{"id":4555,"date":"2016-12-17T20:30:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T20:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/?p=4555"},"modified":"2017-04-26T17:38:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T17:38:02","slug":"wonderful-christmas-concert-on-saturday10th-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/?p=4555","title":{"rendered":"Wonderful Christmas Concert on Saturday 10th December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a fantastic evening on Saturday 10th December and enjoyed by all the guests. \u00a0The School Steel Pan Club opened the event with &#8216;Can&#8217;t Help Falling in Love&#8217; followed by the Melodians with 9 of their favourite pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Featured pieces by the Melodians\u00a0included &#8216;Thinking Out Loud&#8217; composed by Ed Sheeran and arranged by Robert London. \u00a0This was performed at Robert and Joanna&#8217;s wedding earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>There was also a great reception to &#8216;All My Life&#8217; composed by KC &amp; Jo. \u00a0This was arranged by Azaria and was given a wonderful round of applause by the audience.<\/p>\n<p>After the concert there were speeches by Mike Fuller, Alexandra Hardy &#8211;\u00a0the Head Teacher, and the Mayor who then went on to present the awards.<\/p>\n<p>The awards were:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4559\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4559\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Best-Attendance-Richard-and-Lucy1024x768.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4559\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/?attachment_id=4559\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Best-Attendance-Richard-and-Lucy1024x768.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX S7000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1481408322&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;360&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"best-attendance-richard-and-lucy1024x768\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Best-Attendance-Richard-and-Lucy1024x768.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Best-Attendance-Richard-and-Lucy1024x768.jpg?fit=760%2C570&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-4559 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Best-Attendance-Richard-and-Lucy1024x768.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"best-attendance-richard-and-lucy1024x768\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Best-Attendance-Richard-and-Lucy1024x768.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Best-Attendance-Richard-and-Lucy1024x768.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Best-Attendance-Richard-and-Lucy1024x768.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Best Attendance Award went to both Richard Hobson and Lucy Barnard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4563\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4563\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Most-Promising-Players-Theo-and-Isabella-1024x768.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4563\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/?attachment_id=4563\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Most-Promising-Players-Theo-and-Isabella-1024x768.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX S7000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1481408394&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;220&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"most-promising-players-theo-and-isabella-1024&#215;768\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Most-Promising-Players-Theo-and-Isabella-1024x768.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Most-Promising-Players-Theo-and-Isabella-1024x768.jpg?fit=760%2C570&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-4563 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Most-Promising-Players-Theo-and-Isabella-1024x768.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"most-promising-players-theo-and-isabella-1024x768\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Most-Promising-Players-Theo-and-Isabella-1024x768.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Most-Promising-Players-Theo-and-Isabella-1024x768.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Most-Promising-Players-Theo-and-Isabella-1024x768.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Most Promising Player Award went to both Theo Carter\u00a0and Isabella Alcock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4562\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4562\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Most-Improved-Players-Lucy-and-Amelia-1024x768.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4562\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/?attachment_id=4562\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Most-Improved-Players-Lucy-and-Amelia-1024x768.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX S7000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1481408450&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;220&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"most-improved-players-lucy-and-amelia-1024&#215;768\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Most-Improved-Players-Lucy-and-Amelia-1024x768.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Most-Improved-Players-Lucy-and-Amelia-1024x768.jpg?fit=760%2C570&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-4562 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Most-Improved-Players-Lucy-and-Amelia-1024x768.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"most-improved-players-lucy-and-amelia-1024x768\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Most-Improved-Players-Lucy-and-Amelia-1024x768.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Most-Improved-Players-Lucy-and-Amelia-1024x768.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Most-Improved-Players-Lucy-and-Amelia-1024x768.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Most Improved Player Award went to both Lucy Barnard and Amelia Mitchell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4561\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4561\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Landmark-Award-Chris-1024x768.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4561\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/?attachment_id=4561\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Landmark-Award-Chris-1024x768.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX S7000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1481408501&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;280&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"landmark-award-chris-1024&#215;768\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Landmark-Award-Chris-1024x768.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Landmark-Award-Chris-1024x768.jpg?fit=760%2C570&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-4561 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Landmark-Award-Chris-1024x768.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"landmark-award-chris-1024x768\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Landmark-Award-Chris-1024x768.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Landmark-Award-Chris-1024x768.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Landmark-Award-Chris-1024x768.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The John Hague Landmark Award Trophy went to Chris Sylvester for Long Service<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Player-of-the-Year-award-Azaria-1024x768.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4564\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/?attachment_id=4564\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Player-of-the-Year-award-Azaria-1024x768.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX S7000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1481408622&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;11.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"player-of-the-year-award-azaria-1024&#215;768\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Player-of-the-Year-award-Azaria-1024x768.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Player-of-the-Year-award-Azaria-1024x768.jpg?fit=760%2C570&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-4564 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Player-of-the-Year-award-Azaria-1024x768.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"player-of-the-year-award-azaria-1024x768\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Player-of-the-Year-award-Azaria-1024x768.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Player-of-the-Year-award-Azaria-1024x768.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Player-of-the-Year-award-Azaria-1024x768.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Player of the Year Award went to Azaria Francis<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just in case you\u00a0were unable to attend\u00a0the concert you can now watch it via\u00a0the YouTube playlist from our recordings of the day.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_23878\"  width=\"760\" height=\"428\"  data-origwidth=\"760\" data-origheight=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L_JNFJp_x9I?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk&#038;list=PLi4HjuKPVZWewnpaiHpMwJ3pp7n_0cWBg&#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; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a fantastic evening on Saturday 10th December and enjoyed by all the guests. \u00a0The School Steel Pan Club opened the event with &#8216;Can&#8217;t Help Falling in Love&#8217; followed by the Melodians with 9 of their favourite pieces. Featured pieces by the Melodians\u00a0included &#8216;Thinking Out Loud&#8217; composed by Ed Sheeran and arranged by Robert [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":403,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Xd1v-1bt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4555"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/403"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4555"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4644,"href":"https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4555\/revisions\/4644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melodiansuk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}