{"id":17236,"date":"2024-06-15T07:42:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T11:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=17236"},"modified":"2024-06-15T07:42:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T11:42:38","slug":"rain-threat-closes-ashcraft-down-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/15\/rain-threat-closes-ashcraft-down-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain threat closes Ashcraft down early"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rain put a major damper on the Hubie Ashcraft Band&#8217;s annual appearance on the Madison St Plaza Thursday night, ending the show shortly after it got started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The popular band took the stage at 6 p.m. before a huge crowd, got in a few numbers, then shut down at 6:47, Ashcraft citing \u201cpublic safety\u201d with rain on the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"516\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Travis-Gow.jpg?resize=516%2C344&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Travis-Gow.jpg?w=516&amp;ssl=1 516w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Travis-Gow.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Hubie Ashcraft&#8217;s Travis Gow delights the crowd<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the start, the plaza was filled with people for the Decatur Chamber&#8217;s second concert of the season, amid temperatures in the 80s but dark clouds looming overhead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, the first young performer added to the bill, Alexis Lamons, performed prior to the Ashcraft band taking the stage. The 19-year-old Bellmont grad sang three songs to the delight of the early arrivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up on the schedule is the Journey tribute band, E5C4P3. They will perform from 7 to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As always, there will be no admission charge, with food and adult beverages (furnished by the Mirage) available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com Rain put a major damper on the Hubie Ashcraft Band&#8217;s annual appearance on the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[14,58,15],"class_list":["post-17236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-decatur","tag-entertainment","tag-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}