{"id":11798,"date":"2014-07-25T12:03:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T16:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=11798"},"modified":"2014-09-10T10:12:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T14:12:29","slug":"utc-alumnus-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2014\/07\/utc-alumnus-blast\/","title":{"rendered":"UTC alumnus is having a \u201cBlast!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/07\/students-178-ishikawa-naoki.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"11799\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2014\/07\/utc-alumnus-blast\/students-178-ishikawa-naoki\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/07\/students-178-ishikawa-naoki.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;EPSON Expression 1680&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Naoki Ishikawa\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/07\/students-178-ishikawa-naoki.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11799\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/07\/students-178-ishikawa-naoki-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Naoki Ishikawa Portrait Picture\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/07\/students-178-ishikawa-naoki-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/07\/students-178-ishikawa-naoki-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/07\/students-178-ishikawa-naoki-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/07\/students-178-ishikawa-naoki.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Naoki Ishikawa, UTC alumnus and professional percussionist, is touring in the \u201cBlast!\u201d company all over Japan.\u00a0 He was written up in an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/culture\/2014\/07\/09\/stage\/blast-comes-marching-back-tokyo-drummer\/#.U71u5b_utEE.facebook\">article in <em>The Japan Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naoki Ishikawa, UTC alumnus and professional percussionist, is touring in the \u201cBlast!\u201d company all over Japan.\u00a0 He was written up in an article in The Japan Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2014\/07\/utc-alumnus-blast\/\">Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":11799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123864,8244],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-advancement-and-alumni","8":"category-honors-and-awards","9":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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