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Barcelona mature Mrs. Atkins had asked if I thought I could play Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus", and of course I said yes. I found barcelona mature, plus a few more selections, a little more difficult than I'd expected; but at that time in my life I had developed enough self-confidence at the organ that I'd try anything! This was, I thought, truly my calling and I had begun to seriously wonder if I should consider a career in music. Musically, this Christmas was promising to be a great one! Kelly and I kept a really low profile after our experience. For the time being I was content to be something of an outcast, so there were no more parties and few dances. Our only dance partners were each other, in the living room of the Collins home when we were alone. We both stopped dating girls altogether, which kept us more or less insulated from the social situations where not being "normal" would cause a problem. We got a new pianist at St. Lukes towards the end of October. She had transferred her membership from another church in town, in fact the church I had grown up in; I understood her reasons before she even told me. Her name was Peggy Stephens, and she and I clicked from the first time we met. She was older than my 17 years, but not all that much. I think she was 20 or so. Her style was exactly like mine; she was pleasant to talk to, and best of all, she had no expectations that our relationship would ever be anything but musical. She told me unashamedly that she wanted to become the organist some day because she'd heard that I'd be leaving to go to college. She could play the organ, but she'd had no training so by her own admission she had a lot to learn. We became instant friends. |