By Stanley Greaves
At National Music Festivals of the 1950s, the names that stood out in the Piano class were Ray Luck and Hugh Sam (also a composer) from Georgetown, along with Moses Telford and Joyce Laljee from New Amsterdam.
In 1968, having just arrived from Studying Art at the University of Newcastle in the UK, I was appointed Art Master at Berbice High School (BHS). Entering the threshold of the staff room, I saw someone at a desk in front leaning over to open a desk drawer. He stopped to give me a swift up and down look. I realised I had been scanned. At introductions, I learnt he was Moses Telford, the Music Teacher and recognised the name. Before going to our respective classes, I did exchange a few interesting words with him and thought here was someone to know. Later in the afternoon, I visited his home and learnt the history of the school. It was the first of many conversions involving a wide range of subjects of mutual interest. I left feeling as if I had known him for ages.
