Music One from Lil' Rhody impresses LA

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) Local musicians from The Met school in Providence were star struck on a musical tour in Southern California even though they were the stars.

“Then we see the Hollywood sign,” Marggines Abreu said. “We were all speechless and it was like, are we really in California right now?”

Abreu was one of nine students from The Met were really in California. They sang in three California schools as part of Music One’s Raising the Level tour which also took a swing through four cities on this side of the country.

“Way different,” Krystina D’’Amario said when asked to compare Los Angeles to her hometown of Smithfield.

The positive themes of their original music and lyrics were also 'way different' for their California audiences.

“They thought that it was amazing that we could do music that didn't involve swearing and that didn't involve negativity,” Abreu said.

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Lillie Jackson, who just graduated from The Met called the tour a 'mind blowing' experience.

“It's great to know that we made that much of an impact on other students who are our age,” Jackson said.

They could not have performed in 7 cities, from Philadelphia to LA, without donations from local fans and businesses. But dollar for dollar, the students and their mentor, Terrell Osborne, believe Raising the Level was priceless.

“As small as Rhode Island is I guess we made kind of a big impact on California which is so huge. So I guess we got our point across,” Jackson said.

Osborne said the level will be raised a little higher next year when the goal will be to bring Music One across the pond to London, England.