104-year-old Saskatoon WWII veteran spends birthday giving upright bass performance

[DonR]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/veteran-birthday-1.7040908

Nick Kazuska spent his 104th birthday celebration plucking away at an upright bass as a band played around him.

Friends, family and bandmates squeezed into the chapel at Preston Park Retirement Residence in Saskatoon to live-up Kazuska's milestone.

Kazuska stood at the front with his bandmates and performed several songs before taking a break to chat with everyone who showed up.

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Playing an upright bass keeps you young. Doesn't look a day over 100.

 

[IAtaman]

Playing an upright bass keeps you young. Doesn't look a day over 100.

Doesn't look a day over 80 I'd say. I'll drop the resistance training and pick up the bass.

 

[IAtaman]

Doesn't look a day over 80 I'd say. I'll drop the resistance training and pick up the bass.

Or maybe he is 104 American, 72 metric?

 

[DonR]

Doesn't look a day over 80 I'd say. I'll drop the resistance training and pick up the bass.

Double bass doubles as resistance training.