{"id":3096,"date":"2021-09-14T14:44:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T14:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/?p=3096"},"modified":"2021-09-15T15:17:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T15:17:55","slug":"dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/14\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Baker Joins HOA Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Heart of America is excited to welcome Dan Baker to our team. Dan joins HOA with many years of experience.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<div class=\"row\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"lead\">Baker is a former school and district Teacher of the Year as well as a Top 25 and Top 10 Indiana State Teacher of the Year finalist. Through his teaching career, he has served as director of choirs, music department chair, as an online music course developer and technical and music director for the school musical. He also has experience as a music theory instructor and an auditorium director. His choirs gained notoriety at both a state and national level as finalists and contest champions receiving caption awards for excellence in vocals, choreography, band and crew.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"float-left img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-5.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Baker\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>His choirs were also named Grand Champions on various occasions including achieving the Indiana All-Music Department Award, State Concert Finalists and State Show Choir Champions. He is one of few directors in Indiana to have both a show choir and a concert choir in state finals the same year.<\/p>\n<p>For four years, Baker was the Education Editor and Co-Creator of <strong>Song In Motion: The Show Choir Magazine<\/strong> covering all national and international aspects of show choir. He was also previously named the Northeastern Indiana Excellence in Education Arts Teacher of the Year. Dan holds a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Telecommunications from Ball State University and Vocal Performance and Music Education degrees from Indiana University. He will finish his Masters in Choral Conducting this coming year from Michigan State University.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3103\" style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3103\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-2.jpg\" alt=\"Covers of a few Issues of Song In Motion: The Show Choir Magazine\" width=\"1140\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-2.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-2-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-2-1024x501.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-2-768x376.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Covers of a few Issues of Song In Motion: The Show Choir Magazine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beginning with Associate Producer, Baker will work in several roles in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heart of America<\/a> office.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I\u2019ve always been impressed by what Dan brings to the classroom and what he gets from his students in return. I\u2019m excited for what Dan\u2019s passion for the choral arts, positive attitude and vision for quality educational programing will bring to Heart of America.<\/p>\n<p><small>Ryan Morris, <cite>HOA VP and Executive Producer<\/cite><\/small><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dan\u2019s proudest achievement is building a musical family with his band director wife, Heather. Along with two cats, two rabbits and a dog, they have a son, Bryant and a daughter, Charleigh.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-3.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-3-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-3-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-3-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heart of America is excited to welcome Dan Baker to our team. Dan joins HOA with many years of experience. Baker is a former school and district Teacher of the Year as well as a Top 25 and Top 10 Indiana State Teacher of the Year finalist. Through his teaching career, he has served as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[47,48,28,46],"class_list":["post-3096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hoa-staff","tag-concert-choir","tag-dan-baker","tag-heart-of-america","tag-show-choir"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dan Baker joins Heart Of America with many years of experience.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dan Baker joins Heart Of America with many years of experience. Baker is a former school and district Teacher of the Year.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/14\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dan Baker joins Heart Of America with many years of experience.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dan Baker joins Heart Of America with many years of experience. Baker is a former school and district Teacher of the Year.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/14\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Heart of America Choir\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HOAChoir\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-14T14:44:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-15T15:17:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1140\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"445\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Christopher Frick\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@HOAshowchoir\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@HOAshowchoir\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Christopher Frick\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/14\\\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/14\\\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Christopher Frick\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3faae5ac6d8eb7d5d8cec1e884eecee0\"},\"headline\":\"Baker Joins HOA Team\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-14T14:44:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-15T15:17:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/14\\\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":372,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/14\\\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-4.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Concert Choir\",\"Dan Baker\",\"Heart of America\",\"Show Choir\"],\"articleSection\":[\"HOA Staff\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/14\\\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/14\\\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dan Baker joins Heart Of America with many years of experience.\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/14\\\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/14\\\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-4.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-14T14:44:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-15T15:17:55+00:00\",\"description\":\"Dan Baker joins Heart Of America with many years of experience. Baker is a former school and district Teacher of the Year.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/14\\\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/14\\\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/14\\\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-4.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-4.jpg\",\"width\":1140,\"height\":445},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/14\\\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Baker Joins HOA Team\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Heart of America Choir\",\"description\":\"Iconic Choir Competitions\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Heart of America Choir\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/logo-large-black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/logo-large-black.png\",\"width\":730,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Heart of America Choir\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/HOAChoir\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/HOAshowchoir\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/hoashowchoir\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3faae5ac6d8eb7d5d8cec1e884eecee0\",\"name\":\"Christopher Frick\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/84d52d3da349c5da774e63edaa6660f93ae8ccf1b8147e58c527523dc3f4343d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/84d52d3da349c5da774e63edaa6660f93ae8ccf1b8147e58c527523dc3f4343d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/84d52d3da349c5da774e63edaa6660f93ae8ccf1b8147e58c527523dc3f4343d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Christopher Frick\"},\"description\":\"Christopher Frick is an Indianapolis resident. He is involved in the pageantry arts as a writer, designer, instructor and judge. He is a die-hard Cubs fan, Bleed Blue Colts fan and proud Ohio State Buckeye. Chris loves attending Broadway Musicals with his daughter Erin and travels annually to see the Colts at an away venue with his son Jared. Chris was a member of the Ball State University Singers and traveled as a goodwill ambassador to Russia during his membership. A graduate of BSU and OSU, Chris is excited to utilize his marketing degrees at HOA.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hoachoir.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/chris-frick\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dan Baker joins Heart Of America with many years of experience.","description":"Dan Baker joins Heart Of America with many years of experience. Baker is a former school and district Teacher of the Year.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/14\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dan Baker joins Heart Of America with many years of experience.","og_description":"Dan Baker joins Heart Of America with many years of experience. Baker is a former school and district Teacher of the Year.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/14\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\/","og_site_name":"Heart of America Choir","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HOAChoir\/","article_published_time":"2021-09-14T14:44:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-09-15T15:17:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1140,"height":445,"url":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-4.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Christopher Frick","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@HOAshowchoir","twitter_site":"@HOAshowchoir","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Christopher Frick","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/14\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/14\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\/"},"author":{"name":"Christopher Frick","@id":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3faae5ac6d8eb7d5d8cec1e884eecee0"},"headline":"Baker Joins HOA Team","datePublished":"2021-09-14T14:44:57+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-15T15:17:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/14\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\/"},"wordCount":372,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/14\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-4.jpg","keywords":["Concert Choir","Dan Baker","Heart of America","Show Choir"],"articleSection":["HOA Staff"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/14\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\/","url":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/14\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\/","name":"Dan Baker joins Heart Of America with many years of experience.","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/14\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/14\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-4.jpg","datePublished":"2021-09-14T14:44:57+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-15T15:17:55+00:00","description":"Dan Baker joins Heart Of America with many years of experience. Baker is a former school and district Teacher of the Year.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/14\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/14\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/14\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-4.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/heart-of-america-dan-baker-4.jpg","width":1140,"height":445},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/14\/dan-baker-joins-heart-of-america-with-many-years-of-experience\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Baker Joins HOA Team"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/","name":"Heart of America Choir","description":"Iconic Choir Competitions","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Heart of America Choir","url":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/logo-large-black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/logo-large-black.png","width":730,"height":300,"caption":"Heart of America Choir"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HOAChoir\/","https:\/\/x.com\/HOAshowchoir","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hoashowchoir\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3faae5ac6d8eb7d5d8cec1e884eecee0","name":"Christopher Frick","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84d52d3da349c5da774e63edaa6660f93ae8ccf1b8147e58c527523dc3f4343d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84d52d3da349c5da774e63edaa6660f93ae8ccf1b8147e58c527523dc3f4343d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84d52d3da349c5da774e63edaa6660f93ae8ccf1b8147e58c527523dc3f4343d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Christopher Frick"},"description":"Christopher Frick is an Indianapolis resident. He is involved in the pageantry arts as a writer, designer, instructor and judge. He is a die-hard Cubs fan, Bleed Blue Colts fan and proud Ohio State Buckeye. Chris loves attending Broadway Musicals with his daughter Erin and travels annually to see the Colts at an away venue with his son Jared. Chris was a member of the Ball State University Singers and traveled as a goodwill ambassador to Russia during his membership. A graduate of BSU and OSU, Chris is excited to utilize his marketing degrees at HOA.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/author\/chris-frick\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3096"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3131,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3096\/revisions\/3131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hoachoir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}