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Deaf and Hard of Hearing Gathering on New Year's Eve

Saturday December 31, 2005

  Universal Studios CityWalk
             Universal City, California
             FREE ADMISSION!!!!!!
             You only pay for vehicle parking.

There are over 30 restaurants to choose for dinner at Universal Studios CityWalk. Deaf and Hard of Hearing people and their friends will meet at STARBUCKS during the night between 9pm and 1am.

Universal Studios CityWalk's New Year celebration rings in 2006 with live music, confetti and astrovision screening of Times Square New York ball drop. It is one of Southern California's largest celebration featuring live concerts and DJ's, dancing and dining and the broadcast of the famous Times Square's ball drop on the giant astrovision screen. Many DJ's line the Promenade of CityWalk.

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::::::::: Very Important Announcement ::::::::::

The New Year's Eve Celebration at Universal CityWalk is rain or shine. Bring your umbrella if it rains.

  1. If you arrive early enough in the evening, you will find indoor spaces at some of the CityWalk restaurants and nightclubs. We would suggest for you to arrive before 9:00 PM since CityWalk is the "Times Square" of the West and one of the most popular New Year's Eve locations in Los Angeles.
  2. The Deaf and Hard of Hearing meeting point is at Starbucks Coffee inside the CityWalk area of Universal Studios Hollywood between 8pm and 1am. You can not miss it. There are also restaurants and nightclubs for your enjoyment but the meeting point for the deaf and hard of hearing people to meet is at STARBUCKS COFFEE.
  3. Kids are allowed but parents must stay with them all the time. It is their responsibility to take care of the kids.

Come one, come all and see you there on Saturday night December 31st.
Any questions about New Year's Eve, contact Bruce Gross at VP 661-943-8879 or email at brucegross@aol.com


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Happy Holidays
from the WRAD Board of Directors

OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIVING THE WRAD, Inc., an organization for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is a chartiable non-profit 501 C(3) organization. Tax-deductible contributions from individuals, corporations, foundations, and service groups help us to continue and expand the many valuable services we provide to the deaf and hard of hearing community and their families and friends. You can link our mission to get more information about our organization.

YES! I would like to give. Please use our paypal order to make your contributions or you can send a check to us at WRAD, PO Box 3211, Quartz Hill, California 93586.

Your donations to WRAD are greatly appreciated...



It is great to know that we are over 20 years old as a non-profit organization serving the needs of the deaf and hard of hearing community and we are looking forward to serve you another 20 years or more!

A little about our history. We grew very fast in the 1980s, first in Southern California then some parts of the nation and the world after we were established but then by the late 1990s we had to slow down and close the chapters because they were inactive and we did not want to lose our non-profit status if the chapters did not file the tax returns to WRAD so the Board of WRAD decided to close the chapters. (We have a Group Exemption privilege)

We were restructing WRAD and today we are happy to report that we are getting better and continue to serve you in the community.

We do not have membership in WRAD today. You do not need to pay any dues to join WRAD as we accept everyone to the organization as long as they do not discriminate against anyone and follow the guidelines of the IRS. We also abide by our Bylaws and regulations as a non-profit entity organization.

We are a primarily volunteer organization and everyone volunteers to help us. We had several great activities this past year that were run by volunteers. They were our Deaf Awareness Day at Universal Studios Hollywood and the Halloween Costume Ball as well as other events like pizza and ice cream nights.

We welcome YOU to join WRAD and become a volunteer to host any events or activities for the deaf and hard of hearing community. We have a very good mailing list in our database and are looking forward to more fun activities in 2006 with your help and support.

We also welcome contributions from members of the community as well as sponsors to help our organization.

Have a GREAT holiday season and we hope to see you in our activities soon!!!!!

Courtesy by: Bruce Gross, President/CEO, WRAD, Inc. A Non-profit organization since 1985


Deaf and Hard of Hearing Dinner Night at the Brand New Greek Restaurant in Palmdale, CA


Thursday night December 8, 2005

Mythos Greek Cuisine 39340 10th Street West Palmdale CA 93551

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Dinner Gathering from 5pm to 9pm (At the Barnes and Nobles/ Staples Shopping Center on 10th Street West) Food Specializing in Authentic Home Made Greek and Mediterranean Cuisine Very REASONABLE prices!!!!!!! Enjoy this Greek food as it is a really good place to dine Greek food in Palmdale. The restaurant is brand new. Hearing people including parents and sign language students are welcome to attend too!!!!

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For more info, contact Bruce Gross at wradceo@aol.com or Videophone 661-943-8879


Deaf and Hard of Hearing Holiday Cheers to celebrate the Holiday Season at the SaddleRanch ChopHouse................


Friday night December 9, 2005 6:00PM - 2:00AM

8371 Sunset Blvd (between Crescent Heights and La Cienega Blvds) in West Hollywood, California

It is a popular restaurant/bar where you "can ride the wild pony" on the mechanical bull for a small fee. The restaurant is on Sunset Strip- a perfect place for visitors to Los Angeles. ( They have delicious steaks and other food on the menu) There is also a fire pit outside where you can order s'mores if you like. The staff is friendly and the place gets very very crowded after 9pm so be sure to go there before 6pm if you want to have dinner and to find a place to park your vehicle at the restaurant for a small fee. You have to be 21 or over to enter in the evening hours. We will have our gathering outside the restaurant in the patio area next to the fire pit.

For more info contact Bruce Gross at brucegross@aol.com. Come one, come all. See you there and you can forward this message to others.




Saturday night December 10, 2005
8:00PM - 2:00AM

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Gathering at the beautiful bar/restaurant in West Hollywood called THE ABBEY

692 N Robertson Boulevard
West Hollywood, California 90069
(between Santa Monica Blvd and Melrose)

"Sin is in the air" at everybody's favorite hangout" in West Hollywood where "beautiful boys" who look like they stepped off the cover of a magazine and act like it. Martinis are delicious but expensive around $12 per drink. It is impossible not to have a good time at this gay and gay-friendly guy central at Abbey's. The place looks like a church in an European country in the 1800's. You can have dinner there if you come early and they have delicious dessert too! Very crowded after 9pm so come early.No cover charge but you must be 21 or older to enter.


For nearly three weeks Kyle Emard and I were in New Zealand and Australia. I flew nonstop from Los Angeles to Auckland in New Zealand (about 11 hours) on Qantas Airways (747-400 jet) and the trip was really very long and tiring but I managed to sleep some of the way since it was an overnight flight. After arriving to Auckland I took the shuttle bus to downtown Auckland where I checked in at the hostel. I did not plan to stay at the hostel (Auckland City Hostel, 18 Liverpool Street in downtown Auckland at email: yhaauck@yha.org.nz but at the urging of Kyle I decided to give it a try and we made the right decision to stay at a hostel which was very nice and clean. It was very cheap and we had our own private bedroom but the bathroom was down the hall which was not bad. It was clean and I realized that staying at hostels would save you alot of money if you travel for a very long time. For more information about hostels, you can go to www.hiusa.org and become a member before you can book room reservations.

I arrived two days before Kyle came to meet me as he had to attend classes at Gallaudet University. After a long jet flight and a nap at my hostel, I met a wonderful deaf guide, Sara of New Zealand Tours (nzdeaf@hotmail.com She took me to the deaf club at Auckland Deaf Society, 164 Balmoral Road, Balmoral, Auckland and I was very lucky to get there in time to meet many cricket deaf players before they flew to a cricket tournament in India. I also met many wonderful deaf and hard of hearing people at the club including Chris Blum of Sprint Relay New Zealand. (I met Chris a week earlier when he gave a presentation about New Zealand at CSUN so I was well prepared to go to New Zealand after listening to the presentation).

Sprint Relay donated food for the people who came to the deaf club that night and it was very nice. The following day Sara took me on an escorted tour of Auckland in her car. She was very good in ASL and spoken English. I did not realize that there were more than 40 volcanoes around the city of Auckland itself and I saw a few of them including the one at Mount Eden with a volcanic cone. It was breathtaking and beautiful. Auckland is a very beautiful city and if you go there you must also visit a town called Parnell inside Auckland. It reminds me of Georgetown in Washington, DC. Sara also took me to see a cafe owned by deaf people called Star Sign Cafe, 365 Dominion Road, Balmoral, Auckland (email is starsigncafe@lycos.co.uk). It was a small cafe but interesting. Sara and I had a very good homemade banana cake with whipped cream and coffee. After a wonderful day with Sara I returned to my hostel to pick up my car rental for the remainder of my trip in New Zealand. At first I was really very nervous because the driver's side of the car is on the right side and you drive on the left side of the road that are different from the USA and most of the world. I managed to have a test drive then I became used to it.

The next day I drove myself to the airport to pick up Kyle who flew from Washington DC and Los Angeles. Thanks to

Sara, I felt like I knew my way around Auckland and showed Kyle where Sara took me the day before.

After spending some time in Auckland, Kyle and I drove to Rotorua, the volcanic plateau in the central North Island of New Zealand (New Zealand is composed of two big islands called North Island and South Island and we were on the North Island) Rotorua is a very hotspot of New Zealand's angry natural forces-one of the world's most active geothermal areas as we saw towering geysers, hissing steam, boiling mud and evil smells (sulfur) were constant companions as we traveled along the Thermal Explorer Highway from Rotorua to Taupo as well as Mount Tarawera where they filmed Lord of the Rings. We saw the mountain and the plateau where they made the film and it was like being on the moon.

It was summer down in New Zealand and in Australia so we enjoyed the warm weather and the sunshine when we were there.

We saw the Hangi and cultural performance of the Maori Indian tribe in Rotorua (Te Puia Attraction) and it was good. We also visited the Te Wairoa, the Buried Village, the most haunting sight of our trip since it was the place of the 1886 volcanic eruption. Many people in the village died when their houses disappeared under mud and ash but we were able to see some remaining houses that were covered with lava rocks. We saw many Maori carvings at the Buried Village so be sure to go there if you are in New Zealand on the North Island. (Go to their website at www.buriedvillage.co.nz for more information) We also took a lovely hike to stand in the spray of the magnificent Te Wairoa falls. Also in the Rotorua area we visited Polynesian Spa www.polynesianspa.co.nz which was New Zealand's leading international thermal bathing facility and saw many Japanese people there. We relaxed in several thermal pools of hot and warm geyser water . We loved it and saw many seagulls nearby. Speaking of the birds, we were very very very lucky to see the kiwi birds the day Kyle arrived to New Zealand as I wanted to stop the car and take pictures of the beautiful Auckland Harbor and we saw two kiwi birds walking on the beach!!!!!

Of course, we ate kiwi fruit almost every day in New Zealand as they were very delicious. We also bought a kiwi drink and it was very sweet. Speaking of visiting Therman Wonderland in the Rotorua area, we visited Wai-O-Tapu and it was the BEST!!!!! We took the walk there and saw many colorful thermal activity including boiling mud pools and mineral elements. The area is associated with volcanic activity dating back thousands of years. See their website at www.geyserland.co.nz

Kyle wanted something excitement so he took the jet boating, a high-speed trip on rapid waters near Rotorua for 30 minutes. I took the videotape of him on a high speed jet boat from the hill. He enjoyed the trip and you can see the website at www.rapidsjet.com. Go there if you can as it is one of few places on earth where you can experience the jet boat on river rapids.

Kyle and I were in New Zealand for about a week and we realized that it was not enough at all. When I visited the deaf club many people told me to stay much longer and to see the South Island as well. I was told that the South Island is more beautiful than the North Island BUT we did find the Noirth Island very beautiful. So I figured out how more beautiful the South Island was!!!!

This was not the only time for me to visit New Zealand as I have plans to go there again several more times in the future since I fell in love with New Zealand. If you love National Parks and the beauty of the country, then New Zealand is for you. I am also planning a tour for deaf and hard of hearing people to go to New Zealand and Australia. Let me know at brucegross@aol.com if you are interested to join on the tour.

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Courtesy by: Bruce Gross, President and CEO


After spending a wonderful week in New Zealand, Kyle and I were sad to leave Auckland, New Zealand for Australia to begin our journey for two weeks. We really enjoyed exploring New Zealand very much and would love to go there again hopefully in 2008 with our deaf tours.

The flight from Auckland to Sydney took about two hours then we changed planes in Sydney for Cairns in Northeast Australia. After a long flight from New Zealand to Sydney then Cairns we finally arrived to Cairns in North Queensland and rented a car to Port Douglas. We had our atlas and some maps but we got lost and ended up in rainforests in the village called Kuranda instead of Port Douglas on the coast. We were glad it happened because we discovered the rainforests and the beautiful waterfalls so we took an unexpected hike for a few hours. We got to see some koalas and kangaroos as well as some beautiful butterflies and birds enroute. We visited the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary and it was a MUST to go there since we saw many colorful butterflies there. You can visit the website at www.australianbutterflies.com. Also in that area is the Kuranda Koala Gardens where we saw some koalas. After a few hours we finally arrived to Port Douglas for the night and it was a lovely town to visit. Port Douglas is the closest town to the Great Barrier Reef by boat where you can see many beautiful fish if you go scuba diving or snorkelling.

Cairns is truly a tropical city. There are many shops as well as restaurants and we had breakfast there before we continued our trip south along the beautiful Bruce Highway to Townsville for the night. We did make some stops on the way including swimming in the warm Pacific Ocean. Townsville was OK but not that impressive as it reminded me of oil refineries in Long Beach, California. We found a nice Greek restaurant and the server told us we must go to Airlie Beach on our way to Brisbane. The next morning Kyle and I left early from our motel and drove all day and arrived to Airlie Beach before nightfall. We actually planned to spend only one night there but because it was so beautiful and full of excitement we decided to stay there for 2 nights instead. There were many college students there on their winter break and we were lucky to find a room at the Best Western Motel in town and close to the beach. Airlie Beach is a small village but there were many boats to take people to Great Barrier Reef to go scubadiving or snorkelling. We heard about Whitehaven Beach in that area that we must take the boat there since it is off mainland Australia on an island. Kyle and I wanted to go snorkelling and visit Whitehaven Beach so we found a fantastic tour boat called Mantaran Tours. (www.mantaraycharters.com) and first visited the Whitehaven Beach which is a National Park. It was the most beautiful beach we have seen on earth as the sand was very white and the water very light crystal-blue that you could see underwater. After arriving the Whitehaven Beach we took a short hike up the hill to have a view of the beautiful island. Kyle and I took many pictures and fell in love with it. Then we went swimming on the beach for more than an hour before the boat took us and the rest of people on the tour to another location about an hour away (Mantaray Bay) to go snorkelling. We were served delicious buffet lunch on the boat after we went swimming at Whitehaven Beach.

Whitehaven Beach is part of the famous Whitsundays locations. I truly enjoyed my experience snorkelling as I saw many colorful tropical fish and corals under the water. Kyle loved the sport too. We also saw some big fish coming to our boat after we went back on the boat and the crew threw rocks at them to keep them away. They were not sharks but they were really big.

If you visit Australia, be sure to go to Airlie Beach in Queensland and take the boat to Whitehaven Beach as well as go snorkelling. You would have a great time!

Kyle and I enjoyed stayed at Airlie Beach for 2 nights then we continued our trip south in our rented car (All the way from Cairns to Brisbane) and stopped for the night in the Bundaberg area. During the day we saw many farmlands growing sugarcanes and some wine vineyards. We even stopped to buy a bottle of wine and drank it at night. The next day we left early and drove to a village called Noosa Heads and spent the night there. It looked like La Jolla in California and we stayed in a lovely townhouse that was close to the village and the beaches. Noosa is a very beautiful village not too far away from Brisbane and go there if you are in Australia. During the day we went hiking at Noosa National Park and saw a live koala up a tree. We also saw beautiful colorful birds in that area. The hike was very pleasant as you could see the beautiul Pacific Ocean from where you were walking. At the end there was a beach with huge waves that some swimmers went swimming and surfing. There were many surfers in that location. After spending two days and one night in Noosa, we continued the drive south and finally arrived to Brisbane. We checked in at the beautiful hotel in downtown Brisbane. We were amazed to see a washing machine in our bathroom but we did not need it since we already washed our clothes in a laundry a few days earlier. Brisbane is a very beautiful city lined with parks and trees. We also visited the Botanic Gardens and saw beautiful plants and trees.

The next morning we went to the airport to return our rented car then flew to Sydney, our last destination in Australia. My former student, Cynthia Polchow Hall came to meet us at the airport and we stayed at her house with her husband David Hall in Sydney. Kyle stayed one night then flew back to the States to return to Washington,DC and I stayed another night in Sydney before returning to Los Angeles. While in Sydney we visited the famous Opera House and enjoyed walking around it. We also saw the Rocks section and saw many markets selling beautiful art work. Downtown Sydney is beautiful and we visited the Oxford area with many shops and restaurants. Cynthia took us to a restaurant called Balkan and it was one of the best I have eaten. It is at 209 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst nsw 2010 in Sydney. Go there if you are in Sydney.

We enjoyed spending about 10 days in Australia and a week in New Zealand. I have plans to go back again since I missed the South Island in New Zealand as well as many parts of Australia especially the South and the West.

I also would like to have a tour of the deaf visiting New Zealand and Australia in 2008 for about a month since I already had a tour with deaf and hard of hearing people visiting Africa and Costa Rica in the past.

Let me know if you would like to join on our organized tour to Australia and New Zealand in 2008.

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Courtesy by: Bruce Gross, President and CEO



Greetings from the Chair of the 2006 Convention! First, I would like to thank you for giving me this wonderful opportunity to serve in the role of Chairperson of the 2006 U.S. Deaf Ski and SnowboardAssociation (USDSSA) convention. It is great to be chosen as Chair, especially given that the location of the convention will be Telluride. It is a town full of world class ski slopes and is located in San Juan Mountains in Southwestern Colorado. The town is on the edge of paradise a place filled with the awesome force of natures artistry, the mountains, people filled with gentle spirits, great lifestyle with warm hearts. Telluride, once earned its livelihood as a base for mining and is now a recreation mecca filled with wintertime adventure. It is a major ski resort and in the evenings you will be able to stroll through a charming Victorian town filled with examples of its fascinating past and modernistic ammenities that actually dip into the future. I can say this because I was there and its simply a wonderfully appealing site for our ski convention. It is not too early to consider serving on the committee as it will be a great group of people working together.

Please feel free to email me at StephenHlibok@usdssa.org if you are interested in being part of this positive process and event. More details will be announced during the 2004 convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. Meanwhile, why not insert www.tellurideskiresort.com as a favorite bookmark. Afterall, it is not too early for me to say "Welcome to the Telluride, 2006 USDSSA Convention!" For more information, Click here

Courtesy by: Stephen Hilbok, Chairperson 2004 USDSSA.


The National Racquetball Association of the Deaf

21st National Racquetball Tournament
April 28-30, 2006


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1535 Deerpark Drive
Fullerton, California 92831



Please visit their website at www.nrad.org if you want to register to play in the tournament. Fans are also welcome to visit.

The Fullerton Marriott is the racquetball tournament headquarters. The address of the hotel is 2701 East Nutwood Avenue, Fullerton, California 92831. Click here to get a map and directions. It is only $86 per night for up to 4 people staying in the room during the tournament weekend. Call at this number 800-228-9290 this to make a hotel reservation by April 6th.

April 6, 2006 is the deadline to reserve at this special rate.

WRAD hosted the past National Racquetball Tournament in the 1980s in the San Fernando Valley, California with over 100 players and it was really fun. We are glad to see the National Racquetball Tournament coming back to Southern California in Fullerton, Orange County, and hope for a great turnout of players.


Courtesy by: Ken Clark, Chairperson 2006 NRAD.


Call to the 48th Biennial NAD Conference

June 29-July 3, 2006 Desert Springs JW Marriott Resort-Palm Desert, California

Andrew J. Lange, president of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) has officially issued a Call to the Conference. The 48th Biennial Conference of the National Association of the Deaf will be held at the Desert Springs JW Marriott Resort in Palm Desert, California (Palm Springs area) beginning on June 29, 2006 and ending on July 3, 2006. The theme of this year's conference is, "Change Today for Tomorrow."

Important Note:

2006 NAD Conference information will be updated as it becomes available. Please check this website often - check the links to the left for information on specific conference events and activities.

What's on the Conference Agenda?

Key activities during the conference week are as follows: Opening Ceremonies, Exhibits, Workshops, Forums, College Bowl Finals, Miss Deaf America Finals, 125th Anniversary/Closing Banquet, Council of Representatives Meetings, Tribute to ASL and Deaf Culture, Recognition Award Presentations, Order of Georges/ettes Breakfast, Senior Citizens Section Luncheon, and Youth Luncheon.

Important NAD Conference Deadlines
Here is a quick look at the conference deadlines.
  1. Early Bird Conference Registration - April 10, 2006
  2. Pre-Conference Registration - June 1, 2006
  3. Accessibility Requests - June 1, 2006
  4. After June 1, 2006, registration will be on-site and only Non-Combo tickets will be sold.
Biennial NAD Conferences

Rotated annually among the four regions of the United States, Biennial NAD Conferences, held in the even numbered years, traditionally bring together more than 2,500 deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened, deaf-blind and hearing consumers, parents, youth, professionals, educators, organizational and corporate representatives for five days of professional development, enrichment, training, networking, governance meetings, receptions and related evening events.

Who attends NAD Conferences?

NAD Biennial Conferences are open to everyone: Parents and family members; retirees; federal employees; youth; administrators, educators, support providers and product/service providers. NAD members receive reduced registration rates, as do NAD members who are senior citizens and students.

Attending NAD Biennial Conferences, for some, is a tradition... yet everyone who attends does so for different reasons:

  1. Speak out, provide feedback and make recommendations
  2. Enhance your professional and career skills
  3. Improve your personal skills and knowledge.
  4. Learn more about the newest gadgets, products and services
  5. Catch up with old friends and make new ones
  6. Cheer for your favorite College Bowl team
  7. Witness the crowning of the new Miss Deaf America
  8. Celebrate ASL and Deaf Culture
  9. Commit to the future of the NAD
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Convention of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the
Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Pittsburgh, PA June 23-27, 2006

Build your bridge to the 2006 Convention with a presentation proposal designed to inform education and hearing health professionals, parents and adults with hearing loss about trends and current practices in the field of deafness and spoken language. For more information, Click here


Greetings fellow members of the DEAFLYMPICS family, The 2007 Deaflympics Organizing Committee has been very busy this year. With all the support we now have, the 2007 Deaflympic Winter Games should become one of the very best ever staged!

I want to share with you what our committee has accomplished so far:

  1. The 2007 Deaflympics headquarters hotel will be Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City, an 880 room hotel which also was used for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. We have a great deal with the hotel, which includes unlimited gourmet buffet breakfasts and dinners. Little America Hotel will be an "Olympic Village" where athletes can meet, relax, and socialize. Teams staying at Little America Hotel will be provided with free bus transportation to the competition venues and ceremonies. More information on Little America Hotel and the costs, which include meals, is available in our website, 2007 Deaflympics
  2. The Opening Ceremony and Closing Ceremony will be at the 2002 Olympic Cauldron Park, 5 minutes from Little America Hotel. This will be a gala event with lighting of the Deaflympic flame on the 2002 Olympics cauldron.
  3. The alpine skiing and snowboarding competition will be at Park City Mountain Resort, and most of the competition events will be held on the same courses used during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Park City is a 25 minute ride from Little America Hotel.
  4. The Nordic skiing competition will be at Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, and will use the same courses used in the 2002 Olympics. Soldier Hollow is a 45 minute drive from Little America Hotel.
  5. The ice hockey and curling competition will be at Steiner's Ice Arena in Salt Lake City, which is a 5 minute ride from Little America Hotel.
  6. Several entertaining arts and culture events will be held in Salt Lake City during the Deaflympics week; art shows, International Deaf Club, International Deaf Coffeehouse, Deaf theatre, and more. All arts and culture events will be held either in Little America Hotel or within a short walk of the hotel.
  7. After the Closing Ceremony, there will be a gala closing banquet followed with a closing party at the Salt Lake City Convention Center, a few blocks from Little America Hotel.

Little America Hotel is now accepting room reservations from both teams and fans, and room reservations may be booked. Because Little America Hotel is in the center of most 2007 Deaflympics activities and will provide teams staying at the hotel with free transportation to competition venues, I strongly encourage teams to make their reservations at Little America Hotel as soon as they can, before the hotel releases rooms not reserved to Deaflympic Games fans and other visitors to Salt Lake City. I look forward to seeing you all in Salt Lake City USA February 1-10, 2007!

Courtesy by: Dwight Benedict, Chairperson 2007 Deaflympic Winter Games Organizing Committee.


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