{"id":7278,"date":"2026-10-29T09:36:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T09:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/?p=7278"},"modified":"2026-10-29T09:36:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T09:36:05","slug":"well-done-amelia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/2026\/10\/29\/well-done-amelia\/","title":{"rendered":"Well done, Amelia!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\ud83c\udf1f <strong>Huge congratulations to Amelia in S2 on securing a place in the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland (NYPBS) Junior Band!<\/strong> \ud83c\udf1f<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\n<div>\n<p>After successfully completing a video audition, a face-to-face audition and a workshop, Amelia earned her place in this prestigious national ensemble and was delighted to receive the news in September. Since then, she has been enjoying rehearsals and meeting talented young musicians from schools across Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>As a member of the NYPBS Junior Band, Amelia will perform at <strong>Celtic Connections<\/strong> in January alongside the Development and Senior Bands. This fantastic achievement reflects her hard work, dedication and musical talent.<\/p>\n<p>We are incredibly proud of Amelia and look forward to following her musical journey. Well done, Amelia! \ud83c\udfb6\ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc63\udb40\udc74\udb40\udc7f<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/uploads\/sites\/4220\/2026\/10\/29093306\/f9ce4563-2929-4149-b632-b5c2a0a22353.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7279\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/2026\/10\/29\/well-done-amelia\/f9ce4563-2929-4149-b632-b5c2a0a22353\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/uploads\/sites\/4220\/2026\/10\/29093306\/f9ce4563-2929-4149-b632-b5c2a0a22353.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"481,640\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"f9ce4563-2929-4149-b632-b5c2a0a22353\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/uploads\/sites\/4220\/2026\/10\/29093306\/f9ce4563-2929-4149-b632-b5c2a0a22353-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/uploads\/sites\/4220\/2026\/10\/29093306\/f9ce4563-2929-4149-b632-b5c2a0a22353.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7279\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/uploads\/sites\/4220\/2026\/10\/29093306\/f9ce4563-2929-4149-b632-b5c2a0a22353.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/uploads\/sites\/4220\/2026\/10\/29093306\/f9ce4563-2929-4149-b632-b5c2a0a22353.jpg 481w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/uploads\/sites\/4220\/2026\/10\/29093306\/f9ce4563-2929-4149-b632-b5c2a0a22353-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf1f Huge congratulations to Amelia in S2 on securing a place in the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland (NYPBS) Junior Band! \ud83c\udf1f After successfully completing a video audition, a face-to-face audition and a workshop, Amelia earned her place in this prestigious national ensemble and was delighted to receive the news in September. Since then, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/2026\/10\/29\/well-done-amelia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Well done, Amelia!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9402,"featured_media":7279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120092,120123,120100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-achievements","category-determination","category-extra-curricular"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/uploads\/sites\/4220\/2026\/10\/29093306\/f9ce4563-2929-4149-b632-b5c2a0a22353.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7278","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=7278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7280,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7278\/revisions\/7280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/wmckilmarnockacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}