{"id":33,"date":"2008-04-14T21:02:59","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T01:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.denisechambers.com\/blog\/?p=33"},"modified":"2008-04-14T21:02:59","modified_gmt":"2008-04-15T01:02:59","slug":"new-orleans-entertainers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denisechambers.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/14\/new-orleans-entertainers\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans Entertainers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I first found out I would be going to shoot in New Orleans, I was&#8230;well&#8230;less than thrilled. I&#8217;d never been there but my vision of New Orleans had been tainted by Mardi Gras stories. That&#8217;s just not my kinda thing. A very important lesson was reinforced, don&#8217;t make a judgment on something unless you&#8217;ve experienced it first hand. Turns out I adore New Orleans. <!--more-->It&#8217;s a city that continues to grow on me each time I go back. The people are warm and friendly&#8230;definitely something to be said for southern charm. The city always seems alive and vibrant but the pace is nice and slow. The first time I walked down Royal Street I came across Doreen Ketchens, hands down one of the most amazing clarinet players I&#8217;ve ever heard. If you ever make it to New Orleans, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll come across her. Thankfully, she&#8217;s been there every trip I&#8217;ve made over the last few years.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denisechambers.com\/blogphotos\/NO_StreetArtist\/NO200504_0273.jpg\" alt=\"Zulu Member\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denisechambers.com\/blogphotos\/NO_StreetArtist\/DC_NO200704_0729.jpg\" alt=\"Damn Great Clarinet Player\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denisechambers.com\/blogphotos\/NO_StreetArtist\/NO200504_0186.jpg\" alt=\"Hillbilly Guitar Player\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denisechambers.com\/blogphotos\/NO_StreetArtist\/NO200504_1077.jpg\" alt=\"Playing the Tuba\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.denisechambers.com\/blogphotos\/NO_StreetArtist\/NO200504_1272.jpg\" alt=\"98 Year Old Trombone Player\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I first found out I would be going to shoot in New Orleans, I was&#8230;well&#8230;less than thrilled. I&#8217;d never been there but my vision of New Orleans had been tainted by Mardi Gras stories. That&#8217;s just not my kinda thing. A very important lesson&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_siteseo_robots_primary_cat":"","content-type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,13],"tags":[35,117,224,229,241,301],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photos","category-travel","tag-artists","tag-entertainers","tag-musicians","tag-new-orleans","tag-performers","tag-street"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.denisechambers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.denisechambers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.denisechambers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denisechambers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denisechambers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.denisechambers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denisechambers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.denisechambers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denisechambers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denisechambers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}