Well, it’s official: Plant City loves NRG and Rascal Flatts!
We were overwhelmed with entries for this contest — and all had great suggestions and stories behind them. In the end, Chelsea Talavera’s entry stood out just a little from the rest:
I would love to hear NRG perform “Stand” by Rascal Flatts. I believe this song is something so great for teenagers to relate to. These kids are experiencing the most pivotal times in their lives right now during high school, and the lyrics really capture what they may at times be feeling and experiencing.
“Cause when push comes to shove
You taste what you’re made of
You might bend ’til you break
Cause it’s all you can take
On your knees you look up
Decide you’ve had enough
You get mad, you get strong
Wipe your hands, shake it off
Then you stand, then you stand”
NRG is so incredibly talented! All five (and even the minis) are really pushing the limits! They are striving for their dreams. The New York trip was something they were so passionate about and, in turn, very successful in doing. Although some of their peers may not agree or like what they are doing, this song could really be their motto. Even when they may believe they didn’t completely succeed, this song can help pick them back up.
We live in such a hateful world full of sin and wants nothing but awful things to happen. The music and television that our youth is listening to is nothing good for them. We do have to remember these will be the people who run our country one day and create the next generation. I really believe Rascal Flatts still stands for something so good and so right. They sing about things that matter, and that is so important to me!
It really is a powerful message, and it would be inspiring for them to sing, because it is so appropriate for not just NRG but all of our lives!
Congratulations, Chelsea!
WIN TICKETS TO THE BAND PERRY!
Are you NRG’s biggest fan?
If so, you could score tickets to this year’s hottest concert!
Youth pop band NRG and the Plant City Times & Observer are teaming up to give one lucky winner tickets to The Band Perry.
The Band Perry prize pack includes two general admission tickets, as well as two tickets to the concert, which takes place at 7:30 p.m. Sunday March 9.
Plant City’s NRG returns to the festival for a performance at 7 p.m. Monday, March 3, on the Paradise Grilling Systems Variety Stage.
To enter, just email Editor Michael Eng, meng@plantcityobserver.com, and tell us why you should be named NRG’s biggest fan. Please use the subject line: NRG Ticket Giveaway.
Deadline to enter is 11:59 p.m. Thursday, March 6. We’ll notify the winner by 9 a.m. Friday, March 7, and the winner can pick up the tickets at the Plant City Times & Observer office, 110 E. Reynolds St., Suite 100-A.
For more information about NRG, visit its website, radgeneration.com.