{"id":9273,"date":"2019-02-26T13:17:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T13:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=9273"},"modified":"2019-02-26T13:17:53","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T13:17:53","slug":"paws-for-thought-farewell-to-croft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2019\/02\/26\/paws-for-thought-farewell-to-croft\/","title":{"rendered":"Paws for thought: farewell to Croft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University Chorus bade a fond farewell to a very special member at the rehearsal last night.<\/p>\n<p>Alumna <strong>Lydall Bywater<\/strong>, a member of the soprano section in the University Chorus, has been accompanied to rehearsals and concert over the last five years by her guide dog, Croft. Croft is notorious for regularly falling asleep as the music begins \u2013 even when seated behind the orchestral percussion!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9275\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2019\/02\/Croft-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2019\/02\/Croft-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2019\/02\/Croft-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2019\/02\/Croft-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/>Croft has now reached retirement age, and last night was his final rehearsal. He has been a popular figure at rehearsals and performances keeping Lydall company; we all wish him a much-deserved and happy retirement!<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2019\/02\/26\/paws-for-thought-farewell-to-croft\/&amp;t=Paws for thought: farewell to Croft' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Paws for thought: farewell to Croft%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2019\/02\/26\/paws-for-thought-farewell-to-croft\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2019\/02\/26\/paws-for-thought-farewell-to-croft\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2019\/02\/26\/paws-for-thought-farewell-to-croft\/&amp;title=Paws for thought: farewell to Croft' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2019\/02\/26\/paws-for-thought-farewell-to-croft\/&amp;title=Paws for thought: farewell to Croft' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University Chorus bade a fond farewell to a very special member at the rehearsal last night. Alumna Lydall Bywater, a member of the soprano section in the University Chorus, has been accompanied to rehearsals and concert over the last five years by her guide dog, Croft. Croft is notorious for regularly falling asleep as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2019\/02\/26\/paws-for-thought-farewell-to-croft\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Paws for thought: farewell to Croft<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":620,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[172247],"tags":[913],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9273"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9277,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9273\/revisions\/9277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}