I lived out in the country until I was 10, and there was no exposure to drum corps out there, but my parents had me enrolled in dance lessons at the nearest town from the ages 4-12. Then we moved to a fairly large city, and I was unhappy with the dance programs that were available. The KW Santa Claus parade hooked me into drum corps.... I traded my tap shoes for drum sticks, so I guess I never lost my rhythm, just transfered it to another part of my anatomy.