry that you have been affected.

 

[BertieBut]

It's an approriate time to share this (one of only a few shots of me playing). I'm appearing as off-duty Father Christmas for the Forest of Dean Mummers' 2020 video of our traditional Gloucestershire play.

 

[scotsman]

Had a visitor yesterday who had taken a pic of me playing the Kholert 57 Tenor during the 3 year restoration of my boat. Came as a bit of a surprise actually as previously the Harbour Master had told me that he had recieved a report that there was someting wrong with the foghorn..(Joke BTW!!) Anyway, the pic is enclosed..Regards..

 

[Ivan]

Bungalow Bar
Paisley
Dec 2023

 

[ghostler]

Had a visitor yesterday who had taken a pic of me playing the Kholert 57 Tenor during the 3 year restoration of my boat. Came as a bit of a surprise actually as previously the Harbour Master had told me that he had recieved a report that there was someting wrong with the foghorn..(Joke BTW!!) Anyway, the pic is enclosed..Regards..

(To the tune of the last words of Let It Snow):
When there's no other place to go,
Let it bellow, let it bellow, let it bellow ...

 

[Richard Perks]

 

[stefank]

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Cheeseworks. Now there's a band name that's different!

 

[BigMartin]

Don't know that it's a favourite exactly, but somebody recently sent me this flashback to the 1970s (I'm fourth from the left).
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Since I posted this photo, a recording of this group has come to light. Only took about 50 years!. Far from perfect, but I thought it wasn't bad for a bunch of teenagers. I'm playing Clarinet 2.

Dvorak Wind Serenade

 

[Jules]

Cheeseworks. Now there's a band name that's different!

Les Hommes de Fromage..

 

[ESJohn]

Re: #195
I don't think I've ever seen music stands of this design. Appears to be a nice space-saving design if they would need to be stored.

 

[BigMartin]

Re: #195
I don't think I've ever seen music stands of this design. Appears to be a nice space-saving design if they would need to be stored.

We had a lot of them at the school. I seem to remember they did stack pretty well. Made a hell of a noise if you knocked one over, though. Might be quite difficult to source them now, as this was in the UK, mid 1970s.

 

[stefank]

Re: #195
I don't think I've ever seen music stands of this design. Appears to be a nice space-saving design if they would need to be stored.

We had many similar at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music in the late seventies. They stacked nicely on trolleys, but were somewhat susceptible to being knocked over.

 

[ESJohn]

At the recent recital we had at the Summit County District Library. I'm in the center of the last row.
I'm not sure why the folks on my right and left appear to be looking at me, nor as to why I am smiling so much.