In late 1983 I toured Holly Near to Australia, and also brought her signer Susan Freundlich.
(Susan produced an Academy-nominated docu on sign language called - I think - "See What I Say")

As the opening act I also had a signer, but my signer used Auslan rather than Ameslan.
(Ironic that I can come to the US & chat to folk - albeit with an accent - but my deaf friends can't, as the two visual languages are quite different).