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Here are a few things I like doing in my spare time:

Music - Making

• Playing music: Bb/A clarinet, other clarinets: Eb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet, Basset Horn
• Orchestra
• Concert Band
• Jazz - Traditional/Dixie Band & Big Band

Music - Audience

• I've been a season ticket holder for the Canadian Opera Company and the KW Symphony for many years
• Opera: Opera Atelier, Canadian Opera Company
• Orchestra: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra
• Pop-Music: Arrogant Worms, Blue Rodeo, AC/DC
• Music Festivals: Hillside Music Festival, Festival of Friends, Montreal Jazz Festival, Fringe Festival

Sailing

• Laser
• C&C Corvette Association
• America's Cup

Canoe Tripping

• French River (Restoule Lake to Hwy 69: 5 days) - 1987
• Saugeen River (Walkerton to Paisley: 3 days) - 1988, 1990, 1992 (2nd Guelph Boy Scouts)
• French River (Hwy 69 to Georgian Bay: 4 days) - Aug 2003
• Quetico Provincial Park (French Lake to Oliphant Trail: 7 days) - June 2004
• Saugeen River (Lobies Park to Brant Conc. 10: 1 day)- July 2005
• Quetico Provincial Park (6 days) - August 2007

Mountain Biking

• Kelso, Guelph Lake, Mono-Cliffs

Note: Photo on the right is of me (left) and my friend Le Lu with our basset horns, after a concert with the Hart House Orchestra in November 2022.