St. Mary's Church Christmas Concert, Clayton, NY photos

 

Program cover for Christmas Concert  at St. Mary's Church, Clayton, NY. 

Yesterday (Sunday, December 11, 2022) my Celebrity Brother and I attended the first annual Christmas Concert  St. Mary's Church, Clayton, NY. It started at 4:00pm. It was most excellent. All of the participants performed very well. The following are some photos I snapped of the show. I took the pictures with a Sony a6600 camera with a Minolta 200mm f2.8 AF lens. I also snapped a couple with my iPhone. When the show was over about 5:30 we went to O'Brien's bar for a beer. We each had a 16oz Lagunitas IPA. That's a good brew. The 2 beers cost $16.00. Add a $4.00 tip and a 20 dollar bill disappears. The weather this day cold, high temp in the 20's, light snow, no more than a couple inches, kind of lousy driving. 

2922 Christmas Concert  at St. Mary's Church, Clayton, NY. 

2922 Christmas Concert  at St. Mary's Church, Clayton, NY. 

2922 Christmas Concert  at St. Mary's Church, Clayton, NY. 

2922 Christmas Concert  at St. Mary's Church, Clayton, NY. 

2922 Christmas Concert  at St. Mary's Church, Clayton, NY. 

2922 Christmas Concert  at St. Mary's Church, Clayton, NY. 

2922 Christmas Concert  at St. Mary's Church, Clayton, NY. 

2922 Christmas Concert  at St. Mary's Church, Clayton, NY. 

2922 Christmas Concert  at St. Mary's Church, Clayton, NY. 

I Play at Cape Vincent NY Concert on the Green July 2, 2022

 

Me (Gary Walts) playing at Cape Vincent Concerts On The Green July 2, 2022.  Photo by RD White

Yesterday (July2, 2022) I had the pleasure of bring the opening performer for the Cape Vincent Concerts On The Green series. It is sponsored by the Cape Vincent Arts Council. It was a beautiful day with a nice breeze coming in off the St. Lawrence River. Overall I was pleased with how I handled it. Stage fright was minimal. It looked to me like a good turnout. From what I heard afterwards my sound system projected across the green well. I had the volume jacked up high enough it was almost hurting my ears. I am assuming it sounded good to the audience based on comments I heard. I used my 1984 Guild Classical guitar fitted with a Kremona bridge mounted pickup, a Fishman Solo Amp 220. I did quite a bit of chit chat between tunes, offering some  bits of info regarding he composers and arrangers of the various pieces I played. 

Promo piece for my July 2, 2022 concert in Cape Vincent, NY.

    I played pieces by Fernando Sor, Matteo Carcassi, Mauro Giuliani. Some Beatles tunes arranged by Joe Washington, John Knowles, Larry Beekman. The pop tunes included Light My Fire arranged by Jorge Nolla, Classical Gas, Mr. Bojangles arranged by Chet Atkins.  I got lost while playing Sweet Caroline and eventually just threw my hands up in the air and ended it. The audience didn't mind. I returned with Willie Nelson's song Crazy ( made popular by Patsy Cline) arranged for guitar by Dave Seck. I was surprised to see a number of friends and fellow musicians came out. Among them were Ron Sacci, Ed Horeth, RD White, Sarah Jane White, Mark Pierce and others I can't think of at the moment. The Watertown Daily Times ran a storyabout the series with a photo of me a few days earlier . I missed stand am looking to find a copy. 

Gary Walts, Concert On The Green, July 2, 2022. Watertown Daily Times photo.

The event took place from 4:00 to 5:30

Earlier in the day I mowed the lawn at our Chaumont house.

When I got home the Better Half & I sat out on the front porch to well after dark.

Over all it was a great day.

Rapper Macklemore and Ryan Lewis at the Carrier Dome

Last night I went to the Carrier Dome in Syracuse and photographed Macklemore and Ryand Lewis conceret.

You can see more of my photos and read a review of the show at:
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis