Personal Narrative: My First Deaf Event

For my first deaf event, I went to Main Street America. Within the event, there were several tables set up with different organizations to speak with and two circles or chairs that were used for introductory activities. When we entered the event, we were handed an ASL BINGO! paper that had different things for us to do. The first thing I did was join the second group of people in the circle of chairs, where we played a few games. Firstly, Bam introduced himself and had each one of us introduce ourselves. Once each of us signed our names, Bam had us sign our major. Since I did not know how to sign my major, psychology, he showed me. I put this as my new learned sign on my BINGO sheet. Next, he taught us a storytelling game where we use the ABC’s to tell the story. Each person had to continue the story Bam had started by using the next letter of the alphabet. After this game, MJ came over and played a similar game with us, only this time we used numbers. Both of these games helped me practice my signing and they served as an icebreaker for all of us. After playing the games, I went and voted on an ASL Club t-shirt and held a conversation with a few of the club leaders. They were very kind, and helped me out with …show more content…
They began with the National Anthem, then a girl did a remarkable rendition of Fight Song by Rachel Platten, which made a huge impact on me, after the whole group did Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars. Each piece they did was breathtaking and extremely enjoyable. Once they finished the songs, they held a small presentation of the Dos and Donts of how to approach a Deaf person. This was informational and how they acted out each scenario was entertaining. Later, Bam came up on stage and told a story about fishing. Following him, a man who is both deaf and blind, came up and told a few stories. It was amazing to see how he communicated by holding the hand of someone who was