{"id":44572,"date":"2025-09-08T20:12:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T20:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crankers.com\/?p=44572"},"modified":"2025-12-31T13:13:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T17:13:26","slug":"see-it-66-year-old-lsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/see-it-66-year-old-lsu\/","title":{"rendered":"SEE IT: 66-Year-Old LSU Freshman Plays Tuba In School Band"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kent Broussard, a 66-year-old freshman at LSU, went viral after performing with the LSU Tiger Marching Band on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN featured the nearly AARP-eligible student in its Random Fandom segment.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s matchup against Louisiana Tech marked Broussard\u2019s debut as an official member of the LSU Tiger Marching Band.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, the first time he watched LSU inside Tiger Stadium, he was just nine years old,\u201d ESPN announcers said on the broadcast. \u201cLife took him another way \u2014 a career, raising a family. But he had a dream: of joining the Golden Band from Tigerland. And five years ago, Kent picked up the tuba, he practiced, he trained, and yes, he enrolled in LSU, auditioned \u2014 he made the band!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight, nearly six decades later\u2026Kent Broussard, a 66-year-old freshman. Broussard making his dream come true. He took the field at half-time with the Golden Band From Tigerland. How great is that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LSU band member Kent Broussard shows it&#8217;s never too late to make your dreams come true \ud83e\udd79\ud83d\udc9c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nEcenBaAZb\">pic.twitter.com\/nEcenBaAZb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNCFB\/status\/1964507166875775238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with CBS News, Broussard \u2014 a retired accountant \u2014 said it was his wife who encouraged him to follow his dream of joining the band.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first I was like, \u2018Do they have like a senior band?\u2019\u201d Cheryl Broussard said. \u201cI mean, I wasn\u2019t sure what he was exactly talking about. And it was the real band.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LSU Band Director Simon Holoweiko insists that Broussard&#8217;s age did not lead to any leniency in his treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, there are no breaks when you come here,\u201d Holoweiko said. \u201cAnd we follow that process to get the best possible group we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">66 year old LSU freshman \u201cTiger Tuba Kent\u201d gets a standing ovation from the crowd \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9So93dJ3Ci\">pic.twitter.com\/9So93dJ3Ci<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Baton Rouge BKM (@BatonRougeBKM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BatonRougeBKM\/status\/1964504254791680097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The next oldest member of the LSU band is just 25.<\/p>\n<p>Broussard says his journey should stand as a reminder that it\u2019s never too late to chase your dreams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTry it,\u201d Broussard said. \u201cThe only thing you can do is fail. Your only failure is not trying.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kent Broussard, a 66-year-old freshman at LSU, went viral after performing with the LSU Tiger Marching Band on Saturday. ESPN featured the nearly AARP-eligible student in its Random Fandom segment. Saturday\u2019s matchup against Louisiana Tech marked Broussard\u2019s debut as an official member of the LSU Tiger Marching Band. \u201cNow, the first time he watched LSU &#8230; <a title=\"SEE IT: 66-Year-Old LSU Freshman Plays Tuba In School Band\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/see-it-66-year-old-lsu\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about SEE IT: 66-Year-Old LSU Freshman Plays Tuba In School Band\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":44573,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[727],"tags":[987],"class_list":["post-44572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-kent-broussard","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}