{"id":1034,"date":"2020-06-26T15:35:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T15:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anwgconference2021.com\/?page_id=1034"},"modified":"2022-06-01T17:53:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T17:53:02","slug":"melissa-dunning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/melissa-dunning\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Dunning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/M-Dunning-Pic.jpeg?resize=533%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2135\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Melissa Weaver Dunning&nbsp;is an avid tartan &amp; linen weaver, a skilled spinner and a compulsive knitter.&nbsp;&nbsp;She loves to share the history and context of traditional textile arts and to pass on the efficient techniques of time honored skills.&nbsp;&nbsp;Melissa lives in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melissa is a singer of traditional ballads specializing in the music of Ireland, England and Scotland; her powerful and clear unaccompanied singing brings the old story songs to life and weaves vibrant pictures of life in another age.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Melissa is also a traditional hand-weaver working on antique equipment to produce 18th and 19th century style textiles.&nbsp;&nbsp;She has had the great good fortune to study with Scottish master weaver and singer Norman Kennedy since 1980.&nbsp;&nbsp;She is dedicated to carrying on some of the wealth of tradition gleaned from this apprenticeship both in weaving and in music.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melissa Weaver Dunning&nbsp;is an avid tartan &amp; linen weaver, a skilled spinner and a compulsive knitter.&nbsp;&nbsp;She loves to share the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/melissa-dunning\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Melissa Dunning<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1034","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pfrlhq-gG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1034"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2185,"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1034\/revisions\/2185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anwgconference.org\/archive\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}