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