Howie Facts

• He is the youngest in his family by 10 years
• He doesn't like his curly hair
• The children in the Dorough family are (from eldest to youngest): Angelia M. Herring, Caroline Y. Cochran Dorough, Pollyanna Dorough, John D. Dorough, and Howard D. Dorough
• The D in his middle name stands for Dwaine
• His favourite colour is purple
• His parents' names are Hoke and Paula (who is also known as Mama D)
• Mama D. is an AWESOME Cook
• Howie is half Irish, and Half Puerto Rican
• He speaks spanish enough to get by in a conversation
• He didn't learn spanish from his mom, he learnt it in High School
• His High School was Edgewater High School (http://www.ehs.ocps.k12.fl.us/)
• His Middlge School was Howard Middle School (http://www.howard.ocps.k12.fl.us/)
• His Elementary School was Fern Creek Elementary
• He wrote the most songs on the Black n Blue album, out of all the BSB's
• The music video for "Quit Playin' Games With My Heart" was filmed at Howard Middle School
• Mama D. worked at Howard Middle School
• Howie first became an uncle at four years old
• His eldest niece Chelsea Herring is an up-and-coming singer (http://www.chelseah.com)
• He was named after president Eisenhower, whose nickname was Howie
• He originally thought that he was named after Howard Middle School
• His older sister Pollyanna is an up-and-coming singer
• Pollyanna's official site is at http://www.pollyanna.net
• Pollyanna hates being called Polly
• Howie and Pollyanna are the only children in the Dorough family who are not married
• Howie has an awesome 2968 sq. foot apartement with 3 bedrooms and 3 and a half bathrooms
• He irons his pajamas
• His astrological sign is Leo
• He was born in the year of the ox on the chinese calendar
• He was born on a Wednesday
• "Wednesday's child is full of woe"
• His modern birthstone is a peridot, his traditional birthstone is a sardonyx, his mystical birthstone is a diamond, and his ayurvedic birthstone is a sapphire.
• A peridot birthstone means "married", and a sardonyx birthstone means "happiness"
• He was born at Orange Memorial Hospital in Orlando
• He currently lives in Cocoa Beach, FL, USA
• He once dated Claudia Openkedler, a model from Canada
• Hoke Dorough is of Irish-Scottish-American Heritage
• Howie is 5 feet, 6 inches tall
• He weighs 135 lbs.
• His shoe size is 9 mens
• His pants size is 32,30
• He's never seen Seinfeld
• He doesn't watch much TV
• His favourite food is Asian or Oriental (But I'm willing to bet he loves Mama D's cooking as well!)
• His favourite actors are Tom Hanks and Demi Moore
• His favourite school subject was Math
• He graduated in 1991 and was a member of the National Honour Society
• He is the only BSB who went to college
• He has a purple Chevrolet Corvette
• He describes himself as honest, sincere, and a person who cares a lot about others and their feelings
• The first album he ever bought was Michael Jackson's Thriller
• He snores.
• The Historical Era he would most like to visit is the 1950's because he loves the stlyes of music and living back then
• The inanimate object he would most like to be would be a car, because he likes living in the fast lane
• His favourite city is New York because he loves the fast paced life
• His most prized posessions are his family and his career
• Mama D collects elephants
• Howie bought her an elephant fountain
• He wears a baseball cap when he is in public and doesn't want to be recognized
• He was a tour guide at Universal Studios in Orlando
• His biggest musical inspiration was John Secada
• He had about 30 rabbits when he was a kid
• He buys a postcard in every new city he visits
• Him and Kevin are the Backstreet Boys most likely to go out and sightsee
• Hoke Dorough is a retired Police Officer
• After Howie sang "Unchained Melody" in front of his high school, he went backstage and threw up because he had the flu
• He has been in love
• He is not a virgin
• He has the widest vocal range of all the BSB's
• He sings the highest out of all the BSB's
• In "The Backstreet Project" Comic Book, Howie's eyes are blue on a few pages
• He has long fingers, big hands and big feet :)
• He thinks his nose is too big
• He danced ballet when he was a kid.
• He was in an all-boy ballet group at one time and describes it as the coolest thing
• He wears boxers
• The only time he ever wears briefs is when he wears sweat-pants, because boxers don't really fit under them