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A nine year old St. Louis boy has a rare talent and an even more unique way of cultivating it. Nine year old Robby Hood has Tourette Syndrome and one of his uncontrollable ticks just won him an award: whistling. Whistling is not a hobby for Hood. It is something he cannot control, something he cannot stop: a tick.
Robby Hood says, "Well, I had like tourette's when I was born, so, (cough). That's one of them and whistling is one of them, so that's how it became a talent.'"
Robby's mom, Carolyn Hood, remembers it this way, "And then one day he made sound and then it seemed like two days later he was doing symphonies it just seemed that fast."
He got so good that he wanted to compete. So he did, in the International Whistlers' Convention in North Carolina this past April.
Robby said, "I got really nervous right when I was going on, and I felt like I was gonna puke, but I didn't (laugh).
The nerves couldn't beat him. Robby took second place, whistling Hungarian Dance Number Five and the Star Wars theme song.
Robby Hood says, "Well, I had like tourette's when I was born, so, (cough). That's one of them and whistling is one of them, so that's how it became a talent.'"
Robby's mom, Carolyn Hood, remembers it this way, "And then one day he made sound and then it seemed like two days later he was doing symphonies it just seemed that fast."
He got so good that he wanted to compete. So he did, in the International Whistlers' Convention in North Carolina this past April.
Robby said, "I got really nervous right when I was going on, and I felt like I was gonna puke, but I didn't (laugh).
The nerves couldn't beat him. Robby took second place, whistling Hungarian Dance Number Five and the Star Wars theme song.
