One Hobby/Skill for Enjoyment and Volunteering

As I've said before, the police had told a false story that I was gay from my childhood in order to spice up their campaign....  The former adjudicator has been competing with me in order to keep, or to gain, control of the police project....  And I've said I'd like to write about my hobbies and volunteer work, along with some work experiences, in order to show what my interests were....  Will write about one hobby/skill here which was used in volunteering also....

When I started the third grade, at the age of eight years, my dad sent me to piano lessons which continued for six years.  My parents didn't supervise my piano practise but they bought me a few, Christian children's songbooks which I eventually learned and enjoying playing from.  After a few years, some girls in my class and I took turns playing the piano to accompany singing in our "Sabbath School"/Sunday School.

When I was in the eighth grade, someone suggested to my dad that I should take the relevant piano exam for my piano work--which was then the Grade 8 in the Royal Conservatory [of Music] of Toronto.  It was my first, official piano exam and I passed.  When I started high school in the fall, someone informed me that I had to take a corresponding theory exam which went with the Grade 8 piano.  If I didn't take the theory within a year, I'd lose my Grade 8 status....  I had to hustle a lot and one of my friends didn't like it but I was determined to succeed...and I did.

In high school, I occasionally accompanied singers on the piano; and for a year or two, I was the pianist for a children's Sabbath School/Sunday School class.

In college in England, I was a beginning organ student and I performed a few pieces on the pipe organ at our small, university church.  Later, I played the piano and sometimes the organ for church services and even a wedding.--I did that off and on in different locations, over the years.  Since the landlord/tenant matter, I haven't played in public although I've been asked a few times....

Throughout my life, from childhood, I've played the piano for my own enjoyment, also, whenever I've had access to a piano or keyboard.

Will write separately about some other hobbies and interests.