The Rosa Lee Show

Sean Forbes, co-founder of D-PAN, notified me via email that CNN aired its interview with Sean about D-PAN via CNN and CNN international few times this week. Check out the link to the video:

D-PAN ON CNN NEWS

Kudos to everybody!

-Rosa Lee

The Rosa Lee Show had its first mini-tour in the state of Indiana/Kentucky last week.  Some of you may know that Indiana is a state that holds dear to my heart.  It was where I spent most of my youth living as a student at Indiana School for the Deaf (ISD). It is also a state where my mother was born and raised.  Both of my parents were classmates at ISD as well as my older brother and I. I was also reminded by my grandparents’ former students living in Fort Wayne that my grandparents also worked as a teacher at ISD before moving down south (Florida). It was definitely a treat to revisit my old stomping grounds and to reunite with my old friends. read more »

Wanted to take a moment to point out some additional movement to support captioning on the web: just read an article over at linux.com about a new mailing list and effort to bring captioning support to the free video codec Theora (which will be natively supported by Firefox in version 3.1).

This is important because Theora is an open-source (free!) video codec and having organizations such as Mozilla (who support Firefox) and websites like wikipedia.org use this format to display videos with captions is a terrific step!

So, we joined the new mailing list and hope you will too — we need to let the folks know that these efforts are important to us. As others have pointed out, sites like hulu and youtube are beginning to support/offer captions … let’s keep the ball rolling and let folks know that captions are important to everyone!

– Damon

PS: last month we added captions to all our videos (My Deaf Lady, NOYBTV: Season One, All I Want, and the Kondima Demo) and we subtitled the DVD (all by our self!) so we know it takes a bit of extra work, but it’s worth it!

Last Friday, I did a show at Lexington School for the Deaf at Jackson Heights, NY.  Instead of flying across the country like I usually do, we just simply drove up to New York and then return back on the same day.  Definitely a nice change for us.  As for the show, I had a wonderful time performing in front of middle and high school students. They’re wonderful audience.   I also had an opportunity to perform on the same stage that was used during Deaf Idol.  Their auditorium is a top-notch… superior bass and lighting system.  Definitely a deaf-friendly space!  Here are some pictures of the show.  Enjoy. read more »

Greetings Folks!

Yep, we just upgraded our website! I know it has been a longggg overdue but I hope its worth the wait.  Kudos to Damon Timm for his hard work, developing this site. There are few new additions such as enabling video comments, new video previews and overall usability.

Since my last post, I did quite a few shows. One was held at Deaf Bilingual Coalition conference in Wisconsin, the other at Kentucky Deaf Arts Festival, and the most recent, Deaf Arts Festival in Michigan. Below are the pictures we took during our time there. I had a lot of fun getting to know my fellow performing artists as well as making new friends. read more »

“All I Want” was filmed and edited by Bryan Horch.

The words/signs were created by Rosa Lee and the music by Damon Timm.

You can download the mp3 and read the lyrics at Damon’s website.

This video, along with many others, is available on The Rosa Lee Show (2004-2008) DVD.

This a short demo of the story “Kondima”, one of the most popular tales from the live show.

The full length version of this story, along with many others, is available on The Rosa Lee Show (2004-2008) DVD.

Good news! There will be a brand new monthly DPHH gatherings in Western/Central Mass region. Our first event will be held on September 27th, 2008 in Worcester, Mass. Since there will be DeafNation Expo happening on the same day, our DPHH will start at 7:00 pm at Irish Times bar (on main street.) read more »

Greetings, folks!

My brother and I just completed our 2nd issue of Kiss-Fist Magazine. We are truly grateful for all of your support, especially your contribution into making this magazine “fun, energetic, artistic, and informative.” read more »

The Second National Deaf People of Color Conference will be held in June 2010 at the Oregon Conference Center and the Doubletree Hotel-Lloyd Center in download Portland. www.deafpeopleofcolor.org read more »