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shindell-list-digest     Thursday, August 2 2001     Volume 03 : Number 250



                               Today's Subjects:
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  [RS] Re: Applause Applause.                             [Rongrittz@aol.com]
  Re: [RS] one more cry for Falcon Ridge  ["Vanessa C. Wills" <vcwills@Princ]
  Re: [RS] one more cry for Falcon Ridge  [patrick t power <ptpower@juno.com]

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Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 19:40:05 EDT
From: Rongrittz@aol.com
Subject: [RS] Re: Applause Applause.

<< I do agree to "encore" RH after Transit, perhaps with the usual pre-encore 
applause inbetween them if there's a good recording of it to splice in. >>

Funnily enough, at the Emelin, before the show actually started, they did a 
whole bit in which they recorded the audience doing nothing but applauding.  
First, nice, quiet, clapping . . . no hoots or whistles.  Then a little more 
intense.  Then on and on until "OK, now bring down the rafters."  So I'm 
guessing they'd be able to splice-and-dice just about any which way they'd 
want.

RG

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Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 20:01:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Vanessa C. Wills" <vcwills@Princeton.EDU>
Subject: Re: [RS] one more cry for Falcon Ridge

I LOVE JODI GILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK--I've got that outta my system, now. Honestly, it took all the
self-restraint in the world for me not to run up to her when I saw her in
front of Sunflower pizza and say "You're so great, you're so great, you're
so great." And now I realize I totally should have. It really is amazing
how expresive and artistic those ASL interpreters are--_especially_ Jodi.
I loved her interpretation of a Black woman giving somebody attitude in
sign language--she had the audience practically rolling in the aisles. I
still remember last year at the workshop when Richard was totally
entranced by her signing his songs. And he wasn't alone--I can't begin
to count how often my attention is captured by Jodi's signing. It really
is beautiful. Seriously,
the ASL interpreters are a _big_ factor for my group of Falcon Ridging
friends. They are beautiful to watch--a complex language system meets
pantomime meets great sensitivity meets modern dance meets fluidity and
subtlety in movement. It's amazing. The ASL interpreters are, I think, at
least as much of a treat for hearing audience-members as they are for the
deaf Falcon Ridge-goers.

On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Norman A. Johnson wrote:

> Not to mention the interplay between Vance Gilbert and Jodi Gill-- "Tell
> those deaf people to shut up".

And the whole audience going "La la la" in ASL!!!!!!! I think that was the
moment when I felt the community aspect of Falcon Ridge most profoundly.
Everyone being able to take part in the music in exactly the same way.
<Sigh> I'm still coming down off that high. I love that what the ASL
interpreters do can be appreciated by even those of us with only limited
familiarity/facility with ASL.

Peace, Love, and Mischief,
Vanessa

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Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 21:03:23 -0400
From: patrick t power <ptpower@juno.com>
Subject: Re: [RS] one more cry for Falcon Ridge

Vanessa wrote:

<<I LOVE JODI GILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!>>

Jodi also signs at the Folk Alliance conference, which is where I first
fell in love with her. While I'm unable to understand what she's signing
without hearing what she's translating, simply watching her is
spellbinding.

<<I stilll remember last year at the workshop when Richard was totally
entranced by her signing his songs.>>

I don't know if it was so much that he was entranced as he was watching
to see how she signed "flipping the bird".

Pat

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