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Students (above) sign a Christmas carol as a final project for their American sign language class. Tristan Davis, Fairfield, Calif., graduate student (below left) and Lori McEllroy, tepok senior, sign "Rap Santa."
Class sings 10r local hearing impaired
By Ranjit Arab Special to the Kansan
Alice-Ann Darrow asked her students to go Christmas caroling with her during the group's last class period.
But this was a different kind of caroling. Darrow asked her students to sing the songs.
Darrow, associate professor of speech, language and hearing, and about 50 students in her American sign language class carolled last night for three hearing-impaired couples in Lawrence.
The caroling gave the students an opportunity to practice artistic signing and to meet some members of the deaf community. Darrow said.
The three couples were Darrow's friends. This is the seventh year that Darrow has taken her class caroling
She said that the caroling's popularity had grown during the years and that many former students returned to carol with her class each year.
"They want to keep coming back," she said. "In a couple of years we won't have enough room on the bus for all of them."
Edwin Fisher, Lawrence resident, with the help of neighbor and interpreter, Debby Mosher, said that he and his wife had listened to Darrow's carolers for four years.
After Darrow greeted the couple, the students began to sign carols. They opened with a rendition of "I'm Christmas," followed by "Silent Night."
In a new twist, Darrow had two of her advanced students perform the "Santa Rap" in sign language.
"We've never missed it," he said.
"We really enjoy the caroling."
The students finished their performance with "We Wish You a Merry Christmas."
watched the carolers perform in the Fisher's vard.
Mosher's daughter, Sarah, 13, and her friend, Beyod, 15, also
Both said that the rap was their favorite part of the performance.
"It had some new signs, but it was easy to understand." Yoder said.
Jennifer Bourne, Dodge City junior, said she enjoyed the practice.
"We've been learning sign language all semester and this gives us an opportunity to use it in a real situation," she said.
Darrow said that she would carol again next year but that she also planned to hold a traditional Christmas pageant with her students for the deaf community.
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