{"id":8067,"date":"2020-11-18T04:51:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T04:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/?page_id=8067"},"modified":"2024-09-20T16:38:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T16:38:39","slug":"telling-your-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/learn\/advocate\/telling-your-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Telling Your Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Orchestras serve communities across the fifty states in vitally important ways. Yet the many benefits that orchestras offer are often not fully understood by government leaders, funders, community partners, and the general public. 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