BRING TOGETHER A GROUP OF FIVE OR MORE WOMEN

• You do not have to be a grandmother and you do not have to be a good singer. You do have to have a lot of spunk and believe in progressive politics.
• Strive to start with a multiethnic group. It’s very difficult to change the racial composition of an established group.
• It helps to have one person who is the song leader.
• Make a “Grannies” sign and take it to all performances.

DRESS FOR THE PART:

• Go to your closet or the thrift store and get crazy hats and a “granny costume”. The more colorful the better.

FIND SONGS TO SING THEN PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE:

• Get our songs from the webpage… songs page.
• Being able to carry a tune helps, but clear enunciation of the words is more important than being in the right key.
• The Seattle Grannies practice twice a month and perform about two gigs per month. We find this keeps us plenty busy.
• If everybody knows 5 or 6 songs by heart, you can usually wing it with the rest.

KEEP IN TOUCH:

• Have an email list and/or telephone tree to keep in touch with everyone in your group.
• Please let us know of your existence so we can post you on the WEB.
• International Raging Grannies groups get together every other year for an “unconvention. “