2009 Summer Deaflympics language to express the message of "Power in Me," Lai said. World-renowned deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie has been invited to perform at the opening ceremony, as well as the local drumming group U-Theatre, and more than 80 children from schools for the hearing-impaired in Taipei and Taichung cities, according to Lai. The team from the People's Republic of China did not attend the opening ceremony. Neither side has officially given the reason, although most news sites are attributing it to the Dalai Lama's recent trip to Taiwan. The People's Republic of China had previously not attended the opening of the
Music and the Deaf degree of hearing loss. The charity was founded in 1988 by Dr Paul Whittaker, OBE, himself a profoundly deaf musician. Now led by Artistic Director Danny Lane, following Paul’s resignation in 2015, the charity continues to build an international reputation for pushing the boundaries of what deaf people can aspire to and achieve in music. Since 2007 Music and the Deaf has run the Deaf Youth Orchestra of West Yorkshire, and has been developed nationally from 2010. The charity is one of only eight flagship organisations within “Sing Up” providing opportunities for both deaf and hearing people to learn to