{"id":32460,"date":"2022-11-14T22:22:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T02:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=32460"},"modified":"2022-11-14T22:22:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T02:22:00","slug":"holiday-concert-featuring-tom-jackson-planned-in-support-of-feed-n-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=32460","title":{"rendered":"Holiday concert featuring Tom Jackson set in support of Feed N.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;95&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HALIFAX:<\/strong> Feed Nova Scotia is thrilled to be named the charity of choice for a special holiday concert by Tom Jackson, singer-songwriter, actor and activist on Tuesday, December 13, at Bella Rose Arts Centre in Halifax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTom is a true Canadian icon, whose kindness and empathy come to life on stage through a deep, soul-filled voice\u2014one that you feel as much as you hear,\u201d said Nick Jennery, Feed Nova Scotia executive director,.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that when Jackson last took to the stage for Feed Nova Scotia in 2013, the joyful spirit in the room was palpable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;72&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concert, entitled Stories, Songs and Santa Causes, features an evening of original music, sing-along tunes, and signature Christmas music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tickethalifax.com\/events\/131281069\/stories-songs-santa-causes-with-tom-jackson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">purchased online<\/a> for $45. Feed Nova Scotia is also pleased to provide a limited number of complementary tickets to community members supported by some of its local member agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a tough year, and I think it\u2019s fair to say, we could all use a little joy these days. That\u2019s why we\u2019re especially pleased to make the performance more accessible and inclusive for all to enjoy,\u201d said Jennery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;7&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLike food, music has a powerful way of bringing people together. And we can\u2019t wait to gather with our community for this special show.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All proceeds from Stories, Songs and Santa Causes will go to Feed Nova Scotia, helping to ensure people have food today, and supporting efforts to advocate for policy-based solutions that address the root causes of food insecurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;123&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;95&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;] HALIFAX: Feed Nova Scotia is thrilled to be named the charity of choice for a special holiday concert by Tom Jackson, singer-songwriter, actor and activist on Tuesday, December 13, at Bella Rose Arts Centre in Halifax. \u201cTom is a true Canadian icon, whose kindness and empathy come to life on stage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[575,1680,48,142,4416],"class_list":["post-32460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-feed-nova-scotia","tag-holidays","tag-n-s","tag-santa","tag-tom-jackson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32460","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=32460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}