{"id":18812,"date":"2022-01-03T14:46:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T19:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=18812"},"modified":"2022-01-03T14:46:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T19:46:17","slug":"festivities-honoring-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-jazz-in-the-park-mlk-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/01\/03\/festivities-honoring-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-jazz-in-the-park-mlk-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"FESTIVITIES HONORING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR- JAZZ IN THE PARK, MLK PARADE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Festivities honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Junior and MLK Day include a jazz concert taking place the evening of Friday, January 14, and the MLK Parade on Saturday, January 15<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"478\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2.png?resize=674%2C478&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2.png?w=674&amp;ssl=1 674w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2.png?resize=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual MLK Jazz in the Park<\/strong>\u00a0event features the Let\u2019s Ride Brass Band. The FREE concert takes place at Munn Park on Friday, January 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0from 5:30 p.m. \u2013 9:30 p.m. The event is free so bring a lawn chair, a blanket and be prepared to hear wonderful jazz under the stars. For additional information go to:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblendedfamilyfoundation.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theblendedfamilyfoundation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.theblendedfmailyfoundation.com<\/a>. The Teaspoon Hill Cultural Society is elated to announce, their partnership with The Blended Family Foundation (BFF). The partnership fits greatly with the mission of the Blended Family\u00a0Foundation. <\/p>\n\n\n        \n        <div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper source-provider-Youtube aligncenter ep-clear   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube \">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n                <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n                    <div >\n                        <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper preset-default insta-grid ep-google-photos-carousel\"\n                            style=\"max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"                                                                                                                >\n\n                            <div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-bd79841f46398f2767128c7fca0498a9 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; max-width:100%; height: auto\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Let&#039;s Ride Brass Band - TinyDeskContest2021\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mC6yT0UIfXM?feature=oembed&#038;color=red&#038;rel=1&#038;controls=1&#038;start=10&#038;end=10&#038;fs=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen title=\"FESTIVITIES HONORING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR- JAZZ IN THE PARK, MLK PARADE\"><\/iframe><\/div>                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The headliner this year will be\u00a0Let\u2019s Ride Band from Jacksonville, Florida (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.letsridebrassband.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.letsridebrassband.com<\/a>). They are a high energy, 2nd Line jazz group that kicked off the 40th Annual Jacksonville\u00a0Jazz Fest and opened for jazz greats, Jeffrey Osbourne, Najee, Lalah Hathaway and Bobby Lyle.\u00a0 One of the event organizers, Ashley Troutman said, \u201cWhile this event has continued to grow steadily each year our goal is still to foster diversity and inclusion and expose our community and youth to the world of jazz. We believe cultural experiences such as this will continue to honor the legacy of Dr. King by helping to shape the look and feel of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/af26e0cf-0b92-400a-acf7-fa6f064fb4e7_1920x1080.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/af26e0cf-0b92-400a-acf7-fa6f064fb4e7_1920x1080.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/af26e0cf-0b92-400a-acf7-fa6f064fb4e7_1920x1080.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/af26e0cf-0b92-400a-acf7-fa6f064fb4e7_1920x1080.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/af26e0cf-0b92-400a-acf7-fa6f064fb4e7_1920x1080.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/af26e0cf-0b92-400a-acf7-fa6f064fb4e7_1920x1080.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The MLK Day Parade<\/strong>\u00a0takes place Saturday, January 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0and will begin at 11 a.m. The parade route will start on Providence Road at the 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Street intersection. The parade will travel Providence Road then turn east onto 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0street before heading south on MLK Avenue. The parade will include professional floats, step groups, walkers, decorated vehicles and marching bands. The theme for this year\u2019s parade is Dream, Vision, Unity.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"340\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-1-1.png?resize=457%2C340&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-1-1.png?w=457&amp;ssl=1 457w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-1-1.png?resize=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those participating in the parade can pick up their information packets on Wednesday, January 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0at 6 p.m. at the Coleman Bush Building (1104 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue).\u00a0 The community is invited to attend the MLK parade in celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior and his ideals.\u00a0Dr. King maintained a vision for a more diverse America where all people enjoyed the benefits of equality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Festivities honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Junior and MLK Day include a jazz concert taking place the evening of Friday, January 14, and the MLK Parade on Saturday, January 15th.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[2091],"class_list":["post-18812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-festivities-honoring-dr-martin-luther-king-jr"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}