{"id":6123,"date":"2013-08-12T09:36:01","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T08:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=6123"},"modified":"2013-08-12T09:36:01","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T08:36:01","slug":"meilana-gillard-jazz-at-ward-park-this-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2013\/08\/meilana-gillard-jazz-at-ward-park-this-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Meilana Gillard Jazz at Ward Park This Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>North Down Borough Council\u2019s Summer Entertainment continues this Sunday, 18th August with the very talented Meilana Gillard performing at The Bandstand in Ward Park.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ndbc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6124\" title=\"ndbc\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ndbc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a>Meilana, a New York native is the best thing to happen to Northern Ireland jazz in years and has taken the scene here by the scruff of the neck. She studied at New School New York and ended up as Tenor player in the much acclaimed Charlie Persip Big Band but has credits with many of the biggest names in New York and is a member of the famous Diva Big Band as well as playing as part of the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>With her band of highly talented musicians, Sunday\u2019s set will be made of some much-loved standards arranged in Meilana\u2019s unique style along with some of her own originals. If it\u2019s quality jazz you\u2019re looking for, then look no further than Ward Park this Sunday, you are in for a treat!<\/p>\n<p>The show runs from 3pm \u2013 5pm so gather your friends and family, pack the picnic and don\u2019t miss it!<\/p>\n<p>Keep an eye out in local press each week for details on each artist or for more information phone our Tourist Information Centre on 028 9127 0069 or visit: www.northdowntourism.com<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Down Borough Council\u2019s Summer Entertainment continues this Sunday, 18th August with the very talented Meilana Gillard performing at The Bandstand in Ward Park. Meilana, a New York native is the best thing to happen to Northern Ireland jazz in years and has taken the scene here by the scruff of the neck. She studied &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2013\/08\/meilana-gillard-jazz-at-ward-park-this-sunday\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/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":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6123"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6125,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6123\/revisions\/6125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}