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Def Leppard meets Arkansas School for the Deaf Leopards

Published 1:13 pm Sunday, May 15, 2016

By Associated Presss

From left, Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen, student Stephen Cathcart, guitarist Phil Collen, lead singer Joe Elliott, student Henry James, student Alex Gossett, guitarist Vivian Campbell, student Jewel Brandon and bassist Rick Savage pose with a replica of the scoreboard from the Arkansas School for the Deaf, before a concert in North Little Rock, Ark.

From left, Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen, student Stephen Cathcart, guitarist Phil Collen, lead singer Joe Elliott, student Henry James, student Alex Gossett, guitarist Vivian Campbell, student Jewel Brandon and bassist Rick Savage pose with a replica of the scoreboard from the Arkansas School for the Deaf, before a concert in North Little Rock, Ark.

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Def Leppard? Meet the deaf Leopards.

The British rockers behind a string of hits in the 1980s and ‘90s, including “Pour Some Sugar on Me” and “Photograph,” met Wednesday before their show near Little Rock with students from the Arkansas School for the Deaf. The school mascot? The Leopards, of course.

The group posed for photos holding a replica of the school’s scoreboard and in front of a banner emblazoned with the band’s name. The band later posted them on social media with the caption “Arkansas Deaf Leopards and (hash)DefLeppard.”

The meeting came about after an online petition.

Opened in 1867, the Arkansas School for the Deaf provides schooling and life skills training for deaf and hearing-impaired children, beginning at age 3.

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