<div>Thanks Val for the correction, and the fact that it was Boston Conservatory makes it even more appropriate for Kim. (smile).</div> <div> </div> <div><BR><BR><B><I>Valerie Sutton <signwriting@MAC.COM></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">SignWriting List<BR>January 4, 2007<BR><BR>Oberlin? Really? No one ever told me that...Where is Oberlin?<BR><BR>I wonder if Charles, you meant the Boston Conservatory of Music's <BR>dance department? I was on the faculty of the Boston Conservatory of <BR>Music's dance department from 1976 to 1981. DanceWriting was a <BR>requirement to graduate as a dance major from the Boston Conservatory <BR>from 1976 until 1986...a full decade. We certified 85 DanceWriting <BR>teachers from the Conservatory. DanceWriting is used in Argentina and <BR>other places (smile) right now...and maybe it is at Oberlin...very <BR>possible...I just found out about
DanceWriting in Argentina <BR>yesterday...so it would be great to learn about Oberlin!<BR><BR>But DanceWriting is not the point really, when it comes to changing <BR>signers understanding that there is now a way to write Sign <BR>Languages...if you mention DanceWriting, they will say that could not <BR>be a writing system for signed languages...<BR><BR>So Kim, it is best to mention that SignWriting is used right now, by <BR>small groups of people in over 40 countries, and it is growing and <BR>spreading... and inform them that now ASL can be written and times <BR>are changing... and then let them argue...controversy is good in a <BR>way...people remember it and then later become interested...Val ;-)<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>On Jan 4, 2007, at 12:04 PM, Shane Gilchrist O hEorpa wrote:<BR><BR>> Val,<BR>><BR>> ooooh, Oberlin uses DanceWriting - thats excellent<BR>><BR>> How many places do use your dance-writing system eh?<BR>><BR>> Shane<BR>><BR>> On
04/01/07, Charles Butler <CHAZZER3332000@YAHOO.COM>wrote:<BR>>> Kim, you should point out to them that Oberlin conservatory uses <BR>>> Dance<BR>>> Writing all the time, so what about sign language isn't a written <BR>>> language?<BR>>><BR>>> Charles<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Kimberley Shaw <SKIFOOT@GMAIL.COM>wrote:<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Hello all:<BR>>> please sign me up, too -- I know I'll need to have better hand- <BR>>> writing<BR>>> skills when I begin that college-level ASL course later on this <BR>>> month! I<BR>>> tend to take lots of notes during class, but the teachers don't <BR>>> expect<BR>>> anybody to be taking notes (since it "is not a written language", <BR>>> feh) and<BR>>> so Signwritten "chicken scratch" is what my class notebooks <BR>>> usually end up<BR>>> looking like.<BR>>> Yes, Shane, trying to read the old German
Schrift feels exactly <BR>>> like peering<BR>>> at chicken scratches so far's I'm concerned! Very aesthetic <BR>>> chickens though;<BR>>> the old handwriting can be very beautiful.<BR>>> -- Kim from Boston<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> On 1/4/07, Valerie Sutton <SIGNWRITING@MAC.COM>wrote:<BR>>> > SignWriting List<BR>>> > January 4, 2007<BR>>> ><BR>>> > Charles Butler wrote:<BR>>> > > If you can read this, I can sign up, too. Dont' know how much I<BR>>> > > will be able to contribute, but I'd love to learn more. (Quick<BR>>> > > chicken stratch using my mouse)<BR>>> ><BR>>> > Hello Charles!<BR>>> > Yes...I can read this...so I have placed your name on the <BR>>> Handwriting<BR>>> > course list...<BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>> > Participants already signed up:<BR>>>
><BR>>> > 1. Adam Frost<BR>>> > 2. Stefan Woehrmann<BR>>> > 3. Tini Pel<BR>>> > 4. Kelly Jo Boal<BR>>> > 5. Cherie Wren<BR>>> > 6. Stuart Thiessen<BR>>> > 7. Charles Butler<BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>> > Val ;-)<BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>> ><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>