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Dec 26, 2008

"Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively, unless you can choose a challenge instead of a competence." --Eleanor Roosevelt

Ohio's Blind Marching Band

At the Ohio State School for the Blind in Columbus, Ohio, no one sees obstacles - especially not band director Dan Kelly. "My philosophy is - if it can't be done, let's do it anyway," he said. Not long ago, Kelly asked the kids if they'd be willing to take the school's concert band in a whole new direction. Their reactions varied from "thrilled" to "scared" to "how can blind people do this?" But nevertheless, the kids agreed, got some uniforms and double-tied their shoes. "And we became the first blind marching band in the land," one student said. But their story did not end there...