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Alum Info
Steve Hightower
| Contact Info for Steve | |
|---|---|
twosmooshcats yahoo.com | |
| What Steve did (overview) |
| Bass Drum, DB'89 |
| Shout-outs / Inspirational Message / Memories from Steve |
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This was and will always be one of my most cherished memories.
I only marched one summer (1989) but the experience was forever. I was part of the "North Carolina Contingency" - a group of 4-5 of us who were recruited late spring to help fill the corps. We were recruited by the not-yet-created Carolina Crown founders and early organizers (Kevin Smith & Doug Madar) and of course Al DiCroce! At 16 years old, being flown to Kitchener and dropped off my dad, I have the distinct memory of arriving in the middle of Sectionals (percussion), introducing myself to the Perc Instructor and being told to "grab a drum". Said goodbye to my dad, and was away from home for the first time surrounded by a bunched of seasoned folks with "funny accents" (eh?) :-) It was by far one of the most challenging, hardest, most rewarding summer of my young-adult life but the memories and feelings that I have are so special to me. When I talk to family and friends about that summer (or a summer in any corps) they just never quite get what it was that I (we) experienced that summer. While many names I've forgotten, I still see and remember all the faces and time that was shared on the gym floors, tour buses, fields of countless cities across the US & Canada. My favorite memories were the "mini camps" at the Rockton Ice rink, waking up in a different city every few days... all the amazing show days... only 1 laundry day all tour (wtf Al!?!?)... My bus mate Rob Summer always bumming smokes off me :-) ...killer tans (minus harness tan lines)... losing so much weight my parents didn't recognize me at the end of tour... playing with JJ Pepitone (really learned alot from that cat)... playing on that bass line (we sucked early on... i.e. I sucked, but we got our shit together mid tour and actually played very well)... pushups, pushups, more pushups.... I could hammer out 50 by the end of tour without thinking about it... Playing my home show in Charlotte, NC in front of all my family and friends. That show was the highlight. And of course going the World Championships in Kansas City. Devastated that we missed "top 12" by the tiniest fraction and having to leave that night as my father would have had to pay double for a flight after Finals (long story)... So I was gone as quickly as I arrived, but always with the memories of that amazing and special summer. I became a little bit Canadian that summer and always have a special place in my heart for all-things-Canadian. To all the folks who I marched with if you are ever in Charlotte, look me up or drop me an email anytime. Love to share the memories with those who understand how special a summer in drum corps is. Hightower (Steve Hightower - 3rd Bass Drum - '89) |
| What Steve did with NYO (positions by year) | ||||
| # | Year | Corps / Unit | Section | Instrument / Position |
| 1 | 1989  | Dutch Boy Drum & Bugle Corps | Percussion | Bass Drum (3rd Bass) |
| Memories (these can only be edited by Admin David Delouchery) |
| Dutch Boy - 1989 I only marched one summer but the experience was forever. I was part of the "North Carolina Contingency" - a group of 4-5 of us who were recruited late spring to help fill the corps. We were recruited by the not-yet-created Carolina Crown founders and early organizers (Kevin Smith & Doug Madar) and of course Al DiCroce! At 16 years old, being flown to Kitchener and dropped off by my dad, I have the distinct memory of arriving in the middle of Sectionals (percussion), introducing myself to the Perc Instructor and being told to "grab a drum". Said goodbye to my dad, and was away from home for the first time surrounded by a bunched of seasoned folks with "funny accents" (eh?) :-) It was by far one of the most challenging, hardest, most rewarding summer of my young-adult life but the memories and feelings that I have are so special to me. When I talk to family and friends about that summer (or a summer in any corps) they just never quite get what it was that I (we) experienced that summer. While many names I've forgotten, I still see and remember all the faces and time that was shared on the gym floors, tour buses, fields of countless cities across the US & Canada. My favorite memories were the "mini camps" at the Rockton Ice rink, waking up in a different city every few days... all the amazing show days... only 1 laundry day all tour (wtf Al!?!?)... My bus mate Rob Summer always bumming smokes off me :-) ...killer tans (minus harness tan lines)... losing so much weight my parents didn't recognize me at the end of tour... playing with JJ Pepitone (really learned a lot from that cat)... playing on that bass line (we sucked early on... i.e. I sucked, but we got our shit together mid tour and actually played very well)... pushups, pushups, more pushups.... I could hammer out 50 by the end of tour without thinking about it... Playing my home show in Charlotte, NC in front of all my family and friends. That show was the highlight. And of course going the World Championships in Kansas City. Devastated that we missed "top 12" by the tiniest fraction and having to leave that night as my father would have had to pay double for a flight after Finals (long story)... So I was gone as quickly as I arrived, but always with the memories of that amazing and special summer. I became a little bit Canadian that summer and always have a special place in my heart for all-things-Canadian. This was and will always be one of my most cherished memories. |
Alum ID: 88 Last Updated: 2014-08-06 12:16:46 Submitted: 2014-08-06 11:35:29 by Steve Hightower
