{"id":1083,"date":"2015-12-01T08:58:18","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T08:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.city-academy.com\/news\/?p=1083"},"modified":"2017-02-28T15:36:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T15:36:11","slug":"welcome-to-city-academy-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.city-academy.com\/news\/welcome-to-city-academy-news\/","title":{"rendered":"City Academy News and Features &#8211; Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>W<strong>elcome to City Academy\u00a0News &amp; Features, the new section of the City Academy website.\u00a0<\/strong>On these pages you\u2019ll find news of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-academy.com\/shows-events\">upcoming events<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-academy.com\/our-classes\">course launches<\/a>, insights into the world of the performing and creative arts, as well as information on London\u2019s cultural goings-on.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also an opportunity for us to celebrate your successes, showcase your work, and feature stories from the student and teacher body that makes up City Academy.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve had over 100,000 people attend classes in venues across the city since 2006. Some of you have re-captured an old talent, others are fulfilling a life-long ambition, as well as those of you with the curiosity to pick up a new set of creative skills or try your hand at an unfamiliar form of creative expression. What is consistent across all of our students is the energy, enthusiasm, and positivity you all bring to class.<\/p>\n<p>Long may it continue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you have any ideas for <strong>City Academy\u00a0News &amp; Features<\/strong>, we\u2019d love to hear from you: email our content team at <a href=\"mailto:news@city-academy.com\">news@city-academy.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to City Academy\u00a0News &amp; Features, the new section of the City Academy website.\u00a0On these pages you\u2019ll find news of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[110,11,229,138],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>City Academy News &amp; Features - Welcome<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Welcome to City Academy News - the new section of our website - read student stories, get professional tips &amp; 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