WELL,
WELL, IN
WELL, IN JUST ONE WEEK OUR FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE KEVIN RADER IS RETIRING. AS YOU
LIKELY KNOW, KEVIN IS ONE OF
THE BEST STORYTELLERS HERE AND
ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY. HE HAS
MADE US LAUGH. HE'S MADE US CRY
ALL WHILE KEEPING US INFORMED
EVERY DAY. WE'RE GOING TO MISS
HIM, SCOTT. WE ARE IN FACT. SO
WE WANT TO LOOK BACK AT KEVIN'S
FAVORITE STORIES TODAY A STORY
KEVIN DID ABOUT A SEVEN YEAR
OLD BOY WHO IS DEAF AND BLIND
BUT DISCOVERED THE JOY OF MUSIC
.IF YOU'VE NEVER MET SOMEONE
PERFECTLY IN TUNE WITH WHO THEY
ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE NOW.
ALWAYS DO THAT FOR THE KIDS.
MUSIC IS JUST TO ALL. JIM
CRISMORE EVERYTHING ARTIST IS
ART BUT IT'S ALSO HISTORY. BUT
IT'S ALSO MAN MIDDLE C IS RIGHT
TEACHER RIGHT HERE. SHEPARD HIS
OWN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PETTING
ZOO. THAT'S WHAT I DO. I HELP
CHILDREN FIGURE OUT WHAT
INSTRUMENT SPEAKS TO THEM. THE
BASS HE HAS LIVED A LYRICAL
LIFE. I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT
MUSIC. I HOPE YOU CAN TELL THAT
FOLLOWING A PATH THAT IS
CLEARLY DENOTE IN BLACK AND
WHITE. GOOD MORNING COLIN DASH
BUT NOT EVERYONE'S PATH IS SO
CLEARLY DEFINED. I DO WONDER
ALL THE TIME. HOW DOES IT FEEL
TO BE LIKE HOW HE IS? IMAGINE I
COULDN'T IMAGINE HOW HE FEELS
IF HIS MOTHER DOESN'T KNOW HER
SEVEN YEAR OLD ALIAS VALENTINE
WILSON FEELS. AND WHO DOES? YOU
CAN'T EVER KNOW THAT BECAUSE
HE'S NEVER KNOWN VISION AND
HE'S NEVER KNOWN HEARING BORN
DEAF AND BLIND. HE'S SEARCHING
FOR HIS PATH IN THIS LIFE. HE'S
JUST DEALING WITH WHAT HE'S
WHAT HE'S GOT EVERY STEP WHAT
HE'S BEEN GIVEN EVERY DAY IN
DARKNESS AND SILENCE. JUST
LISTEN TO HOW IT RESONATES. TWO
PEOPLE ON TWO VERY DIFFERENT
PATHS GOING TO GO TO THERE. AND
COULD ALL CHANGE. OH MY. IN ONE
MOMENT PEOPLE ON THE STREET AS
LIKES. I WAS SO EXCITED. DO WE
WANT TO TRY THIS? OKAY. I
DON'T. I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT
FEELING MUSIC. AMAZING ON THIS
DAY THE CELLO DID THE SPEAKING
STUDENTW COULDN'T EVEN HEAR IT
BUT HE COULD FEEL IT. HE WAS
FEELING IT WITH HIS CHIN AND
WITH HIS EARS AND WITH HIS BODY
.OH, I CAN DO THIS. HERE'S
SOMETHING ELSE I CAN DO. AND
HIS FINGERS STARTED TO DANCE.
YES.
I MEAN I NEVER PICTURED MY
SON PLAYING
LEARNING IF YOU
WILL. I WELL THE SCHOOL THEY'VE
DONE MIRACLES FOR HIM. HE'S
MAKING HIS OWN MUSIC LIKE LOOK
AT THIS SMALL IF YOU EVER
EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE
YOU'VE JUST EXPERIENCED YOU
KNOW, WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? WELL,
THAT'S COOL.
I MEAN HE WAS
ACTUALLY REACHING TO HUG THE
INSTRUMENT MEANING DOES THAT
SHOW THE POWER OF MUSIC
? WELL,
I DIDN'T THINK
JIM CRISMORE HAS
WITNESSED MANY MOMENTS OVER HIS
30 YEAR CAREER TEACHING MUSIC
MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS AS WELL.
I'VE DEDICATED MY LIFE TO MUSIC
IN THE SCHOOL. THIS IS MUCH
MORE THAN SCIENCE ART. NO. THIS
WAS AN AWAKENING COULD LAST A
LIFETIME AS A CHILD WITH NO
VISION LIMITED IF ANY HEARING
WHO IS EXPERIENCING THE POWER
OF MUSIC. NOW HOW COOL IS THAT
MUSIC? HE SAYS YES PLEASE.
KEVIN RADER, CHANNEL 13
EYEWITNESS NEWS. I THINK HE
COULD