{"id":66,"date":"2009-06-27T17:14:01","date_gmt":"2009-06-28T00:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/?p=66"},"modified":"2009-06-27T21:32:30","modified_gmt":"2009-06-28T03:32:30","slug":"fort-benton-summer-celebration-parade-a-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/?p=66","title":{"rendered":"Fort Benton Summer Celebration Parade a Blast!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The parade in Fort Benton was held in beautiful weather and a great time was had by all who attended.<\/p>\n<p>The band was able to field 8 pipers, two snares and a bass drummer.<\/p>\n<p>After completing the parade r0ute, and giving a special performance for the retirement home parade spectators, the band made its traditional appearance at the Palace Bar.\u00a0 After playing a few tunes and being rewarded with a drink on the house, the band members ate and then packed up to return to Great Falls.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_68\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/FullBandFtBenton2009.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-68\" title=\"Great Falls Shrine Pipe Band - Ft. Benton Summer Celebration 2009\" src=\"http:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/FullBandFtBenton2009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Pipe Major Bill Vischer singles the drums for the end of a tune during the oarade.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/FullBandFtBenton2009-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/FullBandFtBenton2009.JPG 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-68\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pipe Major Bill Vischer signals the drums for the end of a tune during the parade.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_70\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/FrontBandFtBenton2009.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-70\" title=\"Great Falls Shrine Pipe Band - Ft. Benton Summer Celebration 2009\" src=\"http:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/FrontBandFtBenton2009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The pipers marching between tunes.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/FrontBandFtBenton2009-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/FrontBandFtBenton2009.JPG 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-70\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pipers marching between tunes during the parade.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_69\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/BackBandFtBenton2009.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69\" title=\"Great Falls Shrine Pipe Band - Ft. Benton Summer Celebration 2009\" src=\"http:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/BackBandFtBenton2009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The drum section marching between tunes.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/BackBandFtBenton2009-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/BackBandFtBenton2009.JPG 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-69\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The drummers marching between tunes during the parade.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The parade in Fort Benton was held in beautiful weather and a great time was had by all who attended. The band was able to field 8 pipers, two snares and a bass drummer. After completing the parade r0ute, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/?p=66\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfpipeband.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}