Uncovering the Shocking Reality of My Musical Journey | TED Talks

[0:00]Okay, so hello everyone. I'm Sam and I just turned 17. A few years ago, before my freshman year in high school, I wanted to play snare drum in the Foxborough High School marching band. However, and it was a dream that I just had to accomplish, but each snare drum and harness weighed about 40 pounds each. And I have a disease called Progeria, so just to give you an idea, I weigh about only 50 pounds. So logistically, I really couldn't carry a regular-sized snare drum, and because of this, the band director assigned me to play pit percussion during the halftime show.