 When Debbie Boone performed Best Original Song nominee "You Light Up  My Life" she was accompanies by a chorus of little girls who were  announced to have come from The John Tracy Clinic for the Deaf who  interpreted the lyrics in sign language. It was later reported that  the girls were really students rounded up at Torrence Elementary  School in Torrence, California and that they were actualy signing  gibberish. The girls who had been asked to perform from the clinic  were unavailable due to some legal wranglings.