{"id":15995,"date":"2014-04-09T12:34:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T11:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15995"},"modified":"2015-07-23T13:35:49","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T12:35:49","slug":"strike-bands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/04\/strike-bands\/","title":{"rendered":"Strike up the Bands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a quick clip from the &#8216;Strike up the Bands&#8217; concert we went to the other night. Morgan&#8217;s cornet playing is coming along nicely so he was interested to go to the concert which included sessions from the Ceredigion Youth Band, the Aberystwyth Silver Band and the Aberystwyth Wind Band.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t3G5fO4coqY?list=UUP7P3v193bpnblVAp4vgkyA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It started quite late though with the Youth Band playing. 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