DOWNEY — When the featured musician stepped forward during a brief performance Dec. 27 at the Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center in Downey, everyone could see she was unique, but few knew just how special she is.
The Kyoto Tachibana High School marching band made a brief appearance, ahead of their scheduled performance in Monday’s Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena. As the band tore into a thunderous rendition of Benny Goodman’s “Sing, Sing, Sing,” flutist Hitomi Kanamaru stepped up and launched herself into a Lindy Hop dance, all while continuing to play.
Her acrobatic moves were all the more inspiring considering the fact that Kanamaru was born without the lower portion of her left leg.
“At first, it was difficult to try marching and dancing, since I don’t have the left, so it was suggested that I exaggerate the movements on my right leg, and it’s worked out,” she said.
On Jan. 2, the band performed a charity concert in La Palma at the Kennedy High School Performance Arts Center, with donations set to benefit schools in the Houston area severely affected by Hurricane Harvey.
Photos by MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS/Rafu Shimpo
Amazon Clinic launches ahead of reported mass layoffsAmazon Clinic launches ahead of reported mass layoffsNo, FTX didn't funnel Ukraine aid to Democratic candidatesGoogle Maps now has better search for EV charging stations'Quordle' today: See each 'Quordle' answer and hints for November 20How to use Twitter without giving Elon Musk your user data by browsing without a loginWhatsApp now lets you message yourselfWordle today: Here's the answer, hints for November 10Namor enters the villain hall of fame in 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'Twitter brings back gray checkmark for 'Official' accounts Snap unveils Gucci Dictionary.com's Word of the Year for 2019 is 'existential', and same Twitter to free up inactive handles, and this will definitely get ugly End of an era: Jony Ive removed from Apple's leadership page Samsung reveals new Galaxy A phone on YouTube Australia rolls out world Facebook's Crisis Response tool expands to WhatsApp Pantone's 2020 Color of the Year carries more than one message Grandma and stranger she accidentally texted celebrate Thanksgiving together for a fourth year Submit your product for Mashable's 'Best Tech of CES 2020'
0.1352s , 14344.8359375 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【black nuns and priests sex video clips】Never Miss a Single Step,Global Hot Topic Analysis