Signed song in the opening ceremony

[DTGrushkin]

I have a couple of questions --

-Were they using Auslan?

-How would you judge the quality of their signing -- as typical "Hearing
signing learned for purposes of this one show" or seemingly fluent?

-I recognized CELEBRATION -- this is an ASL influence?

--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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