{"id":11080,"date":"2020-09-18T03:04:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T02:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/strange-birds-present\/"},"modified":"2020-09-18T03:04:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T02:04:06","slug":"strange-birds-present","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/strange-birds-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange Birds present"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Strange Birds present<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Strange Birds Choir is made up of members of the North Leitrim Intercultural Forum who have been working for the last couple of years with local musicians Ciaran Rock and Brian Sweeney. <span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span>Their\u00a0aim\u00a0is to create live music events in the region that showcase the joy of singing together, learning each other&#8217;s songs and singing in many languages. 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