{"id":48371,"date":"2025-07-03T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=48371"},"modified":"2025-06-30T14:41:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T18:41:17","slug":"defiance-area-foundation-supports-jazz-festival-with-1000-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/defiance-area-foundation-supports-jazz-festival-with-1000-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Defiance Area Foundation Supports Jazz Festival with $1,000 Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"691\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jazz-Fest-Grant-Spring-2025.jpg?fit=666%2C691&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48372\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jazz-Fest-Grant-Spring-2025.jpg?w=666&amp;ssl=1 666w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jazz-Fest-Grant-Spring-2025.jpg?resize=560%2C581&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jazz-Fest-Grant-Spring-2025.jpg?resize=260%2C270&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jazz-Fest-Grant-Spring-2025.jpg?resize=160%2C166&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Pictured representing the grant are (L to R) Don Hange &#8211; DAF grants committee member and Priscilla Pixler &#8211; Defiance Jazz Festival coordinator.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The Defiance Area Foundation (DAF) recently awarded a $1,000 grant to the Defiance Development and Visitors Bureau\u00a0in support of the 12th Annual Jazz Festival, taking place on July 12, 2025. The funding was made possible through the Foundation\u2019s Community Fund and Arts and Theater Fund. This beloved cultural event honors Defiance-born jazz pioneers Milt Buckner and \u201cWild Bill\u201d Davidson and continues to bring music and history to life for residents and visitors alike. The Jazz Festival remains a treasured tradition in the community\u2014celebrating a uniquely American art form while educating audiences of all ages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Defiance Area Foundation (DAF) recently awarded a $1,000 grant to the Defiance Development and Visitors Bureau\u00a0in support of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":48372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,13406],"tags":[16666,18002,22896,26216,26218,26217],"class_list":["post-48371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-not-for-profit","tag-defiance-area-foundation","tag-defiance-development-and-visitors-bureau","tag-don-hange","tag-jazz-festival","tag-milt-buckner","tag-priscilla-pixler"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jazz-Fest-Grant-Spring-2025.jpg?fit=666%2C691&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-cAb","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 03:49:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48373,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48371\/revisions\/48373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}