{"id":2018,"date":"2021-05-01T11:31:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T11:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/?p=2018"},"modified":"2021-05-01T11:31:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T11:31:01","slug":"featured-volunteer-ann-merritt-april-2021-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/?p=2018","title":{"rendered":"Featured Volunteer &#8211; Amanda Willmore &#8211; May 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2019\" src=\"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Amanda-Willmore-scaled-e1619868434768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Amanda-Willmore-scaled-e1619868434768.jpg 1555w, https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Amanda-Willmore-scaled-e1619868434768-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Amanda-Willmore-scaled-e1619868434768-824x1024.jpg 824w, https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Amanda-Willmore-scaled-e1619868434768-768x954.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Amanda-Willmore-scaled-e1619868434768-1236x1536.jpg 1236w, https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Amanda-Willmore-scaled-e1619868434768-750x932.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><b>Amanda Willmore<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Featured Volunteer &#8211; May 2021<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I joined Bedford Players just over 2 years ago, I saw a post on Facebook advertising the monthly play reads and being new to the area I took the first step to go along.\u00a0 I was made to feel very welcome and enjoyed it so much I stayed.\u00a0 I then progressed to auditioning for a production and getting a part.\u00a0 I was hooked after that!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During my time at Bedford Players, I have helped out with props, the canteen, selling tickets and also very proud to say I took on the role of Producer for the very first time for the play <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jitters<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under the guidance of our President Elaine.\u00a0 I am also now a member of the Executive Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best thing about being part of Bedford Players is the People!\u00a0 A great bunch, and people I now call friends.\u00a0 Always welcoming, and available for any help and advice and we come from all walks of life, so always interesting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re thinking of becoming part of Bedford Players, do it!!\u00a0 You won&#8217;t regret it!\u00a0 Take the sometimes scary step of trying something new. Who knows? Like me you could end up on the stage as well as behind the scenes.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a great way to get involved in the community and it&#8217;s a great way to meet like-minded people.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Amanda Willmore<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Featured Volunteer &#8211; May 2021<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I joined Bedford Players just over 2 years ago, I saw a post on Facebook advertising the monthly play reads and being new to the area I took the first step to go along.\u00a0 I was made to feel very &hellip; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/?p=2018\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2020,"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018\/revisions\/2020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}