The Sign Singers perform the song ‘I Hear Your Hand’ for the Stars on Sunday programme filmed on February 25, 1981 at Highwic in Newmarket, Auckland, and screened on TVNZ on May 10, 1981. Two other songs were also filmed on the same day, ‘Born Free’ and ‘Silent Night’.
Sign Singers: ‘I Hear Your Hand’
1981 •
- Storytelling/Performances
- TV/Media
The Sign Singers perform the song 'I Hear Your Hand' for the Stars on Sunday programme.
Taonga source:
Dulcie McKie
Produced by:
Stars on Sunday, Television New Zealand
Original format:
VHS
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, DM06-08-SP81
Copyright status:
This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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