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Together! The new song for 2017 is here

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The new song for sign2sing 2017 is here and it’s called Together.   The song, written and sung for sign2sing by BottleTop MusicProductions with additional vocals by Get Gospel, has been brought to life in an uplifting video by Deaf film maker Bim Ajadi.

Bim and his team made the video for the 2016 song Reach Out Your Hand and for 2017 they’ve produced another superb film, featuring deaf performer Rebecca Withey. Filming for the video took place at The Cottesloe School in Wing where students were joined by deaf and hearing pupils from Wingrave C of E Combined School and Gifford Primary School.

Cottesloe School has a well-deserved reputation for excellence in drama and Bim and his team made the most of the fantastic facilities and talented students.  Also featured in the video is footage of deaf children who attend schools supported by SignHealth Uganda.

Deaf perfomer Fletch has also filmed a series of tutorials to hep participants learn the song and signs including a whole song tutorial and a line-by-line guide.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Children from St John the Baptist RC Primary School in Brighton showed off their singing and signing skills this week at the opening ceremony of the Faculty of Public Health Annual Conference and Public Health Exhibition at the Brighton Centre.

The Whitehawk-based school learned the song and signs as part of sign2sing, a fundraising activity organised by the Deaf Health Charity SignHealth. Sign2sing raises money to help vulnerable deaf children in the UK and Uganda.

“We were very excited to perform the song at the opening of the conference” Jane Noble, Music Coordinator, St John the Baptist RC Primary School

Eighteen children, aged between nine and eleven, performed Reach Out Your Hand at the conference before an audience of delegates and exhibitors. The inspiring song, which was written specially for sign2sing 2016, has a strong anti-bullying theme and has been performed by schools, businesses and other organisations across the UK and overseas.

St John the Baptist have taken part in sign2sing a number of times in the past, this year raising £366 to help deaf children.

“Everyone at St John the Baptist is really proud to have been involved with sign2sing.It’s such a wonderful introduction to signing and raises money for a really important cause.” said Music Coordinator Jane Noble “We were very excited to have the opportunity to perform the song at the opening of the conference and share the joy of signing and singing with so many people.”

Jenny Angliss, Communications Officer at SignHealth said:

“The children from St John the Baptist are fantastic singers and signers. Everyone at SignHealth was delighted that the school was selected to represent sign2sing at such a prestigious event. Hopefully their performance will encourage other schools, businesses and groups to take part in sign2sing 2017, raising money to help vulnerable deaf children.”

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The sign2sing Roadshow was in Hampshire today to see  Hampshire PLOD signing and singing.  The PLOD team works to promote, enable and deliver equality of access to the police for Deaf, deafblind, deafened and hard of hearing people. Many of the officers sign, having passed exams in British Sign Language. 

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The group was led by Sergeant Glen Barham and Link Officer Helen Haines.  They were joined by a group of Portsmouth Council workers and uniformed and non-uniformed officers and volunteers.  Everybody enjoyed finding out more about SignHealth and taking part in the event.

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A choir from the Warrington area are once again showing there’s more to performing together than just singing.  Members of Woolston Signing Choir learn British Sign Language through song lyrics and now they’re using their skills by taking part in sign2sing.

The group includes children from five schools in the local area, aged between six and sixteen, who are also joined by parents and even grandparents.   Schools involved are Woolston Community Primary School, Oakwood Primary, Birchwood High Academy Trust, University Academy Warrington and Green Lane Community Special School.

sign2sing is a great introduction to British Sign Language
as well as being a fantastic way of supporting a really important cause.

The choir is led by Helen Andrews, who has Level 6 in British Sign Language. The choir was nominated for The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service and Helen attended a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace last May.

Helen said:

“I am so proud of my choir. We reached 100 performances at the end of December; a great achievement in six years. This is the third time we’ve taken part in sign2sing. The choir really enjoy learning the song and signs.  This year’s song Reach Out Your Hand is really catchy with a great message about being kind to others.

“sign2sing is a great introduction to British Sign Language as well as being a fantastic way of supporting a really important cause. We are raising funds for SignHealth by asking our families to sponsor us. We will perform the song  to parents on Thursday 4th February 2016 at the end of our rehearsal session”

Woolston Signing Choir is a friendly group that welcomes D/deaf and hearing members of all ages. For more information go to  www.woolstonsigningchoir.co.uk or look at the choirs Facebook page.

 

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Nicky Maloney from Moseley near Birmingham  is encouraging local children to sign and sing as a special sign2sing ambassador.

Nicky has been visiting local schools for some time, teaching the children about sign language, so she was sure children would enjoy the event.

I’m really proud to be part of an event that makes a real difference to deaf lives.

“Children absolutely love learning to sign” she says “They pick it up so easily.”

Nicky hasn’t just been encouraging children to take part.  She’s also recruited West Midlands Fire Service to join in, with some of the firemen taking part in a special video for sign2sing.

“It’s such a wonderful cause’ says Nicky “I’m really proud to be part of an event that makes a real difference to deaf lives and raises awareness of issues that affect deaf people.”