So, this was a new one to me. We had a girl come in Wednesday night to audition. The housemom called me and said "I'm sending an audition up to you, but...she's deaf". Okay, a little odd, but I do know basic sign language etc so I didnt think it would be that big of a deal. She comes up, doesn't know sign at ALL, can't speak, and is writing everything down on a spiral notebook. Okay. So I write everything out for her that she basically needs to know about rotation, basic stage rules, music, etc. I then ask her what she would like for her songs, because I know they can feel the vibrations...plus I wasnt sure exactly HOW deaf she was, you know? She started flipping thru my books and pointing at like....sound effects cd's. I was a bit dumbfounded. So anyhoo, I get her onstage, and I put her up by herself so there would be no real confusion. I kept trying to signal her and let her know this was song 2 etc. But to no avail. We finally managed to get her offstage. My GM takes her aside and writes with her for quite awhile. My main question is this: How does she expect to interact with the custies at all? How is she supposed to know when she is onstage? Even given the Disabilities Act, I don't see what we could do to make it okay for her to work there. Perhaps in a smaller club,where she could have more one-on-one attention from a bouncer or something, but this is one of the "big box showclubs". Isn't this just simply a case of her not being physically able to do the job properly? I felt bad for her, she was a very pretty girl, and she also knew how to do some basic polework....anyone have any suggestions? I had never experienced anything like this at the club before, ever.




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