They had “initial mixed feelings” about having their percussion routine turned into a drum-centric semi-tribal anthem.
“Perhaps it's because it was something new and strange...but we began to like it more and more. Now we love it very much!” said Lily Goh, who leads the group of deaf percussionists called ExtraOrdinary Horizons.
Singapore indie band Black Forest heard them play, recorded their drumming and wrote a song to go with it — "We're Gonna Sing Tonight".
Deaf, Loud and Proud
"I'm losing my hearing more and more."
That took me by surprise.
The first time I had a chat with social entrepreneur Lily Goh, I found out she had a profound-severe degree of deafness.
She'd been deaf since she was two, and she's getting worse, the 33-year-old told me through a mixture of notepad scribbling, sign language and speaking, in my first proper conversation with a deaf person.
What surprised me more than the idea that deaf people could get more deaf, was that Lily has no self-pity, no bitterness. Instead, I saw a determination to help others who are deaf.
Helping others
Take Action
Buy the song and support EO Horizon's work!
Find out how you can contribute to the deaf community in Singapore with ExtraOrdinary Horizons
The Singaporean talked about raising awareness about deaf culture. She spoke about helping deaf children in Cambodia by introducing them to music, giving them access to something that gives her great joy.
Did I mention Lily and her deaf friends, who call themselves ExtraOrdinary Horizons, play some serious percussion?
That surprised me too: deaf people making music.
Deaf, Loud and Proud
"I'm losing my hearing more and more."
That took me by surprise.
The first time I had a chat with social entrepreneur Lily Goh, I found out she had a profound-severe degree of deafness.
She'd been deaf since she was two, and she's getting worse, the 33-year-old told me through a mixture of notepad scribbling, sign language and speaking, in my first proper conversation with a deaf person.
What surprised me more than the idea that deaf people could get more deaf, was that Lily has no self-pity, no bitterness. Instead, I saw a determination to help others who are deaf.
Helping others
Take Action
Buy the song and support EO Horizon's work!
Find out how you can contribute to the deaf community in Singapore with ExtraOrdinary Horizons
The Singaporean talked about raising awareness about deaf culture. She spoke about helping deaf children in Cambodia by introducing them to music, giving them access to something that gives her great joy.
Did I mention Lily and her deaf friends, who call themselves ExtraOrdinary Horizons, play some serious percussion?
That surprised me too: deaf people making music.
Deaf, Loud and Proud
"I'm losing my hearing more and more."
That took me by surprise.
The first time I had a chat with social entrepreneur Lily Goh, I found out she had a profound-severe degree of deafness.
She'd been deaf since she was two, and she's getting worse, the 33-year-old told me through a mixture of notepad scribbling, sign language and speaking, in my first proper conversation with a deaf person.
What surprised me more than the idea that deaf people could get more deaf, was that Lily has no self-pity, no bitterness. Instead, I saw a determination to help others who are deaf.
Helping others
Take Action
Buy the song and support EO Horizon's work!
Find out how you can contribute to the deaf community in Singapore with ExtraOrdinary Horizons
The Singaporean talked about raising awareness about deaf culture. She spoke about helping deaf children in Cambodia by introducing them to music, giving them access to something that gives her great joy.
Did I mention Lily and her deaf friends, who call themselves ExtraOrdinary Horizons, play some serious percussion?
That surprised me too: deaf people making music.
Deaf, Loud and Proud
"I'm losing my hearing more and more."
That took me by surprise.
The first time I had a chat with social entrepreneur Lily Goh, I found out she had a profound-severe degree of deafness.
She'd been deaf since she was two, and she's getting worse, the 33-year-old told me through a mixture of notepad scribbling, sign language and speaking, in my first proper conversation with a deaf person.
What surprised me more than the idea that deaf people could get more deaf, was that Lily has no self-pity, no bitterness. Instead, I saw a determination to help others who are deaf.
Helping others
Take Action
Buy the song and support EO Horizon's work!
Find out how you can contribute to the deaf community in Singapore with ExtraOrdinary Horizons
The Singaporean talked about raising awareness about deaf culture. She spoke about helping deaf children in Cambodia by introducing them to music, giving them access to something that gives her great joy.
Did I mention Lily and her deaf friends, who call themselves ExtraOrdinary Horizons, play some serious percussion?
That surprised me too: deaf people making music.
Deaf, Loud and Proud
"I'm losing my hearing more and more."
That took me by surprise.
The first time I had a chat with social entrepreneur Lily Goh, I found out she had a profound-severe degree of deafness.
She'd been deaf since she was two, and she's getting worse, the 33-year-old told me through a mixture of notepad scribbling, sign language and speaking, in my first proper conversation with a deaf person.
What surprised me more than the idea that deaf people could get more deaf, was that Lily has no self-pity, no bitterness. Instead, I saw a determination to help others who are deaf.
Helping others
Take Action
Buy the song and support EO Horizon's work!
Find out how you can contribute to the deaf community in Singapore with ExtraOrdinary Horizons
The Singaporean talked about raising awareness about deaf culture. She spoke about helping deaf children in Cambodia by introducing them to music, giving them access to something that gives her great joy.
Did I mention Lily and her deaf friends, who call themselves ExtraOrdinary Horizons, play some serious percussion?
That surprised me too: deaf people making music.
Deaf, Loud and Proud
"I'm losing my hearing more and more."
That took me by surprise.
The first time I had a chat with social entrepreneur Lily Goh, I found out she had a profound-severe degree of deafness.
She'd been deaf since she was two, and she's getting worse, the 33-year-old told me through a mixture of notepad scribbling, sign language and speaking, in my first proper conversation with a deaf person.
What surprised me more than the idea that deaf people could get more deaf, was that Lily has no self-pity, no bitterness. Instead, I saw a determination to help others who are deaf.
Helping others
Take Action
Buy the song and support EO Horizon's work!
Find out how you can contribute to the deaf community in Singapore with ExtraOrdinary Horizons
The Singaporean talked about raising awareness about deaf culture. She spoke about helping deaf children in Cambodia by introducing them to music, giving them access to something that gives her great joy.
Did I mention Lily and her deaf friends, who call themselves ExtraOrdinary Horizons, play some serious percussion?
That surprised me too: deaf people making music.
Deaf, Loud and Proud
"I'm losing my hearing more and more."
That took me by surprise.
The first time I had a chat with social entrepreneur Lily Goh, I found out she had a profound-severe degree of deafness.
She'd been deaf since she was two, and she's getting worse, the 33-year-old told me through a mixture of notepad scribbling, sign language and speaking, in my first proper conversation with a deaf person.
What surprised me more than the idea that deaf people could get more deaf, was that Lily has no self-pity, no bitterness. Instead, I saw a determination to help others who are deaf.
Helping others
Take Action
Buy the song and support EO Horizon's work!
Find out how you can contribute to the deaf community in Singapore with ExtraOrdinary Horizons
The Singaporean talked about raising awareness about deaf culture. She spoke about helping deaf children in Cambodia by introducing them to music, giving them access to something that gives her great joy.
Did I mention Lily and her deaf friends, who call themselves ExtraOrdinary Horizons, play some serious percussion?
That surprised me too: deaf people making music.
Deaf, Loud and Proud
"I'm losing my hearing more and more."
That took me by surprise.
The first time I had a chat with social entrepreneur Lily Goh, I found out she had a profound-severe degree of deafness.
She'd been deaf since she was two, and she's getting worse, the 33-year-old told me through a mixture of notepad scribbling, sign language and speaking, in my first proper conversation with a deaf person.
What surprised me more than the idea that deaf people could get more deaf, was that Lily has no self-pity, no bitterness. Instead, I saw a determination to help others who are deaf.
Helping others
Take Action
Buy the song and support EO Horizon's work!
Find out how you can contribute to the deaf community in Singapore with ExtraOrdinary Horizons
The Singaporean talked about raising awareness about deaf culture. She spoke about helping deaf children in Cambodia by introducing them to music, giving them access to something that gives her great joy.
Did I mention Lily and her deaf friends, who call themselves ExtraOrdinary Horizons, play some serious percussion?
That surprised me too: deaf people making music.
Deaf, Loud and Proud
"I'm losing my hearing more and more."
That took me by surprise.
The first time I had a chat with social entrepreneur Lily Goh, I found out she had a profound-severe degree of deafness.
She'd been deaf since she was two, and she's getting worse, the 33-year-old told me through a mixture of notepad scribbling, sign language and speaking, in my first proper conversation with a deaf person.
What surprised me more than the idea that deaf people could get more deaf, was that Lily has no self-pity, no bitterness. Instead, I saw a determination to help others who are deaf.
Helping others
Take Action
Buy the song and support EO Horizon's work!
Find out how you can contribute to the deaf community in Singapore with ExtraOrdinary Horizons
The Singaporean talked about raising awareness about deaf culture. She spoke about helping deaf children in Cambodia by introducing them to music, giving them access to something that gives her great joy.
Did I mention Lily and her deaf friends, who call themselves ExtraOrdinary Horizons, play some serious percussion?
That surprised me too: deaf people making music.
Deaf, Loud and Proud
"I'm losing my hearing more and more."
That took me by surprise.
The first time I had a chat with social entrepreneur Lily Goh, I found out she had a profound-severe degree of deafness.
She'd been deaf since she was two, and she's getting worse, the 33-year-old told me through a mixture of notepad scribbling, sign language and speaking, in my first proper conversation with a deaf person.
What surprised me more than the idea that deaf people could get more deaf, was that Lily has no self-pity, no bitterness. Instead, I saw a determination to help others who are deaf.
Helping others
Take Action
Buy the song and support EO Horizon's work!
Find out how you can contribute to the deaf community in Singapore with ExtraOrdinary Horizons
The Singaporean talked about raising awareness about deaf culture. She spoke about helping deaf children in Cambodia by introducing them to music, giving them access to something that gives her great joy.
Did I mention Lily and her deaf friends, who call themselves ExtraOrdinary Horizons, play some serious percussion?
That surprised me too: deaf people making music.
Deaf, Loud and Proud
"I'm losing my hearing more and more."
That took me by surprise.
The first time I had a chat with social entrepreneur Lily Goh, I found out she had a profound-severe degree of deafness.
She'd been deaf since she was two, and she's getting worse, the 33-year-old told me through a mixture of notepad scribbling, sign language and speaking, in my first proper conversation with a deaf person.
What surprised me more than the idea that deaf people could get more deaf, was that Lily has no self-pity, no bitterness. Instead, I saw a determination to help others who are deaf.
Helping others
Take Action
Buy the song and support EO Horizon's work!
Find out how you can contribute to the deaf community in Singapore with ExtraOrdinary Horizons
The Singaporean talked about raising awareness about deaf culture. She spoke about helping deaf children in Cambodia by introducing them to music, giving them access to something that gives her great joy.
Did I mention Lily and her deaf friends, who call themselves ExtraOrdinary Horizons, play some serious percussion?
That surprised me too: deaf people making music.
Deaf, Loud and Proud
"I'm losing my hearing more and more."
That took me by surprise.
The first time I had a chat with social entrepreneur Lily Goh, I found out she had a profound-severe degree of deafness.
She'd been deaf since she was two, and she's getting worse, the 33-year-old told me through a mixture of notepad scribbling, sign language and speaking, in my first proper conversation with a deaf person.
What surprised me more than the idea that deaf people could get more deaf, was that Lily has no self-pity, no bitterness. Instead, I saw a determination to help others who are deaf.
Helping others
Take Action
Buy the song and support EO Horizon's work!
Find out how you can contribute to the deaf community in Singapore with ExtraOrdinary Horizons
The Singaporean talked about raising awareness about deaf culture. She spoke about helping deaf children in Cambodia by introducing them to music, giving them access to something that gives her great joy.
Did I mention Lily and her deaf friends, who call themselves ExtraOrdinary Horizons, play some serious percussion?
That surprised me too: deaf people making music.
Deaf, Loud and Proud
"I'm losing my hearing more and more."
That took me by surprise.
The first time I had a chat with social entrepreneur Lily Goh, I found out she had a profound-severe degree of deafness.
She'd been deaf since she was two, and she's getting worse, the 33-year-old told me through a mixture of notepad scribbling, sign language and speaking, in my first proper conversation with a deaf person.
What surprised me more than the idea that deaf people could get more deaf, was that Lily has no self-pity, no bitterness. Instead, I saw a determination to help others who are deaf.
Helping others
Take Action
Buy the song and support EO Horizon's work!
Find out how you can contribute to the deaf community in Singapore with ExtraOrdinary Horizons
The Singaporean talked about raising awareness about deaf culture. She spoke about helping deaf children in Cambodia by introducing them to music, giving them access to something that gives her great joy.
Did I mention Lily and her deaf friends, who call themselves ExtraOrdinary Horizons, play some serious percussion?
That surprised me too: deaf people making music.
Deaf, Loud and Proud
"I'm losing my hearing more and more."
That took me by surprise.
The first time I had a chat with social entrepreneur Lily Goh, I found out she had a profound-severe degree of deafness.
She'd been deaf since she was two, and she's getting worse, the 33-year-old told me through a mixture of notepad scribbling, sign language and speaking, in my first proper conversation with a deaf person.
What surprised me more than the idea that deaf people could get more deaf, was that Lily has no self-pity, no bitterness. Instead, I saw a determination to help others who are deaf.
Helping others
Take Action
Buy the song and support EO Horizon's work!
Find out how you can contribute to the deaf community in Singapore with ExtraOrdinary Horizons
The Singaporean talked about raising awareness about deaf culture. She spoke about helping deaf children in Cambodia by introducing them to music, giving them access to something that gives her great joy.
Did I mention Lily and her deaf friends, who call themselves ExtraOrdinary Horizons, play some serious percussion?
That surprised me too: deaf people making music.
Deaf, Loud and Proud
"I'm losing my hearing more and more."
That took me by surprise.
The first time I had a chat with social entrepreneur Lily Goh, I found out she had a profound-severe degree of deafness.
She'd been deaf since she was two, and she's getting worse, the 33-year-old told me through a mixture of notepad scribbling, sign language and speaking, in my first proper conversation with a deaf person.
What surprised me more than the idea that deaf people could get more deaf, was that Lily has no self-pity, no bitterness. Instead, I saw a determination to help others who are deaf.
Helping others
Take Action
Buy the song and support EO Horizon's work!
Find out how you can contribute to the deaf community in Singapore with ExtraOrdinary Horizons
The Singaporean talked about raising awareness about deaf culture. She spoke about helping deaf children in Cambodia by introducing them to music, giving them access to something that gives her great joy.
Did I mention Lily and her deaf friends, who call themselves ExtraOrdinary Horizons, play some serious percussion?
That surprised me too: deaf people making music.
Deaf, Loud and Proud
"I'm losing my hearing more and more."
That took me by surprise.
The first time I had a chat with social entrepreneur Lily Goh, I found out she had a profound-severe degree of deafness.
She'd been deaf since she was two, and she's getting worse, the 33-year-old told me through a mixture of notepad scribbling, sign language and speaking, in my first proper conversation with a deaf person.
What surprised me more than the idea that deaf people could get more deaf, was that Lily has no self-pity, no bitterness. Instead, I saw a determination to help others who are deaf.
Helping others
Take Action
Buy the song and support EO Horizon's work!
Find out how you can contribute to the deaf community in Singapore with ExtraOrdinary Horizons
The Singaporean talked about raising awareness about deaf culture. She spoke about helping deaf children in Cambodia by introducing them to music, giving them access to something that gives her great joy.
Did I mention Lily and her deaf friends, who call themselves ExtraOrdinary Horizons, play some serious percussion?
That surprised me too: deaf people making music.
Deaf, Loud and Proud
"I'm losing my hearing more and more."
That took me by surprise.
The first time I had a chat with social entrepreneur Lily Goh, I found out she had a profound-severe degree of deafness.
She'd been deaf since she was two, and she's getting worse, the 33-year-old told me through a mixture of notepad scribbling, sign language and speaking, in my first proper conversation with a deaf person.
What surprised me more than the idea that deaf people could get more deaf, was that Lily has no self-pity, no bitterness. Instead, I saw a determination to help others who are deaf.
Helping others
Take Action
Buy the song and support EO Horizon's work!
Find out how you can contribute to the deaf community in Singapore with ExtraOrdinary Horizons
The Singaporean talked about raising awareness about deaf culture. She spoke about helping deaf children in Cambodia by introducing them to music, giving them access to something that gives her great joy.
Did I mention Lily and her deaf friends, who call themselves ExtraOrdinary Horizons, play some serious percussion?
That surprised me too: deaf people making music.
Deaf, Loud and Proud
"I'm losing my hearing more and more."
That took me by surprise.
The first time I had a chat with social entrepreneur Lily Goh, I found out she had a profound-severe degree of deafness.
She'd been deaf since she was two, and she's getting worse, the 33-year-old told me through a mixture of notepad scribbling, sign language and speaking, in my first proper conversation with a deaf person.
What surprised me more than the idea that deaf people could get more deaf, was that Lily has no self-pity, no bitterness. Instead, I saw a determination to help others who are deaf.
Helping others
Take Action
Buy the song and support EO Horizon's work!
Find out how you can contribute to the deaf community in Singapore with ExtraOrdinary Horizons
The Singaporean talked about raising awareness about deaf culture. She spoke about helping deaf children in Cambodia by introducing them to music, giving them access to something that gives her great joy.
Did I mention Lily and her deaf friends, who call themselves ExtraOrdinary Horizons, play some serious percussion?
That surprised me too: deaf people making music.
Deaf, Loud and Proud
"I'm losing my hearing more and more."
That took me by surprise.
The first time I had a chat with social entrepreneur Lily Goh, I found out she had a profound-severe degree of deafness.
She'd been deaf since she was two, and she's getting worse, the 33-year-old told me through a mixture of notepad scribbling, sign language and speaking, in my first proper conversation with a deaf person.
What surprised me more than the idea that deaf people could get more deaf, was that Lily has no self-pity, no bitterness. Instead, I saw a determination to help others who are deaf.
Helping others
Take Action
Buy the song and support EO Horizon's work!
Find out how you can contribute to the deaf community in Singapore with ExtraOrdinary Horizons
The Singaporean talked about raising awareness about deaf culture. She spoke about helping deaf children in Cambodia by introducing them to music, giving them access to something that gives her great joy.
Did I mention Lily and her deaf friends, who call themselves ExtraOrdinary Horizons, play some serious percussion?
That surprised me too: deaf people making music.
Deaf, Loud and Proud
"I'm losing my hearing more and more."
That took me by surprise.
The first time I had a chat with social entrepreneur Lily Goh, I found out she had a profound-severe degree of deafness.
She'd been deaf since she was two, and she's getting worse, the 33-year-old told me through a mixture of notepad scribbling, sign language and speaking, in my first proper conversation with a deaf person.
What surprised me more than the idea that deaf people could get more deaf, was that Lily has no self-pity, no bitterness. Instead, I saw a determination to help others who are deaf.
Helping others
Take Action
Buy the song and support EO Horizon's work!
Find out how you can contribute to the deaf community in Singapore with ExtraOrdinary Horizons
The Singaporean talked about raising awareness about deaf culture. She spoke about helping deaf children in Cambodia by introducing them to music, giving them access to something that gives her great joy.
Did I mention Lily and her deaf friends, who call themselves ExtraOrdinary Horizons, play some serious percussion?
That surprised me too: deaf people making music.
I was to be surprised many more times in the weeks of getting to know some of the members of the group, hanging out and filming their practice sessions and performances.
Regular but extraordinary
They're regular people, with familiar pleasures like travelling, playing football or basketball, baking, reading and spending time with friends. In getting to know them, speaking through my broken sign language and just being in their presence, I soaked up their energy. They are so vibrant, so full of joy.
But they also have fears and frustrations, and these, too, are not uncommon: conflict within families, arguments with friends, break-ups, difficulties at school or work.
They aspire to be actors and performing artists, good at their jobs and awesome friends.
Surprisingly ordinary?
Truth be told, I was fully expecting ordinary — even out-of-sync — drumming at the first music practice I attended. So much for being open-minded.
What I saw was extraordinary precision, coordination and tenacity.
Most of all, they blew me away with their deep love of and commitment to music.
So inspiring were they that indie band Black Forest not only wrote them a song, but teamed up with them in a music video too. I'm pretty sure it will blow you away.
ExtraOrdinary Horizons crowd-funded on Indiegogo so they could take their music to deaf children in Cambodia. Thank you for helping them.
You can also learn more about deaf culture or take up a sign language course with the group. Find out how!
Thanks to Sky Ong, Renny Goh, Edric Hwang, Lalith Vummiti and August Lum for their involvement in producing 'We're Gonna Sing Tonight'. Buy their song here.
Music by Black Forest and EO Horizons
I was to be surprised many more times in the weeks of getting to know some of the members of the group, hanging out and filming their practice sessions and performances.
Regular but extraordinary
They're regular people, with familiar pleasures like travelling, playing football or basketball, baking, reading and spending time with friends. In getting to know them, speaking through my broken sign language and just being in their presence, I soaked up their energy. They are so vibrant, so full of joy.
But they also have fears and frustrations, and these, too, are not uncommon: conflict within families, arguments with friends, break-ups, difficulties at school or work.
They aspire to be actors and performing artists, good at their jobs and awesome friends.
Surprisingly ordinary?
Truth be told, I was fully expecting ordinary — even out-of-sync — drumming at the first music practice I attended. So much for being open-minded.
What I saw was extraordinary precision, coordination and tenacity.
Most of all, they blew me away with their deep love of and commitment to music.
So inspiring were they that indie band Black Forest not only wrote them a song, but teamed up with them in a music video too. I'm pretty sure it will blow you away.
ExtraOrdinary Horizons crowd-funded on Indiegogo so they could take their music to deaf children in Cambodia. Thank you for helping them.
You can also learn more about deaf culture or take up a sign language course with the group. Find out how!
Thanks to Sky Ong, Renny Goh, Edric Hwang, Lalith Vummiti and August Lum for their involvement in producing 'We're Gonna Sing Tonight'. Buy their song here.
Music by Black Forest and EO Horizons
I was to be surprised many more times in the weeks of getting to know some of the members of the group, hanging out and filming their practice sessions and performances.
Regular but extraordinary
They're regular people, with familiar pleasures like travelling, playing football or basketball, baking, reading and spending time with friends. In getting to know them, speaking through my broken sign language and just being in their presence, I soaked up their energy. They are so vibrant, so full of joy.
But they also have fears and frustrations, and these, too, are not uncommon: conflict within families, arguments with friends, break-ups, difficulties at school or work.
They aspire to be actors and performing artists, good at their jobs and awesome friends.
Surprisingly ordinary?
Truth be told, I was fully expecting ordinary — even out-of-sync — drumming at the first music practice I attended. So much for being open-minded.
What I saw was extraordinary precision, coordination and tenacity.
Most of all, they blew me away with their deep love of and commitment to music.
So inspiring were they that indie band Black Forest not only wrote them a song, but teamed up with them in a music video too. I'm pretty sure it will blow you away.
ExtraOrdinary Horizons crowd-funded on Indiegogo so they could take their music to deaf children in Cambodia. Thank you for helping them.
You can also learn more about deaf culture or take up a sign language course with the group. Find out how!
Thanks to Sky Ong, Renny Goh, Edric Hwang, Lalith Vummiti and August Lum for their involvement in producing 'We're Gonna Sing Tonight'. Buy their song here.
Music by Black Forest and EO Horizons
I was to be surprised many more times in the weeks of getting to know some of the members of the group, hanging out and filming their practice sessions and performances.
Regular but extraordinary
They're regular people, with familiar pleasures like travelling, playing football or basketball, baking, reading and spending time with friends. In getting to know them, speaking through my broken sign language and just being in their presence, I soaked up their energy. They are so vibrant, so full of joy.
But they also have fears and frustrations, and these, too, are not uncommon: conflict within families, arguments with friends, break-ups, difficulties at school or work.
They aspire to be actors and performing artists, good at their jobs and awesome friends.
Surprisingly ordinary?
Truth be told, I was fully expecting ordinary — even out-of-sync — drumming at the first music practice I attended. So much for being open-minded.
What I saw was extraordinary precision, coordination and tenacity.
Most of all, they blew me away with their deep love of and commitment to music.
So inspiring were they that indie band Black Forest not only wrote them a song, but teamed up with them in a music video too. I'm pretty sure it will blow you away.
ExtraOrdinary Horizons crowd-funded on Indiegogo so they could take their music to deaf children in Cambodia. Thank you for helping them.
You can also learn more about deaf culture or take up a sign language course with the group. Find out how!
Thanks to Sky Ong, Renny Goh, Edric Hwang, Lalith Vummiti and August Lum for their involvement in producing 'We're Gonna Sing Tonight'. Buy their song here.
Music by Black Forest and EO Horizons
I was to be surprised many more times in the weeks of getting to know some of the members of the group, hanging out and filming their practice sessions and performances.
Regular but extraordinary
They're regular people, with familiar pleasures like travelling, playing football or basketball, baking, reading and spending time with friends. In getting to know them, speaking through my broken sign language and just being in their presence, I soaked up their energy. They are so vibrant, so full of joy.
But they also have fears and frustrations, and these, too, are not uncommon: conflict within families, arguments with friends, break-ups, difficulties at school or work.
They aspire to be actors and performing artists, good at their jobs and awesome friends.
Surprisingly ordinary?
Truth be told, I was fully expecting ordinary — even out-of-sync — drumming at the first music practice I attended. So much for being open-minded.
What I saw was extraordinary precision, coordination and tenacity.
Most of all, they blew me away with their deep love of and commitment to music.
So inspiring were they that indie band Black Forest not only wrote them a song, but teamed up with them in a music video too. I'm pretty sure it will blow you away.
ExtraOrdinary Horizons crowd-funded on Indiegogo so they could take their music to deaf children in Cambodia. Thank you for helping them.
You can also learn more about deaf culture or take up a sign language course with the group. Find out how!
Thanks to Sky Ong, Renny Goh, Edric Hwang, Lalith Vummiti and August Lum for their involvement in producing 'We're Gonna Sing Tonight'. Buy their song here.
Music by Black Forest and EO Horizons
I was to be surprised many more times in the weeks of getting to know some of the members of the group, hanging out and filming their practice sessions and performances.
Regular but extraordinary
They're regular people, with familiar pleasures like travelling, playing football or basketball, baking, reading and spending time with friends. In getting to know them, speaking through my broken sign language and just being in their presence, I soaked up their energy. They are so vibrant, so full of joy.
But they also have fears and frustrations, and these, too, are not uncommon: conflict within families, arguments with friends, break-ups, difficulties at school or work.
They aspire to be actors and performing artists, good at their jobs and awesome friends.
Surprisingly ordinary?
Truth be told, I was fully expecting ordinary — even out-of-sync — drumming at the first music practice I attended. So much for being open-minded.
What I saw was extraordinary precision, coordination and tenacity.
Most of all, they blew me away with their deep love of and commitment to music.
So inspiring were they that indie band Black Forest not only wrote them a song, but teamed up with them in a music video too. I'm pretty sure it will blow you away.
ExtraOrdinary Horizons crowd-funded on Indiegogo so they could take their music to deaf children in Cambodia. Thank you for helping them.
You can also learn more about deaf culture or take up a sign language course with the group. Find out how!
Thanks to Sky Ong, Renny Goh, Edric Hwang, Lalith Vummiti and August Lum for their involvement in producing 'We're Gonna Sing Tonight'. Buy their song here.
Music by Black Forest and EO Horizons
I was to be surprised many more times in the weeks of getting to know some of the members of the group, hanging out and filming their practice sessions and performances.
Regular but extraordinary
They're regular people, with familiar pleasures like travelling, playing football or basketball, baking, reading and spending time with friends. In getting to know them, speaking through my broken sign language and just being in their presence, I soaked up their energy. They are so vibrant, so full of joy.
But they also have fears and frustrations, and these, too, are not uncommon: conflict within families, arguments with friends, break-ups, difficulties at school or work.
They aspire to be actors and performing artists, good at their jobs and awesome friends.
Surprisingly ordinary?
Truth be told, I was fully expecting ordinary — even out-of-sync — drumming at the first music practice I attended. So much for being open-minded.
What I saw was extraordinary precision, coordination and tenacity.
Most of all, they blew me away with their deep love of and commitment to music.
So inspiring were they that indie band Black Forest not only wrote them a song, but teamed up with them in a music video too. I'm pretty sure it will blow you away.
ExtraOrdinary Horizons crowd-funded on Indiegogo so they could take their music to deaf children in Cambodia. Thank you for helping them.
You can also learn more about deaf culture or take up a sign language course with the group. Find out how!
Thanks to Sky Ong, Renny Goh, Edric Hwang, Lalith Vummiti and August Lum for their involvement in producing 'We're Gonna Sing Tonight'. Buy their song here.
Music by Black Forest and EO Horizons
I was to be surprised many more times in the weeks of getting to know some of the members of the group, hanging out and filming their practice sessions and performances.
Regular but extraordinary
They're regular people, with familiar pleasures like travelling, playing football or basketball, baking, reading and spending time with friends. In getting to know them, speaking through my broken sign language and just being in their presence, I soaked up their energy. They are so vibrant, so full of joy.
But they also have fears and frustrations, and these, too, are not uncommon: conflict within families, arguments with friends, break-ups, difficulties at school or work.
They aspire to be actors and performing artists, good at their jobs and awesome friends.
Surprisingly ordinary?
Truth be told, I was fully expecting ordinary — even out-of-sync — drumming at the first music practice I attended. So much for being open-minded.
What I saw was extraordinary precision, coordination and tenacity.
Most of all, they blew me away with their deep love of and commitment to music.
So inspiring were they that indie band Black Forest not only wrote them a song, but teamed up with them in a music video too. I'm pretty sure it will blow you away.
ExtraOrdinary Horizons crowd-funded on Indiegogo so they could take their music to deaf children in Cambodia. Thank you for helping them.
You can also learn more about deaf culture or take up a sign language course with the group. Find out how!
Thanks to Sky Ong, Renny Goh, Edric Hwang, Lalith Vummiti and August Lum for their involvement in producing 'We're Gonna Sing Tonight'. Buy their song here.
Music by Black Forest and EO Horizons
I was to be surprised many more times in the weeks of getting to know some of the members of the group, hanging out and filming their practice sessions and performances.
Regular but extraordinary
They're regular people, with familiar pleasures like travelling, playing football or basketball, baking, reading and spending time with friends. In getting to know them, speaking through my broken sign language and just being in their presence, I soaked up their energy. They are so vibrant, so full of joy.
But they also have fears and frustrations, and these, too, are not uncommon: conflict within families, arguments with friends, break-ups, difficulties at school or work.
They aspire to be actors and performing artists, good at their jobs and awesome friends.
Surprisingly ordinary?
Truth be told, I was fully expecting ordinary — even out-of-sync — drumming at the first music practice I attended. So much for being open-minded.
What I saw was extraordinary precision, coordination and tenacity.
Most of all, they blew me away with their deep love of and commitment to music.
So inspiring were they that indie band Black Forest not only wrote them a song, but teamed up with them in a music video too. I'm pretty sure it will blow you away.
ExtraOrdinary Horizons crowd-funded on Indiegogo so they could take their music to deaf children in Cambodia. Thank you for helping them.
You can also learn more about deaf culture or take up a sign language course with the group. Find out how!
Thanks to Sky Ong, Renny Goh, Edric Hwang, Lalith Vummiti and August Lum for their involvement in producing 'We're Gonna Sing Tonight'. Buy their song here.
Music by Black Forest and EO Horizons
I was to be surprised many more times in the weeks of getting to know some of the members of the group, hanging out and filming their practice sessions and performances.
Regular but extraordinary
They're regular people, with familiar pleasures like travelling, playing football or basketball, baking, reading and spending time with friends. In getting to know them, speaking through my broken sign language and just being in their presence, I soaked up their energy. They are so vibrant, so full of joy.
But they also have fears and frustrations, and these, too, are not uncommon: conflict within families, arguments with friends, break-ups, difficulties at school or work.
They aspire to be actors and performing artists, good at their jobs and awesome friends.
Surprisingly ordinary?
Truth be told, I was fully expecting ordinary — even out-of-sync — drumming at the first music practice I attended. So much for being open-minded.
What I saw was extraordinary precision, coordination and tenacity.
Most of all, they blew me away with their deep love of and commitment to music.
So inspiring were they that indie band Black Forest not only wrote them a song, but teamed up with them in a music video too. I'm pretty sure it will blow you away.
ExtraOrdinary Horizons crowd-funded on Indiegogo so they could take their music to deaf children in Cambodia. Thank you for helping them.
You can also learn more about deaf culture or take up a sign language course with the group. Find out how!
Thanks to Sky Ong, Renny Goh, Edric Hwang, Lalith Vummiti and August Lum for their involvement in producing 'We're Gonna Sing Tonight'. Buy their song here.
Music by Black Forest and EO Horizons
I was to be surprised many more times in the weeks of getting to know some of the members of the group, hanging out and filming their practice sessions and performances.
Regular but extraordinary
They're regular people, with familiar pleasures like travelling, playing football or basketball, baking, reading and spending time with friends. In getting to know them, speaking through my broken sign language and just being in their presence, I soaked up their energy. They are so vibrant, so full of joy.
But they also have fears and frustrations, and these, too, are not uncommon: conflict within families, arguments with friends, break-ups, difficulties at school or work.
They aspire to be actors and performing artists, good at their jobs and awesome friends.
Surprisingly ordinary?
Truth be told, I was fully expecting ordinary — even out-of-sync — drumming at the first music practice I attended. So much for being open-minded.
What I saw was extraordinary precision, coordination and tenacity.
Most of all, they blew me away with their deep love of and commitment to music.
So inspiring were they that indie band Black Forest not only wrote them a song, but teamed up with them in a music video too. I'm pretty sure it will blow you away.
ExtraOrdinary Horizons crowd-funded on Indiegogo so they could take their music to deaf children in Cambodia. Thank you for helping them.
You can also learn more about deaf culture or take up a sign language course with the group. Find out how!
Thanks to Sky Ong, Renny Goh, Edric Hwang, Lalith Vummiti and August Lum for their involvement in producing 'We're Gonna Sing Tonight'. Buy their song here.
Music by Black Forest and EO Horizons
I was to be surprised many more times in the weeks of getting to know some of the members of the group, hanging out and filming their practice sessions and performances.
Regular but extraordinary
They're regular people, with familiar pleasures like travelling, playing football or basketball, baking, reading and spending time with friends. In getting to know them, speaking through my broken sign language and just being in their presence, I soaked up their energy. They are so vibrant, so full of joy.
But they also have fears and frustrations, and these, too, are not uncommon: conflict within families, arguments with friends, break-ups, difficulties at school or work.
They aspire to be actors and performing artists, good at their jobs and awesome friends.
Surprisingly ordinary?
Truth be told, I was fully expecting ordinary — even out-of-sync — drumming at the first music practice I attended. So much for being open-minded.
What I saw was extraordinary precision, coordination and tenacity.
Most of all, they blew me away with their deep love of and commitment to music.
So inspiring were they that indie band Black Forest not only wrote them a song, but teamed up with them in a music video too. I'm pretty sure it will blow you away.
ExtraOrdinary Horizons crowd-funded on Indiegogo so they could take their music to deaf children in Cambodia. Thank you for helping them.
You can also learn more about deaf culture or take up a sign language course with the group. Find out how!
Thanks to Sky Ong, Renny Goh, Edric Hwang, Lalith Vummiti and August Lum for their involvement in producing 'We're Gonna Sing Tonight'. Buy their song here.
Music by Black Forest and EO Horizons
I was to be surprised many more times in the weeks of getting to know some of the members of the group, hanging out and filming their practice sessions and performances.
Regular but extraordinary
They're regular people, with familiar pleasures like travelling, playing football or basketball, baking, reading and spending time with friends. In getting to know them, speaking through my broken sign language and just being in their presence, I soaked up their energy. They are so vibrant, so full of joy.
But they also have fears and frustrations, and these, too, are not uncommon: conflict within families, arguments with friends, break-ups, difficulties at school or work.
They aspire to be actors and performing artists, good at their jobs and awesome friends.
Surprisingly ordinary?
Truth be told, I was fully expecting ordinary — even out-of-sync — drumming at the first music practice I attended. So much for being open-minded.
What I saw was extraordinary precision, coordination and tenacity.
Most of all, they blew me away with their deep love of and commitment to music.
So inspiring were they that indie band Black Forest not only wrote them a song, but teamed up with them in a music video too. I'm pretty sure it will blow you away.
ExtraOrdinary Horizons crowd-funded on Indiegogo so they could take their music to deaf children in Cambodia. Thank you for helping them.
You can also learn more about deaf culture or take up a sign language course with the group. Find out how!
Thanks to Sky Ong, Renny Goh, Edric Hwang, Lalith Vummiti and August Lum for their involvement in producing 'We're Gonna Sing Tonight'. Buy their song here.
Music by Black Forest and EO Horizons
I was to be surprised many more times in the weeks of getting to know some of the members of the group, hanging out and filming their practice sessions and performances.
Regular but extraordinary
They're regular people, with familiar pleasures like travelling, playing football or basketball, baking, reading and spending time with friends. In getting to know them, speaking through my broken sign language and just being in their presence, I soaked up their energy. They are so vibrant, so full of joy.
But they also have fears and frustrations, and these, too, are not uncommon: conflict within families, arguments with friends, break-ups, difficulties at school or work.
They aspire to be actors and performing artists, good at their jobs and awesome friends.
Surprisingly ordinary?
Truth be told, I was fully expecting ordinary — even out-of-sync — drumming at the first music practice I attended. So much for being open-minded.
What I saw was extraordinary precision, coordination and tenacity.
Most of all, they blew me away with their deep love of and commitment to music.
So inspiring were they that indie band Black Forest not only wrote them a song, but teamed up with them in a music video too. I'm pretty sure it will blow you away.
ExtraOrdinary Horizons crowd-funded on Indiegogo so they could take their music to deaf children in Cambodia. Thank you for helping them.
You can also learn more about deaf culture or take up a sign language course with the group. Find out how!
Thanks to Sky Ong, Renny Goh, Edric Hwang, Lalith Vummiti and August Lum for their involvement in producing 'We're Gonna Sing Tonight'. Buy their song here.
Music by Black Forest and EO Horizons
I was to be surprised many more times in the weeks of getting to know some of the members of the group, hanging out and filming their practice sessions and performances.
Regular but extraordinary
They're regular people, with familiar pleasures like travelling, playing football or basketball, baking, reading and spending time with friends. In getting to know them, speaking through my broken sign language and just being in their presence, I soaked up their energy. They are so vibrant, so full of joy.
But they also have fears and frustrations, and these, too, are not uncommon: conflict within families, arguments with friends, break-ups, difficulties at school or work.
They aspire to be actors and performing artists, good at their jobs and awesome friends.
Surprisingly ordinary?
Truth be told, I was fully expecting ordinary — even out-of-sync — drumming at the first music practice I attended. So much for being open-minded.
What I saw was extraordinary precision, coordination and tenacity.
Most of all, they blew me away with their deep love of and commitment to music.
So inspiring were they that indie band Black Forest not only wrote them a song, but teamed up with them in a music video too. I'm pretty sure it will blow you away.
ExtraOrdinary Horizons crowd-funded on Indiegogo so they could take their music to deaf children in Cambodia. Thank you for helping them.
You can also learn more about deaf culture or take up a sign language course with the group. Find out how!
Thanks to Sky Ong, Renny Goh, Edric Hwang, Lalith Vummiti and August Lum for their involvement in producing 'We're Gonna Sing Tonight'. Buy their song here.
Music by Black Forest and EO Horizons
I was to be surprised many more times in the weeks of getting to know some of the members of the group, hanging out and filming their practice sessions and performances.
Regular but extraordinary
They're regular people, with familiar pleasures like travelling, playing football or basketball, baking, reading and spending time with friends. In getting to know them, speaking through my broken sign language and just being in their presence, I soaked up their energy. They are so vibrant, so full of joy.
But they also have fears and frustrations, and these, too, are not uncommon: conflict within families, arguments with friends, break-ups, difficulties at school or work.
They aspire to be actors and performing artists, good at their jobs and awesome friends.
Surprisingly ordinary?
Truth be told, I was fully expecting ordinary — even out-of-sync — drumming at the first music practice I attended. So much for being open-minded.
What I saw was extraordinary precision, coordination and tenacity.
Most of all, they blew me away with their deep love of and commitment to music.
So inspiring were they that indie band Black Forest not only wrote them a song, but teamed up with them in a music video too. I'm pretty sure it will blow you away.
ExtraOrdinary Horizons crowd-funded on Indiegogo so they could take their music to deaf children in Cambodia. Thank you for helping them.
You can also learn more about deaf culture or take up a sign language course with the group. Find out how!
Thanks to Sky Ong, Renny Goh, Edric Hwang, Lalith Vummiti and August Lum for their involvement in producing 'We're Gonna Sing Tonight'. Buy their song here.
Music by Black Forest and EO Horizons
I was to be surprised many more times in the weeks of getting to know some of the members of the group, hanging out and filming their practice sessions and performances.
Regular but extraordinary
They're regular people, with familiar pleasures like travelling, playing football or basketball, baking, reading and spending time with friends. In getting to know them, speaking through my broken sign language and just being in their presence, I soaked up their energy. They are so vibrant, so full of joy.
But they also have fears and frustrations, and these, too, are not uncommon: conflict within families, arguments with friends, break-ups, difficulties at school or work.
They aspire to be actors and performing artists, good at their jobs and awesome friends.
Surprisingly ordinary?
Truth be told, I was fully expecting ordinary — even out-of-sync — drumming at the first music practice I attended. So much for being open-minded.
What I saw was extraordinary precision, coordination and tenacity.
Most of all, they blew me away with their deep love of and commitment to music.
So inspiring were they that indie band Black Forest not only wrote them a song, but teamed up with them in a music video too. I'm pretty sure it will blow you away.
ExtraOrdinary Horizons crowd-funded on Indiegogo so they could take their music to deaf children in Cambodia. Thank you for helping them.
You can also learn more about deaf culture or take up a sign language course with the group. Find out how!
Thanks to Sky Ong, Renny Goh, Edric Hwang, Lalith Vummiti and August Lum for their involvement in producing 'We're Gonna Sing Tonight'. Buy their song here.
Music by Black Forest and EO Horizons
I was to be surprised many more times in the weeks of getting to know some of the members of the group, hanging out and filming their practice sessions and performances.
Regular but extraordinary
They're regular people, with familiar pleasures like travelling, playing football or basketball, baking, reading and spending time with friends. In getting to know them, speaking through my broken sign language and just being in their presence, I soaked up their energy. They are so vibrant, so full of joy.
But they also have fears and frustrations, and these, too, are not uncommon: conflict within families, arguments with friends, break-ups, difficulties at school or work.
They aspire to be actors and performing artists, good at their jobs and awesome friends.
Surprisingly ordinary?
Truth be told, I was fully expecting ordinary — even out-of-sync — drumming at the first music practice I attended. So much for being open-minded.
What I saw was extraordinary precision, coordination and tenacity.
Most of all, they blew me away with their deep love of and commitment to music.
So inspiring were they that indie band Black Forest not only wrote them a song, but teamed up with them in a music video too. I'm pretty sure it will blow you away.
ExtraOrdinary Horizons crowd-funded on Indiegogo so they could take their music to deaf children in Cambodia. Thank you for helping them.
You can also learn more about deaf culture or take up a sign language course with the group. Find out how!
Thanks to Sky Ong, Renny Goh, Edric Hwang, Lalith Vummiti and August Lum for their involvement in producing 'We're Gonna Sing Tonight'. Buy their song here.
Music by Black Forest and EO Horizons
I was to be surprised many more times in the weeks of getting to know some of the members of the group, hanging out and filming their practice sessions and performances.
Regular but extraordinary
They're regular people, with familiar pleasures like travelling, playing football or basketball, baking, reading and spending time with friends. In getting to know them, speaking through my broken sign language and just being in their presence, I soaked up their energy. They are so vibrant, so full of joy.
But they also have fears and frustrations, and these, too, are not uncommon: conflict within families, arguments with friends, break-ups, difficulties at school or work.
They aspire to be actors and performing artists, good at their jobs and awesome friends.
Surprisingly ordinary?
Truth be told, I was fully expecting ordinary — even out-of-sync — drumming at the first music practice I attended. So much for being open-minded.
What I saw was extraordinary precision, coordination and tenacity.
Most of all, they blew me away with their deep love of and commitment to music.
So inspiring were they that indie band Black Forest not only wrote them a song, but teamed up with them in a music video too. I'm pretty sure it will blow you away.
ExtraOrdinary Horizons crowd-funded on Indiegogo so they could take their music to deaf children in Cambodia. Thank you for helping them.
You can also learn more about deaf culture or take up a sign language course with the group. Find out how!
Thanks to Sky Ong, Renny Goh, Edric Hwang, Lalith Vummiti and August Lum for their involvement in producing 'We're Gonna Sing Tonight'. Buy their song here.
Music by Black Forest and EO Horizons
I was to be surprised many more times in the weeks of getting to know some of the members of the group, hanging out and filming their practice sessions and performances.
Regular but extraordinary
They're regular people, with familiar pleasures like travelling, playing football or basketball, baking, reading and spending time with friends. In getting to know them, speaking through my broken sign language and just being in their presence, I soaked up their energy. They are so vibrant, so full of joy.
But they also have fears and frustrations, and these, too, are not uncommon: conflict within families, arguments with friends, break-ups, difficulties at school or work.
They aspire to be actors and performing artists, good at their jobs and awesome friends.
Surprisingly ordinary?
Truth be told, I was fully expecting ordinary — even out-of-sync — drumming at the first music practice I attended. So much for being open-minded.
What I saw was extraordinary precision, coordination and tenacity.
Most of all, they blew me away with their deep love of and commitment to music.
So inspiring were they that indie band Black Forest not only wrote them a song, but teamed up with them in a music video too. I'm pretty sure it will blow you away.
ExtraOrdinary Horizons crowd-funded on Indiegogo so they could take their music to deaf children in Cambodia. Thank you for helping them.
You can also learn more about deaf culture or take up a sign language course with the group. Find out how!
Thanks to Sky Ong, Renny Goh, Edric Hwang, Lalith Vummiti and August Lum for their involvement in producing 'We're Gonna Sing Tonight'. Buy their song here.
Music by Black Forest and EO Horizons
Then together, they made a music video, despite challenges such as dental-linked swollen cheeks and severe gastro illness on recording day.
With that video, EO Horizons collected more than $4,000 through crowdfunding, allowing 14 deaf drummers from the group to share their love for music with 160 deaf children in Krousar Thmey School for the Deaf in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Renny Goh from Black Forest said she was “so honoured” to be part of the project.
“What's better than bringing groups of people together to create an energy that will motivate and touch people?” she said.
Added Lily: “We’re so happy. We didn’t expect it,” referring to the more than 70 people that rallied to help them hit and surpass their target.
“Now, we are going to make this "AY-OH" louder and this will surely reach the hearts of the deaf children from Krousar Thmey. They will feel it through you all.
“AYYY-OOOHH!”
