What are you up to now?:
I'm currently living in Saratoga Springs, NY with my lovely wife, Robynn. After my final summer in HS, I moved to Raleigh, NC to check out the southern hospitality - and nice weather. After a couple of years of isolation from friends and family back in the northeast, I came to my senses and made the obvious choice to move back to New York - and enroll in law school. I can confirm that three years of law school is a bit less enjoyable than singing for a living. I currently work for a not-for-profit corporation in Albany and specialize in intellectual property licensing.

Has HS affected the general trajectory of your life? If so, how?:
My first summer in HS was my first summer as a college graduate. Yep - I was a bit late to the game. Going into that summer, my game plan was to enroll in Chiropractic school that fall. When I received an acceptance letter to the school of my choice, I knew I needed to defer the acceptance for a year. There was no particular reason why I "knew", I just did. Perhaps, subconsciously, I figured I needed to have another summer on the Cape. Perhaps I wasn't ready to make a pointed choice to join the 'real world'. There was very little debate involved in making the choice regarding a return for the third summer....or the fourth.

The short answer to the question is:
Without HS, I'd likely be a Chiropractor right now as opposed to a lawyer. There seem to be a lot more lawyer jokes than Chiropractic jokes, but I digress...

Aside from the obvious musical indulgence HS provides its members, the guys, past and present, are truly some of the most insightful and intelligent people I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. The bonus is that over one's course of time in the group, you realize that these guys who started out as smart and interesting strangers, have quickly evolved into an extended family, at the ready to offer you their thoughts, opinions, insight and support on a moment's notice.

Tell us about your favorite on-stage moment...:
There are so many memorable moments for me:

• Trying (well, half-trying) to dance like the Backstreet Boys and N'Sync
• Jason singing "World on Fire" to any female teacher/principal in front of elementary aged students
• Goatherd
• The intensity of "Dancing Nancies"
• Standing ovations after "Bohemian Rhapsody"
• Mark Manley's ad-libbed bass line during Fly Me to the Moon - "dmm, dmm, dmm, he's a Jedi"

What is your favorite HS transportation moment?:
Every time I had shotgun when the tall guys were in the backseat.

What was your craziest HS tour adventure?:
Perhaps this is not the 'craziest', but it may be the most disgusting.We took a trip to Martha's Vineyard to sing with our brother group, Vineyard Sound, on the island. The show went quite well and we headed back to the Vineyard guys' house to hang-out. I realized that I probably had one too many adult beverages upon waking up in their outdoor shower - which had, as I found out on the ferry ride back to the cape, doubled as a urinal for a good part of the night before I decided it would suffice as a bed.

What is your favorite HS recording?:
Tie.
"Heaven on Their Minds" from On The Beach
As I entered my audition, I was certainly hoping to get invited to join, but promised myself that it really was no big deal if I was rejected. Then, in a cruel twist, as I was leaving the audition, the guys asked if I wanted to hear a new track from the yet-to-be-released album. It was "Heaven". It did not take long for the reality to set in - I wanted nothing more than to be a part of this group. It was a long drive from Boston to Buffalo that afternoon, and an even longer TWO WEEK wait for the call (that's right newer guys...two weeks between audition and phone calls!)

"Fields of Gold" from Cape Standard Time
This was recorded live during my final show with the group. Every time I hear this track, I am right back in that very moment. This is an incredibly effective four-part arrangement (Mark Manley). Slick, the lead, had been in the group for each of my four years, and this was his last hurrah as well.  The juxtaposition of the old guard and the new guard was poignant. Victor and I were the second tenors, and it's a good thing he can sort-of sing. The battle I was fighting to choke back tears rendered my singing voice absolutely worthless.

Darrell Sings-- "Pride (In the Name of Love)" ('01):