BOWIE, Md. — A 9-year-old hockey player first gained the spotlight in Bowie as the team’s only Black, Deaf hockey player. Now, that spotlight has followed him to Hollywood — where he’s guest starring in HBO’s The Last of Us.
And Hollywood is how Keivonn Woodard’s teammates know him.
“[We] gave him a nickname — Hollywood — a couple of weeks ago, just because when he scores a goal, everybody knows because he likes to celebrate,” his coach, Chris Pozerski, said.
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and the NFL proudly announce that Super Bowl LVII in Arizona on February 12, 2023 will feature Deaf performers Troy Kotsur, Colin Denny, and Justina Miles as part of pregame festivities. Oscar winner and Arizona native Troy Kotsur will provide the American Sign Language (ASL) performance of the National Anthem. Colin Denny, a Deaf Native American from Navajo Nation in Arizona, will perform America the Beautiful through a blend of ASL and North American Indian Sign Language. For the first time ever, there will be an ASL rendition of Lift Every Voice and Sing at the Super Bowl, done by Justina Miles, a Philadelphia born performer now living in Maryland. On top of that, Justina will also perform in ASL the music of Rhianna during the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show. Information on where to best watch these sign language performances will be shared when it becomes available.
Read on and more about the performers at https://www.nad.org/2023/01/24/deaf-performers-at-super-bowl-lvii.
Together We Can – Feb 28 2023 (PDF Flyer)
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