
ALT Text: ‘I’m not going to lie, I teared up over this man. After the last Syr performance this past weekend, this man approached us with tears in his eyes, alongside him was his translator. She explained that he was deaf as a result of an IED in the Afghanistan war, but he could feel our music and it brought him such joy. He kept mouthing “thank you, thank you”. He stood at the front of the stage during the festival with his hands on the subwoofer, going between beautiful smiles and crying tears of joy. As the night closed out and Albannach performed their final tribal anthem, Drew Reid played directly to the man’s chest, resulting in all of us feeling overwhelmed with emotion. It’s moments like this that make everything make sense. I’m so thankful I was able to meet him and learn about his journey. 📸 credit goes to Gabriella MacCallum’ Images: 3 photos. In one a man is sitting on the edge of a stage playing the didgeridoo towards a man in the audience’s chest. In another they embrace

ALT Text: "Speaking Vibrations by Jo-Anne Byran, Carmelle Cachero, King Kimbit & Jordan Samoas. A Speaking Vibrations Production." A geometric cut out of a photo of Jo-Anne Bryan, a Black woman with dark, short cropped hair and a black dress, is making an A S L gesture. Her right hand is held away from her with her palm facing her, her left hand reaching towards it.

ALT The No Body Left Behind graphic, featuring a dark blue watercolour background. At the top are the words "The Disability Collective" inside of a thin box. Below are the words "No Body Left Behind", also inside of a thin white box. At the bottom of the graphic is "thedisabilitycollective.com". All text is a white serif other than the word "body", which is in a white cursive font








