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| Prepared by The Montreal Raging Grannies |
Starting your own Raging Grannies group 1. Bring together a group of five or more women:  -It's not necessary to be a grandmother or be a good singer. All you need is a lot of spunk, a belief in change and an open mind! -Treasure the wide ranges of colour, size, ethnicity and age of women's face. -It helps to have at least one good singer who can be the song leader, and who can introduce the songs. -Make a "Grannies" sign to bring to all performances. -Designate one Granny to be the "Booking Granny" to eliminate the possibility of double booking. 2. Dress for the part: -Check out your closet or thrift stores for crazy hats, shoes and a "granny costume". The more colourful and outrageous, the better: try flowers, buttons, boas, frills, shawls, and wild outfits. 3. Find songs to sing, then practise, practise, practise! -The Victoria Raging Grannies have published a songbook, but there are many more recent songs available. Just contact any Granny group and see what they have - Grannies love to share their songs! -Try writing your own songs - funny and satirical songs are great, when possible and appropriate. -It helps if everybody knows five or six songs well - you can usually wing it with the rest. -Pitchpipes come in handy to start the group on the same note. -Practise! Many Grannies find they practise at least once or twice a month - or more if there are several gigs coming up. -When singing, be certain to look up from your music and make eye contact with your audience. Sing loudly and clearly. Smile! 4. Keep in touch: -Have a telephone tree to keep in touch with everyone in your group. -Keep in regular contact with other Granny groups. -Submit reports about your activities to the Granny Grapevine publication -if you can, come on out to the biannual national "Unconvention" - it takes place in Canada, but American Grannies are invited too. These meetings are smashing! |
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