{"id":6950,"date":"2026-02-12T12:14:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/?p=6950"},"modified":"2026-02-12T12:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:15:03","slug":"music-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/2026\/02\/12\/music-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_x_default-style\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Well done to\u00a0 Archie (S3) who picked up a trophy for his trombone playing, as did Oscar (S3) for cornet. They have both played with Dalmellington Brass Academy for some time and this weekend competed in the 81st Dalmellington Brass Band Slow Melody competition.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_x_default-style\">Oscar took second place in the Advanced Junior Section, with Archie just one point behind in 3rd place. Archie was also awarded the Carr trophy for dedication and commitment, selected by the junior band\u2019s conductor.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_x_default-style\"><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/uploads\/sites\/4220\/2026\/02\/12121404\/IMG_4774-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6951\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/2026\/02\/12\/music-success\/img_4774-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/uploads\/sites\/4220\/2026\/02\/12121404\/IMG_4774-1.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"934,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1770491684&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4774 (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/uploads\/sites\/4220\/2026\/02\/12121404\/IMG_4774-1-222x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/uploads\/sites\/4220\/2026\/02\/12121404\/IMG_4774-1-759x1024.jpeg\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-6951\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/uploads\/sites\/4220\/2026\/02\/12121404\/IMG_4774-1-759x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/uploads\/sites\/4220\/2026\/02\/12121404\/IMG_4774-1-759x1024.jpeg 759w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/uploads\/sites\/4220\/2026\/02\/12121404\/IMG_4774-1-222x300.jpeg 222w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/uploads\/sites\/4220\/2026\/02\/12121404\/IMG_4774-1-768x1036.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/uploads\/sites\/4220\/2026\/02\/12121404\/IMG_4774-1.jpeg 934w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_x_default-style\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well done to\u00a0 Archie (S3) who picked up a trophy for his trombone playing, as did Oscar (S3) for cornet. They have both played with Dalmellington Brass Academy for some time and this weekend competed in the 81st Dalmellington Brass Band Slow Melody competition. Oscar took second place in the Advanced Junior Section, with Archie &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/2026\/02\/12\/music-success\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Music Success<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9402,"featured_media":6948,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120092,120093],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-achievements","category-latest-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/uploads\/sites\/4220\/2026\/02\/11094924\/istockphoto-1351724694-612x612-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6950"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6953,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6950\/revisions\/6953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}