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Mi­grat­ed to Lon­don in 1971 where he formed the Ca­lyp­so Youth Ex­change Pro­gramme, or­gan­is­ing work­shops with chil­dren all over the UK and fa­cil­i­tat­ing vis­its to Lon­don by win­ners of the T&T Ju­nior Monarch ti­tle. He al­so found­ed the Black His­to­ry Ju­nior Ca­lyp­so Monarch com­pe­ti­tion to en­cour­age chil­dren of Caribbean parent­age to sing about their Black he­roes. Founder and lifetime president of the As­so­ci­a­tion of British Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans (ABC), the group that pro­motes the art, cul­ture and ethos of ca­lyp­so across the UK and Eu­rope.

Was the ca­lyp­son­ian's rep­re­sen­ta­tive on the board of the then Notting Hill Carnival Lim­it­ed and with 17 years was the longest serv­ing mem­ber. He also served for five years on the board of the Carnival Village Trust.

Moore won the Not­ting Hill Car­ni­val award in 1986, the British As­so­ci­a­tion of Steel­bands award in 2005 and the Roy­al Bor­ough of Kens­ing­ton and Chelsea May­ors award for cul­ture, ca­lyp­so and car­ni­val in 2007.

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