{"id":143,"date":"2023-03-26T04:53:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T04:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/?page_id=143"},"modified":"2024-05-15T23:48:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T23:48:59","slug":"about-kba","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/?page_id=143","title":{"rendered":"About KBA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to the Kansas Bandmasters Association!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our mission is to\u00a0<strong>Build Better Bands<\/strong>\u00a0by providing educational opportunities, special programs, and recognition for band musicians, students, and directors throughout the state of Kansas.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about our history, we invite you to read, <em><strong>&#8220;Where Did We Come From,&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> by Joseph &#8220;Joe&#8221; R. Boley, KBA Past-President (1986-1987).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><object class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/WhereDidWeComeFrom_KBAHistory_2024.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:690px\" aria-label=\"Embed of WhereDidWeComeFrom_KBAHistory_2024.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-090e9641-e8d7-48bc-a4a8-20f3c625c92c\" href=\"https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/WhereDidWeComeFrom_KBAHistory_2024.pdf\">WhereDidWeComeFrom_KBAHistory_2024<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/WhereDidWeComeFrom_KBAHistory_2024.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-090e9641-e8d7-48bc-a4a8-20f3c625c92c\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>__________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connect with us on social media<\/strong><br>Facebook&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kansasbandmasters\">@KansasBandmastersAssociaton<\/a><br>Instagram&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ksbandmasters\/\">@ksbandmasters<\/a><br>Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/linktr.ee\/ksbandmasters\">@ksbandmasters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Kansas Bandmasters Association! Our mission is to\u00a0Build Better Bands\u00a0by providing educational opportunities, special programs, and recognition for band musicians, students, and directors throughout the state of Kansas.\u00a0 To learn more about our history, we invite you to read, &#8220;Where Did We Come From,&#8221; by Joseph &#8220;Joe&#8221; R. Boley, KBA Past-President (1986-1987). __________________________________________________________________________ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2336,"href":"https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions\/2336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kansasbandmasters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}