Name: Drum major with vision impairment leads high school band to success
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Description: Claiborne High School drum major Braden Owens doesn't let his vision impairment stop him from leading a marching band at his Tennessee school.

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Claiborne High School drum major Braden Owens doesn't let his vision impairment stop him from leading a marching band at his Tennessee school. 

>>> A LOOK AT DOWNTOWN RALEIGH, NOT AS HOT AS YESTERDAY BUT THE STORMS ARE COMING. MARCHING WITHIN INSTRUMENT SOUNDS HARD ENOUGH BUT IMAGINE DOING IT WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE. THAT'S BEEN THE CHALLENGE FOR THE SENIOR BRADEN OWENS AS A PURSUES HIS MEDICAL DREAMS. NOW, AFTER MARCHING PAST ALL OF THOSE OBSTACLES, HE IS FILING REACHING THE FRONT OF THE PACK.>> HORNS UP.>> Reporter: ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL BAND CAMP, ONE OF THE TALLEST KIDS IN THE BAND STANDS AT THE FRONT OF THE GROUP.>> MARK TIME, MARK AND THERE WE GO. WE MAKE HE DIDN'T THINK YOU'D BE CHOSEN AS DRUM MAJOR. HE DIDN'T THINK HIS CONDUCTING WAS STRONG ENOUGH.>> WHOOPS.>> Reporter: HE CAN'T SEE.>> I HAVE PERIPHERAL VISION AND I CAN SOMEWHAT SEE OUT OF THE FRONT IT IS JUST I CAN MOSTLY SEE LIGHT.>> Reporter: HE WAS BORN VISUALLY IMPAIRED BUT THAT HASN'T REALLY HELD HIM BACK.>> YOU HAVE THE CARDS YOU ARE DEALT SO YOU PLAY WITH THEM.>> Reporter: THOSE CARDS ARE MUSICAL. HIS BAND DIRECTOR HAS BEEN HIS BIGGEST CHEERLEADER ALONG THE WAY.>> I HAVE SEEN HIM GO FROM A SHY LITTLE BOY TO A PRODUCTIVE YOUNG MAN WHO IS GOING TO BE A KILLER CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF SOCIETY, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ANYTHING HE ACCOMPLISHES. >> Reporter: HE CHOSEN BECAUSE OF HIS PRESENCE AND HOW HE COMMANDS THE BAND. IT JUST SO HAPPENS THE OTHER DRUM MAJOR, WHITNEY IS HIS GIRLFRIEND. HE CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE SENIOR YEAR BY STORM.>> I WANT TO PROVE TO PEOPLE YOU CAN DO ANYTHING FOR THE PEOPLE I'M OF INCOMING FRESHMEN WHO SAY I CAN'T DO THIS OR MARCH, IF I

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Drum major with vision impairment leads high school band to success

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