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Clara Hsu is fundraising
Glammas Wrap, The Music Video
Grant Avenue Follies , a group of grandmas ages 66 to 87, show the world how beautiful and fun it can be when the heart is young.

Glammas Wrap is the Follies' new music video. We're raising funds to pay the production team: videographers, seamstresses, photographers, lighting, editors, and props.

Your donation of any amount is appreciated. We want EVERYONE to be a part of the Glammas' world.

The Follies' first music video, Gai Mou Sou Rap (2021), went viral on the internet and got the Follies on the Steve Harvey Show . Now the Follies are teaming up with couture designer Colleen Quen and get all glammed up to affirm their sisterhood in a "wrap!"

Written in Cantonese and English by the poet Clara Hsu , Glammas Wrap is a genuine Chinese-American collaborative creation that celebrates the richness of the Chinese American experience through language, fashion, music and dance.

Music for the Wrap is composed and recorded by award-winning music/video producer Greg Landau .

The music video premiered on October 8. It is now available to view on YouTube.

Be a part of the giving community that cheers the Follies on! All donated funds will go to Clarion Performing Arts Center, a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization. Clarion is the home of the Grant Avenue Follies and will be managing the funds. Your donation is tax-deductible.

Thank you so much!

Sincerely,

Clara Hsu

Director of Clarion Performing Arts Center
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Clara Hsu is fundraising
Gai Mou Sou Rap--Seniors Against Violence
San Francisco Grandmas are making a stance against violence by rapping with their gai mou sou (chicken-feather duster), a traditional Chinese symbol of authority and moral compass.

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Clarion Performing Arts Center proudly presents the Grant Avenue Follies. Since 2004 the Follies, a senior cabaret group, has been performing in benefits and entertaining communities in the Bay Area and beyond . The violence that has been inflicted on our seniors in recent months spurs the Follies to take off their blings and pick up their gai mou sou. Thus, the Gai Mou Sou Rap is born.

Clarion is the home of the Follies and provides a safe space for the group to rehearse. Our goal is to produce a professional recording of Gai Mou Sou Rap to be played at anti-Asian violence rallies. We would also produce a music video and share it as an empowerment for all the Chinese communities. Please help us in achieving this goal.

Your donation to the Gai Mou Sou Rap will help us pay for:

Artist and musicians
Audio recording, mixing and editing
Choreographer
Video director
Camera & lighting rentals
Shoot location rentals
Editing & post production
Costume & props
Rehearsal space

Gai Mou Sou Rap is written by the Follies' own poet, Gumting. Artwork of Chinatown Grandma by Leland Wong.

This is an imminent project. Clarion and the Follies feel compelled to bring the rap to life, to make a strong statement, to remind others the value and vitality of the seniors, and to beat violence with grace.

Clarion Performing Arts Center is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization in the heart of San Francisco Chinatown. Your donation to this project is tax deductible to the full extent of the law. Visit Clarion's website at: https://clarionmusic.com/

Thank you!

Photo credit: Dorothy Odonnell.
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