{"id":21694,"date":"2016-04-20T09:21:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T08:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=21694"},"modified":"2016-04-20T09:21:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T08:21:20","slug":"schools-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/04\/schools-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had an entertaining evening at a Ceredigion schools concert in the Arts Centre in Aberystwyth last night. It was three concerts in one really.<\/p>\n<h2>Windband Schools Concert<\/h2>\n<p>First up was the Wind Band in which Morgan was playing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VlfGDcbiwTg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We even had to join in with some audience participation during the 1812 overture using paper bags and party poppers to create fireworks. 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