Like most teenage girls, a group of friends from Montreal can’t get enough of singer Billie Eilish.
“I like his acting, the way he acts,” said 13-year-old Jade Ceausu-Raichman.
Her friend Kayla Patak, who is a few years older, added: “I love his remix with Justin Bieber. I love that mix, it’s very good. “
They wanted to buy tickets for their February concert at the Bell Center, but when they went to Evenko’s website, tickets for the show were completely sold out.
Now the girls, who all sing in the Fireball Rainbow band, are asking for the public’s help.
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“I hope someone will buy us tickets,” said Hebe Xia, member of Fireball Rainbow.
Fireball Rainbow meets once a week. The band, founded by Westmount Music Therapy, is aimed at girls with autism.
“Everything that they’re going through, all their challenges and strengths that come from having autism, they can connect with each other and not feel so alone,” said music therapist and owner of Westmount Music Therapy Alison Usher-Jones.
Adolescents express their emotions through songs, exploring different topics such as what it is to be a teenager, as a form of music therapy.
“It makes me feel relaxed and calm,” said Ceausu-Raichman.
Over the past five years, the eight girls have built meaningful friendships.
Thirteen-year-old Madison Erskine-Gervais told Global News that she loves spending time with her friends.
“I really appreciate them. I love you all equally. Everyone is very nice to me, ”Patak said.
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Now they want to experience a concert together, an activity that typical teenage girls can take for granted.
“I want to go to a concert with people my age,” said thirteen-year-old Xia.
The 19-year-old singer-songwriter is a role model for girls. Their music therapist says Eilish shows them that being different is okay.
Usher-Jones said that Billie Eilish has inadvertently shown this group of girls that they accept being themselves, expressing themselves the way they want to and have to through music.
They hope to get seven to ten tickets for the girls and adult supervision so they can dance with their favorite artist in person.
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