Sign Singers perform at Dunedin Deaf Club

1984 •

The Sign Singers perform at the Dunedin Deaf Club in front of Deaf members and their friends.

April 12, 1984. Deaf Club Dunedin. The Sign Singers perform at the Dunedin Deaf Club in front of Deaf members and their friends. Mary Johnson organised a gathering at the Dunedin Deaf Club to watch the Sign Singers perform live for them. The Sign Singers join the audience in a sign-along!

Prior to their trip to the Deaf Society, the group had performed on the local TV programme, and also performed in the Octagon in the Dunedin centre, with many people gathering to watch them perform outside.

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Anthony Devereux

Anthony Devereux

Gerald McIntyre

Gerald McIntyre

Mary Johnson

Peter Ferguson

Shirley Warren

Taonga source:

Dulcie McKie

Original format:

VHS

Sponsored by:

Otago Deaf Society

Reference number:

SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, DM07-02-SP84

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