{"id":14626,"date":"2020-05-28T22:49:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T01:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=14626"},"modified":"2020-05-28T22:49:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T01:49:24","slug":"matt-mays-holding-virtual-concert-for-n-s-spca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=14626","title":{"rendered":"Matt Mays holding virtual concert for N.S. SPCA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>DARTMOUTH: <\/strong>JUNO-award winning singer\/songwriter Matt Mays is hosting a virtual show in support of the Nova Scotia SPCA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fundraiser is scheduled for Saturday, May 30 at 9:00pm ADT. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All personal donations made at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/novascotiaspcans.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=c5168337fc4c083ddea3419c5&amp;id=78f98c30b3&amp;e=b3ef6bb7d0\" target=\"_blank\">www.novascotiaspca.ca\/mattmays<\/a> will be matched by J &amp; W Murphy Foundation from now until Sunday evening.<br \/><br \/>The virtual fundraiser is a part of Matt Mays Mantle Music where Mays performs live from his living room. He encourages listeners and supporters to donate to the Nova Scotia SPCA to have their personal donation doubled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;36&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mays is making his own charitable gift to the SPCA by donating all Bandcamp tips from\u00a0his new album, <em>Dog City<\/em>, in May.<br \/><br \/>\u201cWe are so overjoyed that Matt Mays is generously donating his time and talent to help pets in need,\u201d says Elizabeth Murphy, CEO for the Nova Scotia SPCA. \u201cA special thank you to our friends at J &amp; W Murphy Foundation for kindly matching personal donations. Thank you for helping save lives.\u201d<br \/><br \/>Matt Mays recently released a surprise \u2018quarantine album\u2019 that he wrote and recorded himself. It is called <em>Dog City<\/em> and Mays describes it as \u201c13 songs written through the eyes of a rescue dog. The songs are about pure freedom, love, contentment and companionship, and all the stuff in between.\u201d<br \/><br \/>To participate, visit <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/novascotiaspcans.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=c5168337fc4c083ddea3419c5&amp;id=e92a92581d&amp;e=b3ef6bb7d0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/mattmays<\/a> to subscribe and set a reminder to tune in on Saturday evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donate and double your impact to help more animals in need here: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/novascotiaspcans.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=c5168337fc4c083ddea3419c5&amp;id=b78207fef9&amp;e=b3ef6bb7d0\" target=\"_blank\">www.novascotiaspca.ca\/mattmays<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;7&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;9&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DARTMOUTH: JUNO-award winning singer\/songwriter Matt Mays is hosting a virtual show in support of the Nova Scotia SPCA. The fundraiser is scheduled for Saturday, May 30 at 9:00pm ADT. All personal donations made at www.novascotiaspca.ca\/mattmays will be matched by J &amp; W Murphy Foundation from now until Sunday evening. The virtual fundraiser is a part [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[1125,589],"class_list":["post-14626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-matt-mays","tag-ns-spca"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}