Legion of Youth Powered by Boeing: Bridge Music Project
Legion of Youth, powered by Boeing, is a Seahawks gameday ticket experience for community organizations that serve youth throughout the Northwest. The Seahawks vs. 49ers game featured Bridge Music Project. Bridge Music Project is a Thurston County-based Nonprofit Organization which teaches at-risk youth how music and songwriting can be used as tools to deal with life's challenges. Get to know the inspiring youth:
Shanelle Berry (22)
"Music inspired me to have a voice. I get to put whatever message I want into my music and people listen to it."
Noah Cain (17)
"My father inspires me. As a veteran of the United States Army, he has shown me how to persevere through any struggle I have had and will have."
Destiny Tahoe (15)
"I enjoy the energy from everyone in Bridge! It's not a negative energy it's a really calm energy that gives you the power and creativity to empower yourself."
Anne Albright (15)
"My favorite part about Seattle is the diversity of communities that call Seattle home."
Jensen Ford (17)
"My dad and both my older brothers dropped out of high school so I haven't had anyone help me get through this part of my life, I've been using music to keep me from doing anything that I might regret in the future."
Drayden Alexander (17)
"Music was always an outlet for my depression and emotions in general. It helped me cope with a lot of things in life and got me through a lot of tough times."
Artanian Shaw (20)
"The part of Bridge I have enjoyed the most is personally connecting with other artists and hearing new material and the reason is because everyone is collaborating and not just the people in the song, also the people who made the beats, the instrumentals, so they all help create the music and everyone brings it together and it creates relationships between anybody and everybody connecting mentally and emotionally even spiritually you can feel it."
Michael Jones (19)
"Muisc gets me on my feet in the morning, puts a smile on my face and it helps me find who I am when I'm sad or just in a bad mood. Music is the way for me to step outta my bubble and touch people with my words and emotion in ways, that conversation never could."
Andrew Magyar (17)
"Stay in your lane, don't worry about how far ahead other people are. Your time to shine will come eventually. If you're seriously passionate about something, you should be able to do it even when if you hate it."
Wisdom Taylor (14)
"The part of Bridge I have enjoyed the most is being able to create music with people with similar interests."
Jonny De Vore (16)
"Stay strong and never give up on whatever your dream is."
Victoria Little (16)
"No matter how much people tell you to do certain things, or pressure you into it, don't do anything that will mess up your future, because I did, and now I'm having to work harder to make sure I can have a good future."
Asa Krieg (16)
"The part of Bridge that I have enjoyed the most is making songs/raps and learning from others."
Lehl Inman (18)
"Music helps me to stay focused on my goals for school."
Garrett Whitley (15)
"I overcame the loss of my 15 year old bestfriend. My road through overcoming that obstacle included writing music and listening to lots and lots of music by J Cole, Logic and Logan Cage."
Christina Marquez (14)
"I have enjoyed everything about The Bridge Music Project."
Marshall Gustafson (17)
"Bridge helped me gain a certain confidence that I didn't have before and I plan on pursuing more music related things."
Jensen Meyer (16)
"I would like to be a police officer when I get out of high school."
Keith Cooper (17)
"Bridge has taught me to be ready for anything and to be more productive even when I have a lot on my plate."
Kurtis Varela (14)
"Be nice to people and never stop trying."
Patrick Smith (15)
"Drayden....a fellow performer of the Bridge inspires me. I really appreciate that he is more concerned about the story he is telling then the rhyming of the song."
Kyle Crombie (22)
"Who inspires me is most of the youth here in the Bridge Music Program. Some of these teens and adults have had so much hardship in life. Some have lost parents, others have been homeless and gone through poverty as well as some very dark pasts. What inspired me was that even when some can be at their lowest in life, they can bring out such a positive energy as well as amazing creativity and musical genius, every word that comes out of all of our youth is from the heart. Being able to understand one another and being able to except people for who they are that is what is what inspired me. The bonding of friendship, expectance and understanding."
Tim Miller (19)
"I have been making music since I was 12, performing since I was 15, and went on my first tour at 18. Music has really taught me a healthy way to express my emotions and cope with issues that I come across in life. I have also learned that the art that I make has the ability to help others."
Gryffen Murray (21)
"I was homeless for a year. With homelessness came alcoholism and drug addiction. I overcame that battle by using my local resources as well as with support from my family. I worked hard to get where I am at."
