{"id":22640,"date":"2013-12-11T12:49:12","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T18:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=22640"},"modified":"2014-03-28T16:57:43","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T21:57:43","slug":"christmas-with-the-swan-valley-community-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2013\/12\/11\/christmas-with-the-swan-valley-community-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas with the Swan Valley Community Band"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/br>Submitted by:
\nJayne Leadbeater<\/p>\n

Swan Valley Community Band started Sept. 1994, after our director, Julie Kooistra placed an ad in the Star & Times for those interested in playing again.
\n<\/br><\/br>Click any picture for a larger version.<\/em><\/p>\n

The beginning numbers were small, about 15, but has swelled to a steady number in the last 7-8 years. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>On Wednesday, December 4, 2013 the Swan Valley Community Band held a Christmas Concert for the community at the SVRSS Cafeteria.<\/p>\n

Our group totals 34, but with a number of incidents like illness, accidents, & job commitments with members, we were missing about 10 people. <\/p>\n

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Our Tarnished Brass Quintet had dwindled to a trio, but was determined to perform until illness sidelined one of our performers. And, sadly, our charter members are disappearing. One of them has decided to move a quarter of Canada away, a three day drive. We are now down to 4 who dusted off that instrument in 1994, and took the plunge.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/br>Take Note of the brand new band shirts. In our 20th year, we decided we needed a change from what we started with–cream color. The shirts were purchased through Atkinson Sports Excellence with embroidery from Parkland Embroidery.
\n<\/br>
\n\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

The color will have a double purpose when we perform for Canada Day again in July 2014, our 6th performance participating in the celebrations.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Everyone has a great time bonding in music, the universal language. We are not serious ALL the time, as there is always someone willing to make a joke. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/br>Please consider joining our group. You may an instrument hiding in a closet just waiting for you. <\/p>\n

We welcome anyone. We are always happy to see NEW faces, talent is secondary.
\n<\/br><\/br>Jayne Leadbeater
\nSecretary & Public Relations
\nA Charter Member<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Submitted by: Jayne Leadbeater Swan Valley Community Band started Sept. 1994, after our director, Julie Kooistra placed an ad in the Star & Times for those interested in playing again. Click any picture for a larger version. The beginning numbers were small, about 15, but has swelled to a steady number in the last 7-8 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[24,13,16],"class_list":["post-22640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-arts-entertainment","tag-coverage","tag-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}