{"id":36539,"date":"2025-01-06T07:29:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T07:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dci.org\/?post_type=hall-of-fame&#038;p=36539"},"modified":"2025-01-06T07:30:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T07:30:34","slug":"aram-kazazian-dci-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"hall-of-fame","link":"https:\/\/www.dci.org\/hall-of-fame\/aram-kazazian-dci-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Aram Kazazian"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"36539\" class=\"elementor elementor-36539\" 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>Since the end of World War II, Aram &#8220;Moe&#8221; Kazazian has been contributing to the good and welfare of the drum corps activity. 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