Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf

Activities/Banquet/Entertainment

Banquet/Entertainment
Wednesday, June 22 from 6:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Flying Words Project is at once imaginative, experimental, and intense. Deaf American Sign Language poet Peter Cook presents three dimensional imagery while collaborator Kenny Lerner's spoken words allow the hearing in the audience to literally see the ASL image and become lost in the movement. Together they create a moving tapestry uniquely accessible to both hearing and deaf audiences. This collaboration commenced in 1984 when Cook and Lerner began performing poetry together. They also established a deaf poetry series in Rochester, NY which culminated in the First National ASL Literature Conference in 1992. Flying Words has been featured at the Poetry Days Festival (Dzejas Dienas,) in the Latvian towns of Liepia and Riga. They have also performed at the 36th International Poetry Festival in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Harvard University, The People's Poetry Gathering in NYC, Theatre de Lucernaire in Paris, and many places in between. Flying Words has been the recipients of grants from the New York State Council of the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Puffin Foundation and are the authors of three dvd anthologies, The Year of the Walking Dogs (1984-90), the Can't Touch Tours (1990-2003), and "Live at the Bowery Club (2007). More recently they were published in the Museum of American Poets online magazine Napalm Health Spa. In addition to his poetry, Peter Cook is an internationally reputed Deaf storyteller who teaches at Columbia University in Chicago. He loves to tell stories to his son. Kenny Lerner has worked with other deaf artists and is the co-author of "Missing Children" with Debbie Rennie. He teaches History at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester, NY and lives in the country with his wife, two children, and two dumb dogs.

5K Run/Walk
Thursday, June 23 from 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

"TELA Digitals Deaf Dallas 5k Run/Walk "T-shirt logo
Click here for the flyer .
Hi ho CAID/TELA Dallas Runners/Walkers,

Peter Haggerty here, your “good ole boy” Race Director for the Teachers of English and Language Arts (TELA)”Digitals

Deaf Dallas 5k Run/Walk” during the June 2011 CAID National Convention, "Teaching Digital Students."

TELA is very proud to bring to you this its 7th race at CAID conventions. Previous 5k races have rocked the great

outdoors in Baltimore, Hartford, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Reno, and Washington D.C. (To check out some of the

T-shirts from these races go to: http://www.rit.edu/~pjhnce/TELA_run_T_shirts/tela_progrm_tees/index.htm)

Here then is just a short note confirming some details about this year’s race.

THE TIME:	7 a.m. (sharp!) Thursday, June 23, 2011
THE PLACE:	Marriot Hotel and Golf Club at Champions Circle, 3300 Championship Parkway, Fort Worth. Meet at the Clubhouse Grille area, then walk to Hole #5, about 100 yards from the back of the hotel. More specific directions on where to meet and how to get there will be available at the convention/TELA 5k race registration table.
THE EVENT:	A 5k (3.1 mile approx.) run/walk among “the rolling hills, 100 year old oak trees, winding creeks, and white limestone rock outcroppings.” [golf course facebook page]
THE AWARDS:	Trophies to the overall male and female winners. Raffle prizes will include several DVD's of the "work-in-progress" archives of all past TELA supported publications, including volumes of "Teaching English to the Deaf," "Teaching English to Deaf and Second-Language Students," and "themes."
THE AMENITIES:	Post-race refreshments, including water and oranges. TELA race T-shirts with specially designed logos (guaranteed to pre-registrants); commemorative and official race numbers; copies of results and finish times; and digital photos distributed online.
REGISTRATION:	Race day registration will open at 6:15 a.m. and close at 6:45 a.m. Cost: $7 (T-shirts possible but not guaranteed to runners/walkers who sign up on race day.)

So pack them "sneaks," get your feet happy, and come to Dallas prepared to do some "heavy sweating in a beautiful place.”

We are gonna do some "old fashioned" digital running/walking. (Like, y’all know, use our toes! :) Wahoooo!

More later,

Peter Haggerty,
TELA Race Director
pjhnce@rit.edu

P.S. And ......... for a big, big "BLAST FROM THE PAST" .......... check facebook/these links below for the names and finish times of all participants in the 1st TELA 5k Run/Walk in Baltimore and 4^th. TELA 5k Run/Walk in Los Angeles. Plus lots of picture memories from all these races are on facebook. Enjoy!

1993 at Baltimore, Maryland (See pictures.)
1995 at Bloomington, Minnesota
1997 at Hartford, Connecticut
1999 at Los Angeles, California
2007 at Reno, Nevada on June 27, 2007
2009 at Washington, DC June 2009

For more information:
Peter Haggerty, Race Director, 585-820-7901, pjhnce@rit.edu
L. K. Quinsland, lkq9999@rit.edu
Keith Mousley, kxmntm@rit.edu

Golf Mini-Tournament
Monday, June 20 from 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon

The Dallas/Fort Worth Marriott Hotel & Golf Club at Champions Circle is a Fort Worth resort that overlooks a pristine, 18-hole Jay Moorish golf course.

Click The Golf Club at Champions Circle for more details.

Baseball Night
Tuesday, June 21 Evening

Join us for a night of baseball and fun at the Rangers Ballpark when the Texas Rangers take on the Houston Astros.

On April 1, 1994, a new era for the Texas Rangers began with the opening of Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. The beautiful baseball-only facility serves as the centerpiece of a 270-acre complex which solidifies Arlington, Texas as an entertainment giant in the Southwest.

Texas Rangers vs. Houston Astros at the Texas Ranger Ballpark in Arlingtion
$15.00 - Baseball without Transportation
$35.00 - Baseball with Transportation

Fort Worth Billy Bob's Texas
Thursday, June 23 Evening

See Billy Bob's Texas for more details.