{"id":182,"date":"2011-06-06T20:40:09","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T04:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.155.6.59\/southslope-library\/?p=182"},"modified":"2011-06-06T20:40:09","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T04:40:09","slug":"teen-summer-songwriting-workshop-and-outdoor-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/2011\/06\/06\/teen-summer-songwriting-workshop-and-outdoor-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen Summer Songwriting Workshop and Outdoor Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">The  Burnaby Public Library is offering a free workshop for teens on songwriting as  well as an outdoor concert with local ska\/rock band Ready Steady Go. It will  take place at the Metrotown Branch on\u00a0Friday, June 24th from 4:00 \u2013 7:30 pm. Workshop  is in the Metrotown program room at 4:00 pm, and the outdoor concert begins at  6:00 pm in Civic Square. Pizza is provided for those taking the  workshop.<\/p>\n<p>Learn the ABCs of effective songwriting and learn the essential  \u2018recipes\u2019 for the basic structuring of a song. You don\u2019t have to bring an  instrument or even to know how to play one! This event is being hosted by  singer-songwriter Gillian Hobbs, who released her debut album in 2008 and also  performed at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Following the  workshop, Gillian will be giving a live performance in Civic Square along with  Ready Steady Go \u2013 a local teen ska\/rock band who have been playing in the lower  mainland for over seven years.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop is free but space is  limited \u2013 pre-registration required. Register online at www.bpl.bc.ca\/events or  by calling 604-297-4803.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please contact  Julia Nelson, Teen Services Librarian at julia.nelson@bpl.bc.ca, or  604-297-4803.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Burnaby Public Library is offering a free workshop for teens on songwriting as well as an outdoor concert with local ska\/rock band Ready Steady Go. It will take place at the Metrotown Branch on\u00a0Friday, June 24th from 4:00 \u2013 7:30 pm. Workshop is in the Metrotown program room at 4:00 pm, and the outdoor &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/2011\/06\/06\/teen-summer-songwriting-workshop-and-outdoor-concert\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Teen Summer Songwriting Workshop and Outdoor Concert&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,6,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}