By Bryan Eneas

Robb Nash rocks Plaza 88 with music and message of hope

Mar 22, 2018 | 12:00 PM

A musician with a message preformed for over 800 students in Prince Albert.

Robb Nash brought his brand of motivation and music to Plaza 88 for students from Prince Albert and around the region on March 21.

“Last year I was invited to Carlton for the Robb Nash show there and I couldn’t believe how all the kids sat there and watched the show, and were really intent on the show,” Rick Sanderson, the Prince Albert Grand Council’s Director of Justice said. “They didn’t touch their cellphones, they weren’t texting, they listened to his message.”

Sanderson said he was amazed how Nash took the time to speak with every youth who wanted a chance to meet him, and he wanted to bring a similar show to students who didn’t get a chance to attend.

Nash sspent time speaking to youth about his experience as a teenager.

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At 17, he was involved in a car accident which left him in a coma. When he woke up, he battled depression and felt as though he didn’t want to be alive.

Eventually Nash overcame his depression and he now tours Canada telling his story and talking about subjects like mental health and addiction, something Sanderson said stood out to him.

“It’s a great message and the thing is, it’s such a tough message to get out there because the way you deliver the message and what you say could change somebody’s life,” Sanderson said. “The way Robb presented his show, I only saw good out of it.”

He added he hopes kids who attended the shows are able to bring the message of positivity back to their homes.

Sanderson said the musician performed two shows on March 21; the morning show was for students in Prince Albert and within 100 kilometers from the city. The show in the afternoon brought students from as far away as Reindeer Lake to attend.

Nash’s shows in Prince Albert followed a stop in Black Lake on March 16. Last year, Nash travelled to Wollaston Lake to tell his story and preform for students at the Father Megret High School in the Hatchet Lake Denesuline Nation.

Sanderson said he hoped to bring Nash back to the Gateway to the North in the future.

“We want to try to do every second year to give kids [aged 11 and up] that are making those tough decisions a chance to hear that message,” Sanderson said. “I think next year we’re going to shoot for that age range again, and just try to get the ones that we missed [to attend].”

Bryan.Eneas@jpbg.ca

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