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There is only two days left until the Late Night Deaf Party at Deaffest 2013, where we all will witness the debut of the exciting Visual Vernacular competition! The shortlisted participants will take up to the stage to deliver their creative and visually expression, that will send out a vibe across the audience!

Information and rules of the Visual Vernacular competition.

The Visual Vernacular competition will take place in the courtyard and is scheduled to start at 11:30pm and our host for the evening, Richard Carter will explain the rules of the competition and demonstrate a short expression.

Each participant is required to deliver their expression once, but they can use the same expression that got them shortlisted but the participant is also allowed to create a new expression to use for the competition.

The expression must be no longer than ten minutes maximum and the minimum time is three minutes. If an expression is completed less than three minutes, then the participant will be disqualified immediately.

British Sign Language and fingerspelling is not allowed, and if a participant uses BSL or fingerspelling in the expression, then the participant will be disqualified immediately.

When participants delivers their expressions, they must be standing on the same spot for the remainder of their expression.

The judges will be judging the participants’s expressions on the merits of clear rhythm in the expression, good use of facial expression (NFM), and being able to shift between roles smoothly. The judges will be also be based heavily on the creativeness, how detailed, use of proforms and the content that participants deliver must be crystal clear.

If a draw occurs, then a sudden death will take place to determine the winners of the competition.

We at the Deaffest team wish the participants good luck for the competition and may the best expression win! Join us for the visually party of the night!