{"id":61,"date":"2022-09-28T17:07:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T17:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miltonkeynesbrass.com\/?p=61"},"modified":"2022-09-28T17:07:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T17:07:20","slug":"happy-birthday-concrete-cows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miltonkeynesbrass.com\/?p=61","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Concrete Cows!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          combination-animation-site-default\n          individual-animation-site-default\n          individual-text-animation-site-default\n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:2048px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n              \n              class=\"image-block-wrapper\"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  \n\n          ><\/p>\n<div class=\"sqs-image-shape-container-element\n              \n          \n        \n              has-aspect-ratio\n            \" style=\"\n                position: relative;\n                \n                  padding-bottom:75%;\n                \n                overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: -webkit-radial-gradient(white, black);\n              \"\n              ><\/p>\n<p>                <img data-stretch=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/6210e1f4ca048c354695d09d\/2a025fbc-f8b8-4967-bebd-5bb3a536ecae\/cows.jpg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/6210e1f4ca048c354695d09d\/2a025fbc-f8b8-4967-bebd-5bb3a536ecae\/cows.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2048x1536\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"\" data-load=\"false\" elementtiming=\"system-image-block\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/6210e1f4ca048c354695d09d\/2a025fbc-f8b8-4967-bebd-5bb3a536ecae\/cows.jpg\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 100vw\" style=\"display:block;object-fit: cover; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-position: 50% 50%\" onload=\"this.classList.add(&quot;loaded&quot;)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/6210e1f4ca048c354695d09d\/2a025fbc-f8b8-4967-bebd-5bb3a536ecae\/cows.jpg?format=100w 100w, https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/6210e1f4ca048c354695d09d\/2a025fbc-f8b8-4967-bebd-5bb3a536ecae\/cows.jpg?format=300w 300w, https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/6210e1f4ca048c354695d09d\/2a025fbc-f8b8-4967-bebd-5bb3a536ecae\/cows.jpg?format=500w 500w, https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/6210e1f4ca048c354695d09d\/2a025fbc-f8b8-4967-bebd-5bb3a536ecae\/cows.jpg?format=750w 750w, https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/6210e1f4ca048c354695d09d\/2a025fbc-f8b8-4967-bebd-5bb3a536ecae\/cows.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/6210e1f4ca048c354695d09d\/2a025fbc-f8b8-4967-bebd-5bb3a536ecae\/cows.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/6210e1f4ca048c354695d09d\/2a025fbc-f8b8-4967-bebd-5bb3a536ecae\/cows.jpg?format=2500w 2500w\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-loader=\"sqs\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"sqs-html-content\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The band have had some interesting and unusual bookings in recent years (check out \u201cGood Morning Milton Keynes\u201d for the Festival of Creative Urban Living in 2019 video below) and when we were asked to play for the anniversary of the unveiling of the Concrete Cows in 1978, our first reaction was \u201cPull the <strong>UDDER<\/strong>one!\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">We weren\u2019t quite sure what to expect but with the Concrete Cows being such a landmark for Milton Keynes, we said yes and met at the Milton Keynes Rose where a pillar commemorates the occasion, and cucumber sandwiches were served once again. We kicked off the events with \u201cHappy Birthday to <strong>MOO<\/strong>\u201d and then the smaller group of players continued with light-hearted popular music. We were joined by the Mayor of Milton Keynes, a folk trio, and Donny and Mooey. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">There was face painting, poetry and salsa dancing and it is fair to say that all involved were very <strong>MOOVED<\/strong>. We don\u2019t want to <strong>MILK<\/strong> it, but we\u2019re expecting this to become an annual event so keep diaries free for the first weekend in September 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The band have had some interesting and unusual bookings in recent years (check out \u201cGood Morning Milton Keynes\u201d for the Festival of Creative Urban Living in 2019) and when we were asked to play for the anniversary of the unveiling of the Concrete Cows in 1978, our first reaction was \u201cPull the UDDER one!\u201d. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miltonkeynesbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miltonkeynesbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miltonkeynesbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miltonkeynesbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miltonkeynesbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/miltonkeynesbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miltonkeynesbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miltonkeynesbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miltonkeynesbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miltonkeynesbrass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}