DJ Mattie At The Home and Garden

 

On Sunday March 13 at the Relay for Life's Home and Garden Expo, DJ Mattie (Mattie Carlton/Mattie Foxclaw) played at the stage at Hope 1. For two hours from 6 to 8PM, the talented DJ from Team Sunbeamers spun some country music and other tunes for a small but enthusiastic crowd. By the end of her set, she'd raised 11,111 Linden dollars, her joking the last who donated must be a coder.

DJ Mattie, whom is a member of Team Sunbeamers, has taken part in a number of Relay events, some in which she's raised large amounts. In April 2021 in a DJ competition, she raised over 110,000 Linden dollars.
 
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Bixyl Shuftan
 

DJ Matt Raises Over 20,000 Lindens

  
 On Wednesday March 10, DJ Matt (aka Matt Carlton / MattDCarlton Resident) took to the stage at the Relay for Life Home and Garden Festival. She took to the stage at 7PM SL time.

DJ Matt grew up in the Missouri Ozarks. Having lived near Branson and spending a a lot of time there seeing shows and also having some distant realatives that performed for Silver Dollar City, shi was raised on country music, blues, bluegrass and classic rock. Shi still has a great passion for these genres, country being her favorite. Music has always gotten hir though some of the worst times in hir life, and now she love to share some of these wonderful tunes with folks here on SL as a Tiger striped 9 tailed fox. Hope 3 (55,114,33) 

Originally scheduled for one hour, Matt ended up playing music for two, all the while people donating Lindens to two RFL kiosks on either side of the stage. Although Matt is with Team Sunbeamers, the money didn't get credited to the team. Instead it went to general funds. Over time, there were various comments spoken about those lost to cancer and the effort to fund the fight against it. Matt stated that she had taken part in the Relay in real life before coming to the virtual world, and was thankful for her friends telling her about the Relay for Life in Second Life. 

At the end of the two hour event, the two kiosks had an additional 21,493 Linden dollars. 

DJ Matt currently plays every Thursday at the Bouncing Bunny Beach Club on Thursday afternoons. She just recently volunteered for a "Bid Me" event, the details which will be in the Newser soon.

Bixyl Shuftan

RFL Home and Garden Expo Starts Today

 

The Relay for Life's "Home and Garden" Expo starts today, Saturday February 27. For those looking for a new home inworld or furnishings for it, this is a good event to attend. And there's also music performers to listen to.

For a little more than three weeks from now to Sunday March 21, there will be events and shopping across nine sims. The temporary areas, named Hope 1 to Hope 9, are east of the American Cancer Society sim. Unlike some Relay events, one can't just walk from the ACS sim to the adjacent sims. One has to fly or teleport over.

The main stage is on the west side of Hope 1. The other sims are for various shops and other buildings by exhibitors. There are dozens of stores to go to, a list of which can be found here (link). But there are other places, such as the SL Newser, at Hope 4 (40/165/23). There will also be occasional discussions by Saffia Widdershins.

For more on the Expo, check the website at https://slhomegardenexpo.com/ ,  or the inworld group, or it's Discord channel (link). For schedules of performers, click here (link).

Bixyl Shuftan