Signed song in the opening ceremony

[Des Power]

Adam:

Cd you send me the McKee and Kennedy ref pls.

Thanks

Des



on 17/9/00 9:05 AM, Adam Schembri at acschembri at HOTMAIL.COM wrote:

>> I have a couple of questions --
>>
>> -Were they using Auslan?
>
> Yes, they were using signs from Auslan. I have just found out that a friend
> of mine, a former actor with the Australian Theatre of the Deaf, acted as
> their consultant. She was contacted only a few weeks ago, however.
>
>> -How would you judge the quality of their signing -- as typical "Hearing
>> signing learned for purposes of this one show" or seemingly fluent?
>
> Definitely the former. The lead singer, Nikki Webster, "mispronounced" a few
> signs.
>
>> -I recognized CELEBRATION -- this is an ASL influence?
>
> It may be. There has been a significant amount of borrowing from ASL in some
> areas of the lexicon. Some recent research by McKee & Kennedy found around
> 30% of the vocabulary of ASL and Auslan is identical.
>
>> --Don Grushkin
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Adam Schembri <acschembri at HOTMAIL.COM>
>> To: <SLLING-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA>
>> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 8:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: Signed song in the opening ceremony
>>
>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> People in the U.S are now watching the (taped) presentation
>>>> of the Sydney Olympic's opening ceremony.
>>>>
>>>> There was a presentation of a song which was signed.  The
>>>> performers were singing and signing at the same time, maybe
>>>> using Auslan signs.
>>>
>>> Yes, that's right. There did appear to be a little sign-singing, using
>> some
>>> signs from Auslan (Australian Sign Language).
>>>
>>>> Out of my curiosity, I am interested in how deaf people in
>>>> Australia evaluate this kind of signed song.  Do they fairly
>>>> accept this, or do they tend to feel uneasy about it?
>>>
>>> Some deaf people enjoy and participate in sign-singing, some object to
>> it
>> in
>>> principle, some object to it only when there is no deaf involvement or
>>> consultation with the community, and many others are indifferent.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Adam Schembri
>>>
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