At Agincourt Continuation School (A.C.S.), I participated in academics and field activities like jumping, basketball, baseball, and broomball. I played marches for daily assemblies and joined a group with cousins for music events. Jamie Bird, a talented cousin, died young while working for the National Film Board. Bob, another cousin, became a “flying” minister in B.C. I reached Grade 11 Theory and Grade 8 at the Royal Conservatory of Music and prepared for higher levels but shifted focus to figure skating, to my mother’s disapproval. I earned money cleaning for Aunt Ida and managed to buy my first figure skates. Dad drove me to Icelandia for year- round skating. I performed in carnivals across the province and later taught skating in several places, including Unionville and Scarborough, which I initiated, and elsewhere with Ellen Burka.
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