2020-NOV-06-1730Hrs
In July 1969 the day when we were graduating from Mausica, Selwyn Ayoung, from Fairhaven came over to Sunsetvilla. We in Sunsetvilla were there for 2 whole years together. We were asking each other for all different things. We were using obsene language in every sentence we said. When Selwyn heard us, his remarks were, "Listen to the love."
That struck me. And I began to think about what Selwyn had said.
We were together for 2 years, this was our last day, and after that day, there was no telling when we would be seeing each other again. I was hearing the cursing, and was part of it. He came in, listened, and realized that much more than cursing was going on. We were expressing our love for each other, and the absence that would follow when we left Mausica. That was 49 years ago, and I remember it as if it was yesterday.
Selwyn Ayoung died a few years after leaving Mausica, but as a first year, he composed Mausica's Anthem. I am sure that lecturer June Joseph still has a copy of that anthem.
Garth Nicholas 1969 to 1971
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