Chief Executive of SignHealth, Steve Powell said: “We are asking parents and children to check that their schools have signed up to take part in our Guinness World Records sign2sing event.
“Almost 95,000 children took part in our first sign2sing event earlier this year and smashed the previous record, which was 13,418.
“On February 8, we are once again inviting schoolchildren and also parents, if they’d like to join in, to take part in the sign2sing world record attempt for the most people signing and singing a song at the same time.
“More than 750 schools have already registered, which is equivalent to approximately 130,000 children, but we are hoping around 1,000 schools will participate in the event. We hope parents and children will urge their schools to sign up.”
The closing date for registrations for sign2sing 2012 is Friday, January 20, 2012.
The event is designed to raise awareness of deafness and the work of SignHealth, as well as acting as a fundraiser for the charity through sponsorship from businesses and a suggested donation of £1 for everyone taking part.
Young people from all over the country and overseas will learn to sign a song, entitled ‘Sign2sing’, which has been composed especially for the event.
The lyrics were written by Garry Slack, author of the award-winning ‘Sign with Olli’ books and the music was composed by Paul Fairey, who has written various theme tunes for television and radio.
