{"id":5238,"date":"2021-11-29T13:22:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T13:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/?page_id=5238"},"modified":"2021-11-29T13:26:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T13:26:28","slug":"the-toy-box","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/the-toy-box\/","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5230 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Community_NIVOslides_1024_ToyBox_01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Community_NIVOslides_1024_ToyBox_01.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Community_NIVOslides_1024_ToyBox_01-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Community_NIVOslides_1024_ToyBox_01-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>The Toy Box<\/i> by Helen Eastman and Russell Hepplewaite is an intergenerational piece comparing childhood and children\u2019s toys from yester-year with the gadgets and toys of today. Created through workshops and visits to The Museum of Childhood, it was premiered by The Hoxton Singers with children from St Monica\u2019s Primary School in 2011 and has since been performed by the choir working with Colvestone School and Jubilee School.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"testimonial-container no-image pexeto-parallax\"><div class=\"testimonial-info\"><div class=\"testimonials-details\"><h2>Student<\/h2><span><\/span><\/div><\/div><blockquote><p>I learnt what games old people used to play and why toys are special to people. Singing with the Hoxtons was the best!<\/p><\/blockquote><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"testimonial-container no-image pexeto-parallax\"><div class=\"testimonial-info\"><div class=\"testimonials-details\"><h2>Violet Richardson, Headteacher, St. Monica\u2019s Catholic Primary School<\/h2><span><\/span><\/div><\/div><blockquote><p>Thank you for the wonderful experience you provided for our children . . . the cross generation meetings between The Hoxton singers and our children was really a joy to experience.<\/p><\/blockquote><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5263 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/The-Toy-Box-logo-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/The-Toy-Box-logo-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/The-Toy-Box-logo-768x1087.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/The-Toy-Box-logo.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Toy Box by Helen Eastman and Russell Hepplewaite is an intergenerational piece comparing childhood and children\u2019s toys from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5238"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5268,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5238\/revisions\/5268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmdt.org.uk\/hmdtmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}