{"id":2518,"date":"2014-12-06T12:01:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T12:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/?p=2518"},"modified":"2014-12-16T18:12:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T18:12:03","slug":"2518","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/?p=2518","title":{"rendered":"Cub Scouts and Concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Falalay.co.uk%2F%3Fp%3D2518&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/scouts.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2524\" src=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/scouts.png\" alt=\"scouts\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/scouts.png 225w, http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/scouts-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>I am constantly inspired by the determination of people (of all ages!) to help Bolivian street children.<\/p>\n<p>I was recently invited as a special guest to the 18th Bristol Cub Scouts Entertainment Evening &#8211; a wonderful event where children aged 8-10.5 years performed a huge variety of stories, puppet shows, jokes, songs and more, all in aid of Friends of Alalay. The Cubs have been supporting my work since 2009 in a number of ways, and I have spoken to them many times. Their enthusiasm to help the street children really shone through, and I was incredibly impressed at their bravery on stage &#8211; often performing on instruments which they had only been learning for a few months! Many, many thanks to all involved.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, it&#8217;s exactly a week today &#8217;til our <strong>Concertos for Christmas<\/strong> concert (10th December at 7:30pm, Cotham Parish Church, Bristol). Do come along, enjoy wonderful music (from\u00c2 Bach, Telemann, Vivaldi and Corelli),\u00c2 eat mince pies, and help Bolivian street children to help themselves. More information (and a downloadable flyer!) available <a href=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/?p=2475\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am constantly inspired by the determination of people (of all ages!) to help Bolivian street children. I was recently invited as a special guest to the 18th Bristol Cub Scouts Entertainment Evening &#8211; a wonderful event where children aged &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/?p=2518\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alalay.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}