By Raeanne Raccagno
News Editor
A 66-year-old man pursues his dream of becoming an LSU marching band member
Kent Broussard dreamed of becoming a tubist in the marching line for Louisiana State University after seeing a halftime show during a game he attended as a child. Years went by, and Broussard never reached that goal, until he retired from his job and decided now was the time to try, Steve Hartman reported in his “On the Road” series with CBS.
After retiring as an accountant and reflecting on his past, Broussard thought, “...about something that I always wanted to do, but just didn’t get a chance to do it,” he told The Associated Press.
Broussard trained for a year by relearning the tuba and marching around his neighborhood in Baton Rouge, La., while playing. Before trying out for the band, Broussard also had to apply to LSU, where he is now a freshman and takes classes during the day. While he didn’t expect to make the marching band because of his age and the group’s vigorous competition, he was overwhelmed with joy when he cut, according to the CBS story.
“People retire,” Broussard told AP. “Dreams don’t.”
Kidney donors and recipients compete together in a 316-mile race
A team of 11 in Alameda, Calif., is training for the Source to City race in New York City, all of them sharing the same determination, and some of them sharing the same organ. The running crew is the “Renal Warrior” team from the Mission HQ gym, FOX KTVU reported.
One of the team members, Wilson Du, is also the founder of Mission HQ, a gym where anyone, including kidney patients, cancer patients and stroke victims, can work out together. He started the organization in 2019 after struggling with his weight and trying to get on the kidney donor list.
"There's a shared trauma that everybody's going through something. And with that, they're able to bond with each other and they're able to push each other," Du told Fox KTVU.
