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School for Deaf students sign nation anthem at Shea - Utica, NY - The Observer-Dispatch
Students from the New York State School for the Deaf might have been a good omen for the Mets last week.
For one day, at least.
The students signed the national anthem during the Saturday, Sept. 29, game at Shea Stadium in honor of National Deaf Awareness Week. The Mets then won 13-0 against the Florida Marlins.
The next day, however, the Mets got clobbered and wound up losing a chance to make the playoffs.
Still, signing the national anthem was a winning feeling for Kaitlyn Schwabrow, 18, a junior at the school.
She is from Amsterdam and described the event as a "once in a lifetime experience."
"We were fortunate to go and I hope we get invited back again," Schwabrow wrote in an e-mail.
Around 100 students, staff and their families attended the game.
"It was a wonderful event," Superintendent of the New York State School for the Deaf Carriann Ray said. "Being on the baseball field is very prestigious. It was pretty wonderful."
The school offers services to students who are deaf and hearing impaired from across the state. The school serves students who are in pre-k through 21 years of age, Ray said.
Ray said signing is more than just communicating the actual words. Conveying meaning also is important, Ray said.
Therefore, the group researched the meaning of the national anthem before signing it.
"There's a part of the song that says 'In the land of the free,'" she said. "If you were to sign that, that would mean that 'land does not cost money.' But that doesn't mean that, it means the land where people are free."
Students from the New York State School for the Deaf might have been a good omen for the Mets last week.
For one day, at least.
The students signed the national anthem during the Saturday, Sept. 29, game at Shea Stadium in honor of National Deaf Awareness Week. The Mets then won 13-0 against the Florida Marlins.
The next day, however, the Mets got clobbered and wound up losing a chance to make the playoffs.
Still, signing the national anthem was a winning feeling for Kaitlyn Schwabrow, 18, a junior at the school.
She is from Amsterdam and described the event as a "once in a lifetime experience."
"We were fortunate to go and I hope we get invited back again," Schwabrow wrote in an e-mail.
Around 100 students, staff and their families attended the game.
"It was a wonderful event," Superintendent of the New York State School for the Deaf Carriann Ray said. "Being on the baseball field is very prestigious. It was pretty wonderful."
The school offers services to students who are deaf and hearing impaired from across the state. The school serves students who are in pre-k through 21 years of age, Ray said.
Ray said signing is more than just communicating the actual words. Conveying meaning also is important, Ray said.
Therefore, the group researched the meaning of the national anthem before signing it.
"There's a part of the song that says 'In the land of the free,'" she said. "If you were to sign that, that would mean that 'land does not cost money.' But that doesn't mean that, it means the land where people are free."
