{"id":31661,"date":"2025-01-02T08:23:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T08:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dci.org\/?post_type=hall-of-fame&#038;p=31661"},"modified":"2025-01-02T08:28:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T08:28:15","slug":"frank%20_williams","status":"publish","type":"hall-of-fame","link":"https:\/\/www.dci.org\/hall-of-fame\/frank%20_williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"31661\" class=\"elementor elementor-31661\" data-elementor-post-type=\"hall-of-fame\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9c9f78 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e9c9f78\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0ec6e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0ec6e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Frank Williams has nurtured the growth of many drum corps brass players over the years. 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