The event I attended was Signing Idol that was put on by the ASL students at Heritage High School. The different ASL classes 101-103 were competing against each other and were being judged by three Deaf judges. I was expecting to sit through an entirely silent event and watch the students sign the songs. I was worried I wouldn’t be able to understand anything that was being signed and just be kind of lost wondering what was happening. The experience was awesome! I had a lot more fun than I expected I would. The background music was loud, and the signing was awesome. There was one girl in particular that signed “Fireflies” by Owl City, and it was the most beautiful thing I have seen. I honestly hadn’t really thought of signing as something …show more content…
They have never actually heard the song, so they were relying on the person singing to use non-manual markers like facial expressions to get the song and its meaning. I’m sure it was hard to watch the people standing there and singing with no movement and a total straight face. The five new signs I learned from attending Signing Idol are… 1) Earth: at chest level, make a fist with your non-dominant hand, palm side of hand facing toward the floor. Take your dominant hand and place it on the wrist of your non-dominant hand. Pinch/grab your wrist on your non-dominant hand with your middle finger and thumb of your dominant hand and rock it back and forth. 2) If: make an “I” handshape with your dominant hand and bring it up to the top of your cheek bone right below the corner of your eye. The palm side of your hand will be facing your face and you tap twice. 3) Reason: Make an “R” with your dominant hand and raise it palm side of hand facing away from your face. Point at the side of your forehead with the tip of an "R" hand. Draw a couple little circles in the air as if to show wheels turning in your