Iyada oo ah gabadh dhallinyaro ah oo madadaalo leh oo firfircoon, ma aha wax lala yaabo in Jenny Eickhoff ay jeceshahay inay saxiixdo/heesto oo ay bandhig la sameyso Glee Club-ka Wingspan Life Resource. 20-ka xubnood ama ka badan, waa qofka kaliya ee Dhegool ah oo turjuma heesaha Luqadda Calaamadaha Mareykanka (ASL).

Bandhiggooda Kala Duwan ee Country Western oo lagu qabtay Abriil 8 xarunta MacPhail ee Muusikada ee bartamaha magaalada Minneapolis, Jenny waxay u fasirtay “Wadooyinka Dalka” ee John Denver dhagaystayaasha xamaasadda leh iyo kuwa mahadnaqa leh. Bandhigani wuxuu gacan ka geystay dabaaldegga sannad-guurada 45-aad ee Wingspan waxaana sidoo kale ku jiray fanaaniin marti ah, The Lowland Lakers, singalong dhagaystayaal ah, tartan gitaar hawada ah, iyo soo dhaweyn ka dib.

Iyada oo lala kaashanayo MacPhail iyo hagaamiyaha Daaweeyaha Muusikada Colin Doherty, Glee Club waxay soo bandhigtay dhowr jeer, oo ay ku jiraan bandhigyada Wingspan oo ay la sameeyeen fanaaniin marti ah sida fanaanada jazz-ka ee Twin Cites Patty Peterson, fanaanada caanka ah ee rock-ka Kat Perkins, fanaanada violin-ka/codka Gaelyn Lea Tressler, fanaanada virtuoso ee injiilka Robert Robinson, iyo fanaanada/fanaaniinta dadweynaha Rachael Kroog.

“Waa wax lagu farxo in masraxa la joogo,” ayay tiri Jenny oo 58 jir ah isla markaana inta badan ku hadasha ASL, inkastoo ay sidoo kale akhrido dibnaha iyo hadalka. Waxay bandhig faneed la sameyneysay Glee Club tan iyo 2013 iyadoo la joogta dadka kale ee deggan guryaha kooxda Wingspan kuwaas oo kulansada habeen kasta Isniinta, Sebtembar ilaa Maajo, si ay u tababartaan.

“Qof walba oo ku jira Glee Club waa qof aad u fiican, waxaana wada qaadannaa madadaalo badan,” ayay tiri Jenny.

“Jenny badanaa waxay ka caawisaa kooxda inay hoggaamiso jimicsiyada diirinta oo ay ku jiraan ‘boxing beat’,” ayay tiri Darolyn Gray, oo ah sarkaalka horumarinta ee Wingspan Life Resources oo bixisa adeegyo hoy, guri iyo taageero ah oo loogu talagalay dadka waaweyn ee qaba naafonimada korriin.

“Jenny sidoo kale waa fanaanad kalinimo ah oo ASL ah inta lagu jiro bandhigyada,” Darolyn ayaa raacisay. “Had iyo jeer waxay geliso xamaasad iyo shaqo adag bandhigyadeeda. Hambalyo Jenny oo diiradda saareysa awooddeeda iyo inay tahay hoggaamiye cajiib ah.”

Jenny waxay mar kale ku soo bandhigtay bandhigga Country Roads bandhigga hibada ee Wingspan ee soo socda dhammaadka Abriil. Waxay sidoo kale masraxa ka gashay laba bandhig oo Rise Celebrate Talent! ah sannadkii horena waxay heesay/saxeexday True Colors.
Jenny waxay la shaqeysaa qaybta Taageerada Dareenka ee Tababarka Maalinta iyo Dhaqan-celinta ee xarumaha wax soo saarka Spring Lake Park. Walaasheed mataanaha ah, Julie, sidoo kale waa Dhegoole waxayna ku nooshahay Wingspan’s Colfax House. Julie waxay ka qaybgashaa Barnaamijka Ka-qaybgalka Bulshada ee MARI (Muusikada, Farshaxanka, Madadaalada, iyo Ka-mid-noqoshada), oo ah adeeg aan xirfad lahayn oo maalinta hawlgabka ah oo ka socda Bloomington.

Waqtigeeda firaaqada ah, Jenny waxay ku raaxaysataa diyaarinta xujooyinka jigsaw-ka, ka shaqaynta kombiyuutarkeeda, iyo socodka.