{"id":9258,"date":"2015-06-02T14:38:16","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T13:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=9258"},"modified":"2015-06-02T14:38:16","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T13:38:16","slug":"straw-people-parade-in-magherafelt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2015\/06\/straw-people-parade-in-magherafelt\/","title":{"rendered":"Straw People Parade In Magherafelt"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Straw people will parade through Magherafelt this Saturday (6 June), as part of the town\u2019s annual Straw Festival.<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/press3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9259\" title=\"press\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/press3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"308\" \/><\/a>Up to a dozen \u2018straw people\u2019, all crafted by local community groups, will take part in the event organised by Mid Ulster District Council, which this year will be led by a \u2018Frozen\u2019-themed train, together with some very special guest characters.<\/p>\n<p>The parade will finish in Meadowbank Sports Arena for a family fun day, complete with entertainment including a climbing wall, Fun Zorbs, cage football, inflatables, food and craft stalls, and prizes for the best straw creations.<\/p>\n<p>The carnival parade leaves Magherafelt High School at 1pm and entertainment will continue at Meadowbank Sports Arena until 5pm. Admission is \u00a31.<\/p>\n<p>For further information on the Straw Festival, contact Magherafelt Visitor Information centre on 028 7963 1510 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midulstercouncil.org\/strawfestival\">www.midulstercouncil.org\/strawfestival<\/a>.<\/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>Straw people will parade through Magherafelt this Saturday (6 June), as part of the town\u2019s annual Straw Festival. Up to a dozen \u2018straw people\u2019, all crafted by local community groups, will take part in the event organised by Mid Ulster District Council, which this year will be led by a \u2018Frozen\u2019-themed train, together with some &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2015\/06\/straw-people-parade-in-magherafelt\/\">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\/9258"}],"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=9258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9260,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9258\/revisions\/9260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}