{"id":5962,"date":"2021-07-15T15:40:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T15:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tryonconcerts.org\/2026\/?page_id=5962"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:12:44","slug":"letter-from-the-president","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tryonconcerts.org\/2026\/letter-from-the-president","title":{"rendered":"Letter from the President"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5962\" class=\"elementor elementor-5962\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2591be25 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2591be25\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78aa1453 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"78aa1453\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fd92990 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"6fd92990\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery(function() { _initLayerSlider( '#layerslider_22_1w4bniynf2ff4', {sliderVersion: '8.2.0', responsiveUnder: 0, layersContainer: 0, allowFullscreen: true, slideBGSize: 'auto', firstSlide: 'random', skin: 'v5', sliderFadeInDuration: 350, globalBGColor: '#ffffff', navStartStop: false, navButtons: false, useSrcset: true, skinsPath: 'https:\/\/tryonconcerts.org\/2026\/wp-content\/plugins\/LayerSlider\/assets\/static\/layerslider\/skins\/', performanceMode: true}); 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You may purchase tickets at any time for these one-hour concerts that start at 6:00 pm. Buy your tickets early, though, as prices will go up after October 1.<\/p><p>Our donors make this series possible with their generous gifts. 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