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The Grateful Crane Ensemble's mission is to create and present meaningful and entertaining bilingual programs for Japanese American seniors in appreciation of the many sacrifices they have made so the generations that followed could live a better life in America.
The Grateful Crane Ensemble has been performing nostalgic programs in Japanese and English, for senior citizens at the Keiro Retirement Home, in East Los Angeles, and those throughout the Japanese American community.
Over the past ten years, Grateful Crane Ensemble has provided live, musical entertainment for a wide variety of community events and groups.
Some of these events have included camp reunions, holiday lunches, 88th birthday parties, anniversary parties and dinners, fundraisers, national conventions and even musical tributes at funerals.
THE TEAM
Allen Goya
Harvey Hihara
Jo Ann Hirose
John Nakaki
Christy Sakamoto
Naomi Suenaka
Nancy Takayama
Candace Watase
Lane Hirabayashi, PhD, Historical Advisor
Tak Kosakura, Board Advisor
Soji Kashiwagi, Executive Producer/Writer
Grateful Crane Ensemble
P.O. Box 1600
Sierra Madre, CA 91025
USA
gratefulcrane@gmail.com
http://www.gratefulcrane.com/Home.html
Here are few videos reflect some of their work.