106-Year-Old Woman Has Been Drumming For 80 Years, And She’s Still Got It
by Katerina Papakyriakopoulou for ThinkingHumanity.com –
Musicians rejoice! Legendary percussionist Viola Smith might have discovered the secret for a happy, long and healthy life: energetic drumming as well as the moderate consumption of good wine.
Now aged 106 and actively drumming until quite recently in a Costa Mesa band named Forever Young Band: America’s Oldest Act of Professional Entertainers, Smith’s remarkably long career has spanned the length and breadth of modern music from jazz to swing, rock n’ roll and beyond.
