It was 1962 and I was a typical teenage girl, loved music, dancing and boys...Well anyway to go on with the story...  In the Phoenix Metro area in 1962 there was so much to do especially if you liked dancing, music and in particular LIVE BANDS...We were very fortunate to have many venues to go, see, hear and dance to the music played by the most talented musicians anywhere.  There was one teenage nightclub in particular that my friends and I really enjoyed named The Playmate Club, it was located at Central Avenue and Indian School Road...My friends and I went there as often as we could...Well, one night the owner of The Playmate Club asked me if I would be interested in working at the Snack Bar, he noticed how often I was there anyway.... I wasn't too sure until he told me I would get in every night for free and get paid too...Who could say no...The band that was working there when I started was "Jackie Pierce & The Soul Four"...They were really good, I enjoyed their music very much...When they left a band called "The Vibratos" started and I must say the lead guitar player (Steve Dodge) was the cutest boy I had ever seen...It was love at first sight for me and for Steve too....When the band was playing and if I wasn't very busy I could sneak out to listen to the music and see Steve....My busy time at the snack bar was when the band was on a break so Steve would help me so we could spend more time together before his break was over.  When we both got off work we would go to South Mountain or Camelback Mountain to "look at the lights in the city skyline"?  Okay Okay, we might have been making out (just kissing mind you, nothing more)  We really enjoyed being together, we were each others best friend.   Well, as time went on "The Vibratos" became more and more popular, they were the Beatle Band of Phoenix... No band was more popular at the time...  At this point a lot of my girlfriends told me that if I expected to keep Steve I would have to sleep with him...  There were many girls who would sleep with him and wouldn't I rather have it be me???  Well sleeping with him, no matter how much I cared about him was out of the question, I was not ready for that and the with my luck I would have gotten pregnant the first time...So the answer was NO NO NO.....  OK, so what did I do next???  I had him meet me at a girlfriends house, introduced them and snuck out the back door and headed home, crying my eyes out....  I could not bear the thought of Steve hating me because I would not sleep with him..  So, Steve and Elaine started dating you think I would have been happy..Well, It didn't and I never stopped loving him...He always held a special place in my heart...
                                                            
                                                                   WE MEET AGAIN

                                                               
                                                                                                  
We run into each other through out the years and the meetings get less and then I did not see him for a very long time.  I was flying home from a vacation to California in 1977... A good friend picked me up at the airport...On the way home she asked if we could stop at The Profile Room for a drink ..I told her "Just one drink, I'm tired and I have to get up early for work tomorrow..."  It was always difficult just to have one drink at The Profile Room"  and leave early...  We get there and we are heading up the walk to the bar and I see a man come out and he is heading our way....He looks familiar.. I look at him and I notice that he is looking at me too....As we got up to each other we both said each others names in unison.... Steve??? I say...Connie??? he says...
We hugged each other..I cannot begin to say how wonderful it was to see him again!!!  We talked for hours and hours and we left together, went to his place and made love all night... I never wanted to let him go again.  At this time Steve was doing Country Western Music and we were hitting all the bars with Tapes and Fliers about him and his music..   But being together for any length of time was not to be....  Steve was pursuing his passion with music, He played music to live and lived to play music... And to be truthful I was not ready to settle down either...Our timing was off once again.  We continued to see each other until he was off on his journey once again.   As time went on I dated other men but something was missing I never felt for anyone what I felt for Steve.  That is probably why I never got married.... I knew someday Steve and I would see each other again..  ..