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Protesting income tax used for war, April 15, 2008

(Photos
at left and below
by Dave Alpert)
November 3, 2007: Singing
"Sit-in by the
Impeachment Tree" dressed as the Andrews Sisters
and calling ourselves the "Grandrews Sisters" at
Peoples' Voice Café.
To hear the song, click the photo.
September 17, 2007:

New York City People's Life
Fund Gala Event at The
Living Theater
October 22, 2007: Mobilization Against Police Brutality
March 19, 2008: Grannies singing in the rain in Times Square to protest the Iraq
War.
Source:
http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2008/03/95640.shtml
(Photo by Mabella Mendez)
In August 2007, several of our Grannies joined dozens of Raging Grannies in Amherst, Massachusetts. We sang at a concert alongside gaggles from other New York cities, and gaggles from Rhode Island, Florida, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont, and Michigan. More than ten towns in Massachusetts were represented, as well as Boston. At the concert, one of our Grannies impersonated Hillary Clinton singing:
I would stop the war on Iraq,
And bring all of our troops back,
Commit no more war crime.
With the funds we’ve been spending
All world hunger I’d be ending,
If I only had a spine.
For all of the lyrics to "If I Only Had a Spine," see our
song lyrics page.

The New York Metro Raging Grannies and Their Daughters sang at the Clearwater Festival in June 2007 (left) accompanied by Pete Seeger (far left, of course) on banjo. (Photo by Phil Sauers)
There are videos of the 2007 performance at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpdH20tiJPI and http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6231559274565687640
The photo below is from 2005 or 2006.

Left: We sang again at Clearwater on June 22,
2008. Raging Grannies from New York City, Tennessee, Westchester County, and
Western Massachusetts tried to stay dry in a storm. Below: A damp but steadfast
audience sang along. (All Clearwater 2008 photos by Lindsay Audin)
Mercy,our raging reporter writes:
We gathered by the river, or was it IN the river? Sunny brought a canopy,
Shirley brought song sheets, the sky was darkening, and there was a hailstorm
warning. By the time 22 Raging Grannies from three states (and many
cities) gathered to practice, it started to rain and we huddled under the
canopy. Our practice for an hour led into (after a 5-minute break) our set, with
the thunder punctuating our songs. In the torrential rain, we had an extremely
loyal audience with umbrellas singing along from increasingly wet songsheets. As
we sang I could see people filling the buses to depart the downpour which went
on the entire time we were singing! Afterwards Grannies escaped for the bus or
hid out under the Clearwater Sloop Club tent where the Sloop Singers did their
set. I did get to sing "Gaggle of Grannies" with Pam to entertain some friends,
and Sally was there till late, but they actually closed the festival--fear of
lightning. I spent a lovely evening by the river in the almost deserted park,
which rapidly drained, and the Robins loved the worm feast as they escaped the
wet ground! NOTE: Mercy's text was edited to fit this space.

Slickers and brollies and bonnets, oh my!

The Westchester
gaggle was camera-shy this year. In this photo from Clearwater in 2007,
their music director (center), with New York's music director (right), and a
Raging Granny from Western Massachusetts (left), prepare before going onstage,
with the Hudson River as a backdrop