Two British Deaf News Briefs
Here are two Deaf News briefs.
Deaf group “Unify” to perform during King Charles III coronation
In Britain, there will be an all-deaf performance group that will be a part of the Coronation Choir at Windsor Castle during the coronation of King Charles III this weekend.
The deaf group is named Unify. It was founded by deaf performer Rebecca Withey. She said she formed the group last year for a performance last year for the Queen’s Jubilee last summer. They have done several other performances but consider this event their biggest performance to date. Withey said Unify will be a part of a “300 strong Coronation choir that makes up the diversity of communities across the UK.” Withey said all the members are fluent BSL users and vary in age from 20 to 60. They have done rehearsals and taken sign song class via Zoom because the members live across the UK.
So if you’re planning to watch the coronation on television, you can try to find the all-deaf group whenever it shows the coronation choir.
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Deaf British athlete to compete in BBC’s “Gladiators”
The second Deaf News brief is also a British-related topic. British channel BBC plans to bring back its “Gladiators” competition show and a deaf rugby player named Jodie Ounsley will be a part of the lineup. She will have the name of “Fury.”
The show will be filmed in the spring and there will be 11 episodes where the gladiators compete against each other in events like pugil stick fighting.
Ounsley is 22 years old and is a professional rugby player for the Exeter Chiefs. Her father was a contestant on the show in 2008. Ounsley competed for Great Britain in the 2017 Deaflympic Games in the 100m and 200m events.
There was a deaf contestant for “American Gladiators” in the 1990s, Shelley Beattie, who was known as “Siren.”
That’s the two Deaf News briefs for today.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/gladiators-cast-deaf-star-090000826.html
https://www.gladiatorstv.com/gladiators/bbc/
https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/65477424
https://www.instagram.com/p/CrypA_oIYMu/?hl=en
https://www.gladiatorstv.com/international/america/gladiators/siren.php