The 1st New England Deaf Festival 2013 was this past weekend. This event was literally held at the bottom of the street of the subdivision I live in, at the Hackney's Hope Farm on 174 Willcox Road, Middletown, CT., so I made it a point to attend. Last year the Hackney Farm hosted a Pow Wow, for the first time in the area, so making their farm available for events is not new to them.
The 1st New England Deaf Festival 2013 had a little bit of everything for young and old. There was:
- Crafts
- Small Car Show
- Animals
- Horse Rides
- Food
Most everyone who was there was Hearing Impaired, so there was a lot of signing. It took a little bit to get use to communicating with the workers at the:
- Enterance gate
- Parking
- Craft booths
- Animal Petting Area
- Horse Rides
- Antique Cars
All areas at the 1st New England Deaf Festival 2013 were not only maned by workers who were Hearing Impaired, but most of the people attending the event were also Hearing Impaired. It gave me a little bit of what it must be like for them when they are at an event where no one knows how to communicate with them. I look forward to attending this event again next year, and hopefully provide information about the event prior to it being held.
Below are some of the pictures I took at the 1st New England Deaf Festival 2013, in Middletown, CT. Everything was on a small scale, but I thought it was very well run for an event being introduced for the first time.
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