{"id":895,"date":"2026-09-02T19:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/?p=895"},"modified":"2026-09-02T19:51:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:51:06","slug":"on-the-starting-blocks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/on-the-starting-blocks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"On the starting blocks&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Syllabus-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-897 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Syllabus-logo-300x284.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Syllabus-logo-300x284.png 300w, https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Syllabus-logo-768x726.png 768w, https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Syllabus-logo.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The syllabus for the 2027 Festival is now online.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to download it is to visit our <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/playandperform.co.uk\/view_document.php?pubid=12&amp;pnp_token=sp\"><strong>Play and Perform booking site<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 This is where you will find the most up-to-date information.<br \/>\n<em>(It does sometimes happens that we need to tweak things.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you prefer, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SMF-Syllabus-2027.pdf\">download the launch copy from here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The entry system will not be open till the end of October &#8211; and all entries must be in by 25th January.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>To comply with the regulations, every school-age performer must confirm that leave of absence has been obtained from their head teacher.\u00a0 This closing date leaves us with minimal time to organise this &#8211; <strong>so we can&#8217;t accept late entries!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/2027-syllabus\/\">See more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The syllabus for the 2027 Festival is now online. The best way to download it is to visit our Play and Perform booking site.\u00a0 This is where you will find the most up-to-date information. (It does sometimes happens that we &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/on-the-starting-blocks-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":902,"href":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895\/revisions\/902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiptonmusicfestival.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}