Carys’s Photographic Review of 2022

Ooh, that rhymes! Well, here is my review of 2022, hopefully with lots of photos and not too many words, because it’s 10pm on New Year’s Eve and I still have a lot of chocolate I need to eat. Without further ado…

January

Not too many concert photos from January, so instead here’s a glove for you to admire!

One of my lovely gloves, a gift from Susan in the USA
February

Again, I couldn’t find any decent live or studio pics that weren’t horribly grainy, so here’s one from a weekend away with friends.

Taken at Saturday night dinner, Febstock 2022
March

Ahh, the first event I’d really rather forget – a serious carpal tunnel flare-up, which severely restricted my guitar playing for several weeks! It didn’t stop me from making the curtains in preparation of our forthcoming livestream concert though…

Sewing the stage curtains for our first livestream gig
April

April 29th saw the first Beyond the Airwaves live/livestream concert which you can still watch here. But in another life, as some of you know I have always been a huge Abba fan. In the run-up to the opening of Abba Voyage, I created my dream setlist. Please note, I picked my favourite tracks, not the most popular ones!

David Wright and Carys, Beyond the Airwaves #1
My dream ABBA Voyage setlist
May

Onto May, and the latter half of a very busy weekend. Of course the Friday had been our livestream concert, and after a day to rest the Sunday saw a long trip up to Filey folk festival. Then on the Bank Holiday Monday afternoon Celandine played at Spring Wood Day in Ipswich!

Celandine at Spring Wood Day
At Filey Folk Festival. Photo by Tim Moon
June

At the beginning of June, just under a week after it opened (my anxiety wouldn’t let me try to attend the premiere) I made it to Abba Voyage. No photos in the arena of course, but here I am in the corridor just outside which had the most wonderful sensory lights. I don’t think they MEANT them that way, but they slowly changed colour…apparently I stood staring for nearly ten minutes before I could be persuaded to move!

At the entrance to ABBA Voyage

The following week I played at one of my favourite local festivals, Folk at the Boat, once again headlined by the fantastic Gerry Colvin Band.

Folk at the Boat 2022. Photo by Bill Pipe
July

 

July was…busy. I’ll be honest, it was ridiculously busy, mainly because I have never figured out what is a sensible number of activities to attempt. For future reference: an EP release, major Shakespearean role (and producing the music), whole-weekend festival (including teaching a songwriting workshop), livestream concert and a day job might be attempting a little too much…

In the studio, 2nd July
Gone to Earth, Stonham Barns
Backstage as Ariel in The Tempest with Bury Theatre Workshop
David Wright and Carys, Beyond the Airwaves #2

Oh, and my hair mysteriously turned blue as well..!

August

Just the one pic for August – playing at the hottest festival I can remember, Cream of the Crop at Cropredy Fringe!

Cream of the Crop, Cropredy Fringe 2022. Photo by Mike Bursell
September

Another month in which I can’t find many live or studio shots. I was back to the day job though, so my hair had to go back to something relatively natural…

Here I am on the Sunday afternoon with Little Orange Dog and her friends…

The Wolfshead Wolves!

And a few hours later with normal hair. Ish!

Screenshot of my hair back to a natural colour. Ish!
October

October saw the third Beyond the Airwaves live/livestream. We’re getting the hang of these now!

David Wright and Carys, Beyond the Airwaves #3
David Wright and Carys, Beyond the Airwaves #3
David Wright and Carys, Beyond the Airwaves #3
November

Just one photo for November. At the grand age of sixteen years and five months, Little Orange Dog died. She’d lived with me since a couple of months before her 7th birthday and left a very big dachshund-shaped hole behind.

Flowers from my friend Jo following Little Orange Dog’s passing.
December

The beginning of December saw the release of my latest single, Blackberries and Butterflies. But to round out the year, a slightly grainy photo from BARD-AID in Woodbridge on 17th December. A fantastic evening was had by all!

At BARD-AID, supporting Bold and Saucy Wrongs, Woodbridge, 17th December. Photo by Rose Johnson.

Happy New Year and see you in 2023!

Cxx

P.S. You can click on any of the photos to see the full-sized versions

1 thought on “Carys’s Photographic Review of 2022

  1. Elizabeth-Anne Wright says:

    Excellent music genre, such a talented young person ☺️

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