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Web last updated:
11/13/07
Thank you for visiting the Grateful Crane Ensemble website.
You'll find information here on our current performance schedule, upcoming
projects and images from our past productions.
Our Mission
Established in July 2001, the Grateful Crane Ensemble, Inc. (GCE) is a non-profit theatre company whose mission is create and present educational and entertaining bilingual programs that tell the stories of sacrifices made by first and second generation Japanese Americans throughout history and show appreciation for such sacrifices. By presenting such programs to the general public, the GCE educates our fellow citizens about Japanese American history and fosters intercultural understanding, while showing gratitude for the past sacrifices of first and second generation Japanese Americans.
Ensemble Profile
Since July 2001, the Grateful Crane Ensemble has been performing nostalgic programs for seniors at the Keiro Retirement Home and throughout the Japanese American Community Through music, song and storytelling, the Ensemble honors, pays tribute to and remembers our Issei, Nisei and Kibei elders. It is our small way of "giving something back." It is our gift to you.
In 2003 the Ensemble received a grant from the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program which is allowing the current production to tour its Camp Dance: The Music and the Memories show to eight California cities in Spring and Summer of 2004.
Contact Information
Grateful Crane Ensemble
Soji Kashiwagi
P. O. Box 29772
Los Angeles, CA 90029
Tel:
323-769-5503
Email: gratefulcrane@yahoo.com