{"id":2118,"date":"2021-11-23T20:48:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T20:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/?p=2118"},"modified":"2021-11-24T03:41:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T03:41:37","slug":"featured-volunteer-ann-merritt-april-2021-3-2-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/?p=2118","title":{"rendered":"Featured Volunteer &#8211; Stephen Melanson &#8211; December 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2120\" src=\"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Stephen-Melanson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Stephen-Melanson.jpg 1700w, https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Stephen-Melanson-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Stephen-Melanson-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Stephen-Melanson-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Stephen-Melanson-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Stephen-Melanson-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Stephen-Melanson-750x971.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/>Stephen Melanson<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Featured Volunteer &#8211; December2021<\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was first asked to help with the\u00a0production of Arsenic\u00a0and Old Lace\u00a0in 2014.\u00a0 After seeing the quality of the production, how much fun everyone was having, and talking with members, I knew this would be a great place to\u00a0volunteer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So far, I&#8217;ve volunteered to operate the tech for productions, do sound design and lighting design, set construction, and now I&#8217;m the Technical Director.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best thing about being part of Bedford Players is being part of a team, working together with the common purpose of telling a great story! The people here are great!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&#8217;re thinking about volunteering with Bedford Players, you should try something to see if you\u00a0enjoy it, since there are so many different areas you can be involved in. Then continue on with the same job or try something new for the next production. That&#8217;s the best part of BP &#8211; you have the opportunity to try new things! Experienced members are available to help, guide, and mentor new volunteers. It&#8217;s a safe and fun place to let your creativity shine!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Melanson <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Featured Volunteer &#8211; December2021<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was first asked to help with the\u00a0production of Arsenic\u00a0and Old Lace\u00a0in 2014.\u00a0 After seeing the quality of the production, how much fun everyone was having, and talking with members, I knew this would be a great place to\u00a0volunteer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So far, I&#8217;ve volunteered &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/?p=2118\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2118","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\/2118","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=2118"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2121,"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118\/revisions\/2121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedfordplayers.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}