{"id":5370,"date":"2018-03-16T07:19:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T06:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baltic-blues.de\/blues-foundation-usa\/"},"modified":"2023-03-03T16:06:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T15:06:51","slug":"blues-foundation-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baltic-blues.de\/en\/blues-foundation-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues Foundation (USA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5370\" class=\"elementor elementor-5370 elementor-170\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73551abb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73551abb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;5afe7c8&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_tablet&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_mobile&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:50,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_type&quot;:&quot;scroll&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_direction&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_fx_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_z_index&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_animation_prop&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;]}]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45d2670\" data-id=\"45d2670\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e3ac6b elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-tablet elementor-nav-menu__text-align-aside elementor-nav-menu--toggle elementor-nav-menu--burger elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-2665 elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"6e3ac6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;horizontal&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;fas fa-caret-down&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;},&quot;toggle&quot;:&quot;burger&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu--main elementor-nav-menu__container elementor-nav-menu--layout-horizontal e--pointer-underline e--animation-fade\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-1-6e3ac6b\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-446\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltic-blues.de\/internationale-preise\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">International prices<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-447\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltic-blues.de\/was-ist-bluesbaltica\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">What is BluesBaltica<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-448\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltic-blues.de\/blues-school\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Blues@School<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-449\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltic-blues.de\/baltic-blues-e-v\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Baltic Blues e.V.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-451\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltic-blues.de\/europ-blues-union\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Europ. 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