- 1- 2- 3Adam Mewhorter, the director of bands at Southmoore in Moore, Oklahoma, knew Casey, who was born with spina bifida, had potential since he’d been playing the trumpet since seventh grade and had a passion for music.“I remember seeing years ago there was a video of a dad who had pushed his son around the field and that stuck with me for many years,” Mewhorter recalled to “Good Morning America.”“I've seen obviously students in wheelchairs in band programs many times but they're usually just at the … front of the band,” the band director continued.“Band and arts gives some opportunities just by the nature of what we do for a student like Casey to be a full participant,” Mewhorter said.So, I think what's made this one stand out a little bit more to other people is that I don't think it's just common.”They started slowly, adjusting to a modified version of marching band when Casey first started in the pandemic’s early days in 2019 and 2020.“There's been times in the last two years‘ shows where there wasn't a place to go in the field and [we’d] have to hang on the sidelines for something to happen, then I could get back out there."