Woman, 99, Celebrates Birthday by Rocking Out on Drums

Mary Bostrom celebrated her 99th birthday by discussing her passion for music and rocking out on the drum set.    Click the “read more” link for video.

“Anytime I get behind any kind of music, boy I’ll take a hold of it and play my music,” she told KUSA. “I love to play the drums.”.. She plays the drums a few times a month at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush, Colorado…  She started playing the drums in the 1990s. While she is having a little more trouble getting in the chair, Bostrom is still inspired to perform.  “I like to play, so I play whenever I can,” she told KUSA. “I wouldn’t be me if I couldn’t play.”