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Just wanted to say our small church participated in a Christmas program here in a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri.
We organized a trio of Piano, Bass, and Drums and competed with our local Community Band performing 5 selections from A Jazz-Inspired Christmas. Many reported our trio was the hightlight of the evening. I am the musical director and pianist/organist of the church and perform many of your arrangements regularly. Our congregation love them and I constantly give praise to your talent and direction. I now own all of your current books and enjoy the challenge of performing them. One of my strengths is improvising and I am constantly learning new techniques and at the same time reinforcing old ones thanks to your arrangements. Please keep up the inspiring work, it keeps me on the edge of my seat. God Bless, Craig Curry!

Ron said on January 8 about

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Thanks Donna! Your comment was helpful to me as I’m right now in the middle of all those “upcoming” projects from May!

One thing at a time and use the hours God’s given for His glory… very good advice. Sounds a lot like Matthew 6:33-34: “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

Thanks again. Continuing to pray for you…

Craig Curry said on July 15 about

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Craig, you have said all this so well. First, I am impressed that you are so goal oriented, but you get a lot done that way. Indeed, our worth is not connected to our productivity as God loves us just the way we are. I find each day challenging. I was just saying to myself about an hour ago, I have too much to do today. Then, reading this blog I realized that I just have to do one thing at a time and use the hours given me for His glory. You are a treasure, to God, and to my family!

Donna Williams said on July 14 about

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Enjoy Craig playing 2 pieces from "A Jazz-Inspired Christmas".

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What’s So Great About Wichita?

by: Craig Curry

posted in: The Stuff of Life

Friday, August 26, 2005

Wichita has something of an image problem--and the problem is, in my opinion, it really has no 'image' nationally to speak of. I travel a fair amount and when people ask me, "Where you from?" and I tell them, I usually get a blank stare followed by an awkward pause in response that lets me know 1) the person before me has likely never been to Wichita, or to Kansas for that matter, and 2) they don't know what to think because their only frame of reference for Kansas is the opening scenes of "The Wizard of Oz."

Now I will be the first to admit when I moved here 15 years ago, I thought I would be LONG gone by this time. (I was planning on 5 years, tops). But in my opinion, Wichita has a lot to offer.

For example, I'm presently enjoying coffee at a local bookstore/cafe (Watermark Books) about 3 blocks from my house. It's a small, independent store and I love the fact that 1) they have free wi-fi 2) I live so close. A couple doors down is "Jeanne's Cafe," a small diner that serves great breakfasts on the cheap. Across the street is a great little wood oven pizza place, "Il Vicino." And my daughter attends a public school with a long and proud history two blocks north of here.

These kinds of neighborhoods are fast disappearing across the US, but I love that Wichita still has them.

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