{"id":84,"date":"2010-03-08T11:10:45","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T11:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cottonroots.co.uk\/blog\/?p=84"},"modified":"2023-09-08T14:52:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T14:52:30","slug":"solstice-the-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impacttrading.co.uk\/blog-impact\/?p=84","title":{"rendered":"Solstice &#8211; The band"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_87\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cottonroots.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Solstice1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"87\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.impacttrading.co.uk\/blog-impact\/?attachment_id=87\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.impacttrading.co.uk\/blog-impact\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Solstice1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,401\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 20D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1185961681&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Solstice\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Band&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.impacttrading.co.uk\/blog-impact\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Solstice1-299x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.impacttrading.co.uk\/blog-impact\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Solstice1.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-87 \" title=\"Solstice\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cottonroots.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Solstice1-299x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.impacttrading.co.uk\/blog-impact\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Solstice1-299x300.jpg 299w, https:\/\/www.impacttrading.co.uk\/blog-impact\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Solstice1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.impacttrading.co.uk\/blog-impact\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Solstice1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Band<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The wonderful band Solstice performed at The Pitz in Milton Keynes on Saturday.\u00a0 They have reformed after many years of branching out individually as musicians.\u00a0 I had seen a DVD of them performing at the Cropredy Festival many years ago and thought they were superb.\u00a0 Last weekend something made me dig it out and play it to a friend &#8211; 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