{"id":1705,"date":"2019-09-06T13:05:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T13:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blasmusikfest.eu\/patron-prime-minister-of-the-free-state-of-saxony\/"},"modified":"2022-09-06T22:55:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T22:55:46","slug":"patron-prime-minister-of-the-free-state-of-saxony","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blasmusikfest.eu\/en\/patron-prime-minister-of-the-free-state-of-saxony\/","title":{"rendered":"Patron: Prime Minister of the Free State of Saxony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blasmusikfest.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Portraetfoto_Ministerpraesident_Michael_Kretschmer_Breitbildformat-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Kretscmer\/\/ photo: Pawel Sosnowski\" class=\"wp-image-1698\" width=\"259\" height=\"172\"\/><figcaption><em>Michael Kretschmer | Foto: photothek.net\/S\u00e4chsische Staatskanzlei<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Brass music connects us across borders because it excites us<\/strong><\/em>&#13;\n<em><strong>and helps make friendships.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><br\/><br\/>&#13;\n&#13;\nLadies and gentlemen,&#13;\ndear friends of brass music,<br\/><br\/>&#13;\n&#13;\nwe all missed the European Wind Band Festival during the past two Corona years very much. As the festival\u2019s patron, I am glad that we are able to start up again. Aue-Bad Schlema will once again become the capital of the European brass band scene for an entire September weekend and will continue a tradition that was started 30 years ago.<br\/><br\/>&#13;\n&#13;\nCongratulations on this anniversary! I greet all musicians and all visitors and wish them a wonderful music festival. Brass music connects us across borders and boundaries because it excites and moves us. Music helps make friendships and inspires us to hold something as amazing as the European Wind Band Festival.<br\/><br\/>&#13;\n&#13;\nI want to thank the Bergmannsblasorchester, the city of Aue-Bad Schlema and all the supporters, donors and sponsors for the great engagement whereby the European Wind Band Festival becomes possible once more, defying the pandemic and its ramifications. I wish all participants and visitors great weather, a great time and thrilling brass music.<br\/><br\/>&#13;\n&#13;\nGl\u00fcck Auf!<br\/><br\/>&#13;\n&#13;\nMichael Kretschmer<br\/>&#13;\nPrime Minister of the Free State of Saxony<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Brass music connects us across borders because it excites us&#13; and helps make friendships.&#8221; &#13; &#13; Ladies and gentlemen,&#13; dear friends of brass music, &#13; &#13; we all missed the European Wind Band Festival during the past two Corona years&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2416,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1705","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blasmusikfest.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blasmusikfest.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blasmusikfest.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blasmusikfest.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blasmusikfest.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1705"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.blasmusikfest.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2432,"href":"https:\/\/www.blasmusikfest.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1705\/revisions\/2432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blasmusikfest.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blasmusikfest.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}