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The instructor of a local cultural group comprising a highly enthusiastic bunch of hearing-impaired, has described the group’s recent opportunity to perform for tourists and other distinguished local guests as a historical achievement.
Formed earlier this year, the Deaf Cultural Group recently put on an intriguing fashion show at Le Meridien Barbarons Hotel, in what was their first outing by demand.
They performed at the request of the hotel, which has on top of this agreed in principle to support the group’s future projects, including their attempt to launch a Miss Deaf Beauty pageant here in 2008.
Before the fashion show, the group which are under the headship of instructor Anita Gardner, who also happens to be the founder and administrator of the Association for the Promotion of the Hearing Impaired (APHI), were performing on its own accord, meaning they were yet to be solicited to perform for an audience.
Instructor Gardner noted that it was in fact during one of their voluntary performances at the Plantation Resort & Casino during the Creole Festival that the group were spotted by a high ranked officer of Le Meridien Barbarons, who invited them to perform for the hotel.
“From the invitation on we worked intensely with staff of the hotel’s entertainment group to come up with the fashion show,” Ms Gardner said.
With regard to their performance that night at Le Meridien Barbarons, instructor Gardner remarked that “their act needs a little polishing as it was their first real outing”, but nonetheless she said “the members were all very excited as they could not believe that they had been requested to perform ‘professionally’”.
Ms Gardner also described the event as a stepping stone for the group, which she said “will give them renewed confidence” to embark on an exchange visit with a fellow association in Mauritius early next year.
She added that the opportunity to perform at such a level will also “enhance the self-confidence of members and push them to be better role models for their peers”.
Ms Gardner is also hoping that the Le Meridien Barbarons Hotel will offer the group a contract in order for the group to continue performing and to attain perfection.
The APHI administrator is calling on other local entertainment related businesses to follow suit and include the less fortunate, especially the Deaf Cultural Group, in their yearly plan of activities.
The instructor of a local cultural group comprising a highly enthusiastic bunch of hearing-impaired, has described the group’s recent opportunity to perform for tourists and other distinguished local guests as a historical achievement.
Formed earlier this year, the Deaf Cultural Group recently put on an intriguing fashion show at Le Meridien Barbarons Hotel, in what was their first outing by demand.
They performed at the request of the hotel, which has on top of this agreed in principle to support the group’s future projects, including their attempt to launch a Miss Deaf Beauty pageant here in 2008.
Before the fashion show, the group which are under the headship of instructor Anita Gardner, who also happens to be the founder and administrator of the Association for the Promotion of the Hearing Impaired (APHI), were performing on its own accord, meaning they were yet to be solicited to perform for an audience.
Instructor Gardner noted that it was in fact during one of their voluntary performances at the Plantation Resort & Casino during the Creole Festival that the group were spotted by a high ranked officer of Le Meridien Barbarons, who invited them to perform for the hotel.
“From the invitation on we worked intensely with staff of the hotel’s entertainment group to come up with the fashion show,” Ms Gardner said.
With regard to their performance that night at Le Meridien Barbarons, instructor Gardner remarked that “their act needs a little polishing as it was their first real outing”, but nonetheless she said “the members were all very excited as they could not believe that they had been requested to perform ‘professionally’”.
Ms Gardner also described the event as a stepping stone for the group, which she said “will give them renewed confidence” to embark on an exchange visit with a fellow association in Mauritius early next year.
She added that the opportunity to perform at such a level will also “enhance the self-confidence of members and push them to be better role models for their peers”.
Ms Gardner is also hoping that the Le Meridien Barbarons Hotel will offer the group a contract in order for the group to continue performing and to attain perfection.
The APHI administrator is calling on other local entertainment related businesses to follow suit and include the less fortunate, especially the Deaf Cultural Group, in their yearly plan of activities.