{"id":6905,"date":"2008-01-29T21:12:32","date_gmt":"2008-01-29T21:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=6905"},"modified":"2022-02-02T17:11:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T17:11:06","slug":"richard-higlett","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/?portfolio=richard-higlett","title":{"rendered":"Richard Higlett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A Song For Jack<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Experience a \u2018canine choir\u2019 at a musical concert to \u2018Swansea Jack\u2019. Artist Richard Higlett has taken inspiration from the well-loved story of Swansea Jack, a black retriever who became a local hero in the 1930\u2019s for rescuing drowning swimmers from Swansea\u2019s docks. Richard will audition a selection of dogs from the city to form a \u2018canine choir\u2019 to create and perform a new song in celebration of the hero. \u2018A Song For Jack\u2019 will then be transcribed into a published piece of music<br \/>\nThe \u2018canine choir\u2019 performed a special concert outside the National Waterfront Museum with accompaniment from local musicians. The whole project was recorded and an exhibition display is available to see at the National Waterfront Museum throughout the festival<br \/>\nDates: The concert was held on Sunday 5 October<br \/>\nExhibition display open throughout the festival, 4 &#8211; 18 October, daily 10am &#8211; 5pm<br \/>\nLocation: National Waterfront Museum, Swansea<br \/>\nFor &#8216;A Song For Jack&#8217; blog click here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richardhiglett.com\/page12.htm\">www.richardhiglett.com\/page12.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/higlett3a.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/higlett5a.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/higlett4a.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Song For Jack<br \/>\nNational Waterfront Museum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13010,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[412],"portfolio_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6905","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-artists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/6905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6905"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/6905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13011,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/6905\/revisions\/13011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fportfolio_category&post=6905"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fportfolio_tag&post=6905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}