{"id":31,"date":"2013-08-20T11:24:17","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T11:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s486443533.websitehome.co.uk\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2014-04-12T12:11:04","modified_gmt":"2014-04-12T12:11:04","slug":"faqs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hdoa.org.uk\/?page_id=31","title":{"rendered":"FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q: Do I have to be an organist of a certain standard to join?<\/strong><br \/>\nA: Definitely not.\u00a0 In fact, you don&#8217;t have to be an organist at all &#8211; nor do you have to be able to play any musical instrument.\u00a0 Just being interested in &#8211; or loving &#8211; the organ and its music is a good enough reason to join.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: I&#8217;d like to start playing the organ: am I too old?<\/strong><br \/>\nA: It is never too late to start learning.\u00a0 In fact, many people taking organ lessons in the <a href=\"http:\/\/s486443533.websitehome.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/RIMG0017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-207\" alt=\"RIMG0017\" src=\"http:\/\/s486443533.websitehome.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/RIMG0017-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hdoa.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/RIMG0017-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hdoa.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/RIMG0017.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>area are adults.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: I&#8217;d like to have a go at playing the organ but I don&#8217;t know where to start.\u00a0 Can you help?<\/strong><br \/>\nA: The <a href=\"http:\/\/halifaxorganacademy.com\/\">Halifax Organ Academy<\/a> exists to help anyone wanting to learn the organ.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: Do I have to be a church-goer to join?<\/strong><br \/>\nA: No.\u00a0 We welcome members of any faith or of none.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t forget, although lots of organs are in churches and chapels, they are found in other places too, including town halls, concert halls, and occasionally in people&#8217;s own homes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: Do I have to be an organist of a certain standard to join? A: Definitely not.\u00a0 In fact, you don&#8217;t have to be an organist at all &#8211; nor do you have to be able to play any musical instrument.\u00a0 Just being interested in &#8211; or loving &#8211; the organ and its music is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hdoa.org.uk\/?page_id=31\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FAQs<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":50,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdoa.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdoa.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdoa.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdoa.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdoa.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdoa.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdoa.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdoa.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}