{"id":250,"date":"2012-06-07T21:53:57","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T19:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/?p=250"},"modified":"2012-06-08T00:03:28","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T22:03:28","slug":"dot-to-dot-festival-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/?p=250","title":{"rendered":"Dot to Dot Festival, Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dot_to_dot_2012.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"253\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/?attachment_id=253\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dot_to_dot_2012.jpg?fit=1436%2C142&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1436,142\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dot_to_dot_2012\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dot_to_dot_2012.jpg?fit=840%2C83&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-253\" title=\"dot_to_dot_2012\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dot_to_dot_2012.jpg?resize=640%2C63\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dot_to_dot_2012.jpg?resize=1024%2C101&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dot_to_dot_2012.jpg?resize=300%2C29&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dot_to_dot_2012.jpg?resize=100%2C9&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dot_to_dot_2012.jpg?w=1436&amp;ssl=1 1436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, 4 June, in the middle of the Queen&#8217;s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, Margriet and Irene attended the Dot to Dot Festival in Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>The highlight was &#8220;Pearl and the Beard&#8221;, the band that drew us to the festival in the first place. A close second was &#8220;Pond&#8221;. The Ritz had the best sound system, but the Deaf Institute was the coolest venue by far.<\/p>\n<p>below: <em>Pearl and the Beard<\/em> in the Sound Control Club<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC02618.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"255\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/?attachment_id=255\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC02618.jpg?fit=1632%2C1224&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1632,1224\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;K800i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1338841803&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pearl and the Beard\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC02618.jpg?fit=840%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-255\" title=\"Pearl and the Beard\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC02618.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC02618.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC02618.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC02618.jpg?resize=100%2C75&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC02618.jpg?w=1632&amp;ssl=1 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC02613.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"254\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/?attachment_id=254\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC02613.jpg?fit=1632%2C1224&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1632,1224\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;K800i&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1338835644&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pond at Deaf Institute\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC02613.jpg?fit=840%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-254\" title=\"Pond at Deaf Institute\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC02613.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC02613.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC02613.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC02613.jpg?resize=100%2C75&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC02613.jpg?w=1632&amp;ssl=1 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">above: <em>Pond<\/em> at the Deaf Institute<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Irene and Margriet&#8217;s Programme<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE RITZ<br \/>\n<\/strong>17.45 &#8211; 18.30: <a title=\"Lucy Rose\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lucyrosemusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lucy Rose<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ZOO<br \/>\n<\/strong>16.15 &#8211; 16.45: <a title=\"The Dunwells\" href=\"http:\/\/thedunwells.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dunwells<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>DEAF INSTITUTE<br \/>\n<\/strong>15.30 &#8211; 16.00: The Night<br \/>\n18.30 &#8211; 19.00: <a title=\"Pond at KEXP\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cA9N579K3LE&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\">Pond<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SOUND CONTROL CLUB<br \/>\n<\/strong>20.15 &#8211; 20.45: <a title=\"Pearl and the Beard\" href=\"http:\/\/pearlandthebeard.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pearl and the Beard<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SOUND CONTROL LIVE LOUNGE<br \/>\n<\/strong>14.00 &#8211; 14.30: Being There<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a title=\"Dot to Dot Festival line-up\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/festival\/3167231+Dot+To+Dot+Festival+2012\/lineup#all\" target=\"_blank\">Full line-up<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, 4 June, in the middle of the Queen&#8217;s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, Margriet and Irene attended the Dot to Dot Festival in Manchester. The highlight was &#8220;Pearl and the Beard&#8221;, the band that drew us to the festival in the first place. A close second was &#8220;Pond&#8221;. The Ritz had the best sound system, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/?p=250\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dot to Dot Festival, Manchester&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-festival"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2txFi-42","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273,"href":"https:\/\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions\/273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twodoorsdownband.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}