{"id":23,"date":"2012-12-15T14:28:37","date_gmt":"2012-12-15T14:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2019-02-14T18:13:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T18:13:08","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/?page_id=23","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Foreword by Terry Noel MBE JP<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2017 we celebrated our 30th Anniversary with a concert on 21st October. In the concert we performed 11 pieces of music that have been arranged or composed for us over the past 30 years by key arrangers and composers. It was a wonderful evening and it was great to see so many of the players, arrangers, composers and supporters from the past 30 years enjoying the evening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/about\/tsig\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"39\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/?attachment_id=39\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/tsig.gif?fit=83%2C66&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"83,66\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Terry Sig\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/tsig.gif?fit=83%2C66&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/tsig.gif?fit=83%2C66&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/tsig.gif?resize=83%2C66&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Terry Sig\" width=\"83\" height=\"66\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Terry-MBE.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3637\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/?attachment_id=3637\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Terry-MBE.jpg?fit=197%2C291&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"197,291\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Terry MBE\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Terry Noel after receiving his MBE at Windsor Castle 6th March 2015&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Terry Noel after receiving his MBE at Windsor Castle 6th March 2015&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Terry-MBE.jpg?fit=197%2C291&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Terry-MBE.jpg?fit=197%2C291&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3637 size-full\" title=\"Terry Noel after receiving his MBE at Windsor Castle 6th March 2015\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Terry-MBE.jpg?resize=197%2C291&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Terry Noel after receiving his MBE at Windsor Castle 6th March 2015\" width=\"197\" height=\"291\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">Terry Noel after receiving his MBE at Windsor Castle 6th March 2015<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Melodians Steel Orchestra UK<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_89401\"  width=\"760\" height=\"428\"  data-origwidth=\"760\" data-origheight=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FcNpQFH-HIg?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; 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Tobago<\/td>\n<td width=\"156\">Turkey<\/td>\n<td width=\"156\">United Arab Emirates<\/td>\n<td width=\"156\">Wales<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"156\">Zambia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreword by Terry Noel MBE JP &nbsp; \u201cIn 2017 we celebrated our 30th Anniversary with a concert on 21st October. 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