{"id":7749,"date":"2021-01-13T20:27:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T01:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/?p=7749"},"modified":"2021-01-13T20:35:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T01:35:17","slug":"al-gladys-wright-distinguished-legacy-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/al-gladys-wright-distinguished-legacy-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Al &#038; Gladys Wright Distinguished Legacy Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hal-Gibson-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Colonel Hal Gibson\" class=\"wp-image-7751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hal-Gibson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hal-Gibson-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hal-Gibson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hal-Gibson-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hal-Gibson-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hal-Gibson-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hal-Gibson-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hal-Gibson-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Hal-Gibson.jpg 1623w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Colonel Hal Gibson<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Band Association is pleased to announce that the inaugural recipient of the Al and Gladys Wright Distinguished Legacy Award is Colonel Hal Gibson. A past commander\/conductor of the US Army Field Band and founding conductor of the US Armed Forces Bicentennial Band, Colonel Gibson is also Professor of Music Emeritus at Columbus State University. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Al and Gladys Wright Distinguished Legacy Award is presented for lifetime achievement rather than for a single contribution, no matter how monumental. Nominees must have a minimum of 30 years of distinguished service to the profession, supporting the mission and goals of the National Band Association, which include the promotion of the concert band and concert band music, teaching, mentorship, scholarship, and service to the band profession. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations on this well-deserved honor, Colonel Gibson!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Band Association is pleased to announce that the inaugural recipient of the Al and Gladys Wright Distinguished Legacy Award is Colonel Hal Gibson. A past commander\/conductor of the US Army Field Band and founding conductor of the US Armed Forces Bicentennial Band, Colonel Gibson is also Professor of Music Emeritus at Columbus State [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":533,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/533"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}