Accident motivates dancer
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Kevin Wicher didn’t let a car accident ruin his dreams.
"I’ve always liked to perform,”
Kevin Wichersaid. “That’s all I ever
wanted to do."
It was onlyai Wicher’s first solo
performance that he was a bit ner
vous.
“I remcmberwhen we first started
going to church in Omaha, (and)
my mother used to make us go to
choir rehearsal," the senior musical
theater major said.
It was there that Wicher’s sing
ing career ignited — the choir di
rector askea him to sing solo at the
next church service.
“I was embarrassed (because) I
had never really sang in front of
people before, and the other kids
were laughing at me during re
hearsal," he said.
But on the day of Wicher’s solo
appearance, he said the audience
“got into it" and he felt good about
himself.
“After that 1 wasn’t nervous —
the people appreciated it,” he said.
Wicher also dances and acts.
Tvcalwaysliked to watch people
dance," he said. “Acting is my least
favorite of the three."
Wicher’s hopes to dance was
almost shattered by a car accident
two years ago. Wicher was a pas
senger in a car when the driver ran
a red light, and the car was hit by a
semi-truck — on Wichcr’s side.
The scariest part of Wichcr’s ac
cident, he said, was that the doctor
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fool and told him lhai they may
have to remove his fool.
Bui the doctor finally found a
pulse, which saved Wicher’s foot
— but another problem occurred.
“At first the doctor told me that I
would walk with a limp and l
would not be able to perform as
well as I used to,* Wicher said.
Although the doctor’s comments
gave Wicher a “drive” to continue
to strive for the best, he said he
always knew that he would be able
to dance as well as he had before
the accident.
As a student at IJNl., Wicher has
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