# Your feel-good story for the day

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 16, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-feel-good-story-for-the-day/1017110 "2025-04-16T17:37:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-feel-good-story-for-the-day/1017110/158 "2026-03-04T03:04:39Z")

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I first posted this in 2021. Worth another look.  
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> [@Happy post: Japanese Octogenerian Sits in with New Orleans Jazz Band](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-post-japanese-octogenerian-sits-in-with-new-orleans-jazz-band/930259):
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> I saw this on reddit this morning (that board is good for some things…). It’s so wonderful. This Japanese woman was a jazz drummer in her younger days, and she and her late husband had always dreamed of going to New Orleans. Her granddaughter asks the band if they will let her sit in. They escort her up to the stage, along with grandpa’s picture. The video is fuzzy, but so worth watching. The whole thing is about 6 minutes; advance it to 3 minutes if you want to skip the lead-in. Made me cry. …

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YZqGCpyzGTE/hqdefault.jpg "Japanese Grandmother Plays Jazz and Stuns Audience") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZqGCpyzGTE)

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