At 66 years old, Kent Broussard has proven it's never too late to chase a dream.

Tomorrow, he'll be marching onto the field again with Louisiana State University's famed

Tiger Band, Susophone in Hand. Last weekend, he became the oldest member in its history.

It's a dream that started decades ago when Kent was just a boy watching from the sidelines.

After retiring from a long career in accounting, he enrolled at LSU as a full-time student with one goal in mind

to finally earn his place in the band.

Now, with his dream realized, Kent's story is striking a chord far beyond Baton Rouge,

reminding people everywhere that passion and persistence can rewrite the script at any age.

I spoke with him earlier this week about his journey, the discipline it requires, and what it feels like to finally march to the beat of his long-held dream.

Kemp Roussard, welcome to the NewsHour.

Thank you for having me. Good to be here.

We should say you graduated already from southeastern Louisiana,

and with two degrees, you had a full career in accounting.

What made you decide at 66 years old that you were going to enroll at LSU

and try to join the marching band?

You know, it goes back really to really 1968,

1969 when I first started going to LSU games way back in the day.

And the sound of the band, obviously Tiger Stadium is one of the great

football stadiums in America from a college perspective.

And I loved all the games and have just numerous memories about football games.

But the sound of the band is what always caught my attention.

And had always put in the back of my mind that I wanted to do that somewhere down the line.

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