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Deaf choir breaks the sound barrier | Local & Regional News for Eugene, Springfield Oregon | Eugene News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KVAL CBS 13
Life for Larry Spiva, the only deaf child in a large family of musicians and singers, was tough. But as he watched his siblings perform on stage over the years, his love for music grew.
“He can feel the vibration with the way they played their music,” voiced Spiva’s interpreter while he signed. “So, he enjoyed it because he could feel it.”
Over the years, Spiva said life in a family and a world of hearing people grew lonely.
“We’ve been very, very isolated,” signed Spiva at the Valley River Center on Saturday. “All of us have been extremely isolated over the years—no friends. And even family doesn’t talk to you.”
But all that started to change for Spiva thanks to a deaf and hard of hearing choir called Breaking the Sound Barrier.
“That’s really what our group is about,” said hearing loss support specialist Linda Diaz, signing her own words as she stood beside Spiva. “We try to communicate all of the different ways of communicating--the hearing, the deaf and the hard of hearing. We all want to communicate together.”
Appearing at the Valley River Center mall during the holidays, Spiva said performing with his hands has finally given him a voice.
“With sign language, it opens up our world so we can communicate with other people,” signed Spiva.
And Spiva said he even got to join his family on stage.
“They joined our group,” said Diaz. “And so they played some music with us and Larry signed.”
Saturday’s performance started with the song “Imagine” by John Lennon, followed by some of their original songs and finished with Christmas carols.
Breaking the Sound Barrier’s next appearance will be at the John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts on Dec. 17 at 10 a.m. They will perform Lady Gaga’s song “Born This Way.”
Life for Larry Spiva, the only deaf child in a large family of musicians and singers, was tough. But as he watched his siblings perform on stage over the years, his love for music grew.
“He can feel the vibration with the way they played their music,” voiced Spiva’s interpreter while he signed. “So, he enjoyed it because he could feel it.”
Over the years, Spiva said life in a family and a world of hearing people grew lonely.
“We’ve been very, very isolated,” signed Spiva at the Valley River Center on Saturday. “All of us have been extremely isolated over the years—no friends. And even family doesn’t talk to you.”
But all that started to change for Spiva thanks to a deaf and hard of hearing choir called Breaking the Sound Barrier.
“That’s really what our group is about,” said hearing loss support specialist Linda Diaz, signing her own words as she stood beside Spiva. “We try to communicate all of the different ways of communicating--the hearing, the deaf and the hard of hearing. We all want to communicate together.”
Appearing at the Valley River Center mall during the holidays, Spiva said performing with his hands has finally given him a voice.
“With sign language, it opens up our world so we can communicate with other people,” signed Spiva.
And Spiva said he even got to join his family on stage.
“They joined our group,” said Diaz. “And so they played some music with us and Larry signed.”
Saturday’s performance started with the song “Imagine” by John Lennon, followed by some of their original songs and finished with Christmas carols.
Breaking the Sound Barrier’s next appearance will be at the John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts on Dec. 17 at 10 a.m. They will perform Lady Gaga’s song “Born This Way.”
