Christine and Aaron talk about the three aims of Handy Voices and why the choir is important to them. Tune in for a few bonus Christmas themed signs!

It was an amazing night at the Jersey Eisteddfod – wonderful to see so many amazing signed song performers in one evening. And we are proud and delighted to report that our very own Christine DeBlase gave a super performance of ‘Rabbit Heart’ by Florence and the Machine and won the Solo category with 86 points and a Silver adjudication!!

We then went on with Christine, her husband Rand Russell and daughter, Alexandra Ballstadt, won the Mixed Age Ensemble category  with their rendition of Nina Simone’s ‘Feelin’ Good’- both hotly contested competitions.

Huge congratulations to Christine and her family – what a wonderful result for us!!   Well done to everyone who performed and entertained us all.  See you next year!

We are very pleased to announce that we will have a number of Christmas performances in the coming months.  It is free to come and see us perform and look forward to seeing you there.

Saturday 21 November 6:30pm  Hearing Dogs Christmas Market   Detail of the market are available here

Sunday 13 December 12:00pm  Oxford Christmas Market (Broad Street,  Oxford by Cath Kidson shopfront)

Sunday 13 December 2:30pm     Performing at the BSL interpreted version of The Christmas Carol at The Pegasus Theatre.  Tickets for the show include our performance as well.

Handy Voices Leader Christine DeBlase to compete at the Jersey Eisteddfod

We are very excited to announce that the choir leader to Handy Voices will be competing at this year’s Sign Singing competition at the Jersey Eisteddfod on 7 November 2015. This evening of sign singing competition is the biggest night in the social calendar in the year for the the Jersey Deaf community. It is an incredible opportunity to raise Deaf awareness as well as to network with other Signing Choirs around England, Scotland, Wales and the Channel Islands.   More information about the event is available on the Jersey Eisteddfod website.

Christine will be performing/competing in two categories; Solo and a Trio.  The solo song is “Rabbit Heat” by Florence and the Machine and the trio ( which will be performed with her daughter and husband ) is Feelin’ Good by Nina Simone.

We wish her the best of luck on the night and can’t wait to see the photos and any videos!! Go Christine!

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As part of our 1st anniversary as a signing choir, we have invested in our online presence. I am hoping to be able to launch our new website properly over the coming weeks. As you can see, it is currently under development, but please do come back to it often as we will be publishing our photos, videos and dates for performances!! Watch this space!