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Hill: I have black, shiny shoes, 
patent leathers,

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and I have purple tap shoes.

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Which ones should I wear?

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See-Tho: Mm, I think it would 
be cool to have purple...

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Hill: All right. 
Well, there it is.

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That's what I'm wearing tonight.

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See-Tho: because 
we have a lot of--

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you know, everybody's 
all dressed in black.

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Be cool, 
so we're gonna walk out,

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and we're gonna turn around, 
look at each other slowly,

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and then start on one.

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[Both humming]

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See-Tho: Yeah, yeah, and that 
should be the end of the music,

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and then we just melt 
into our poses.

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Hill: Poses. Right.

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I love it. We got it.

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Do I know any other 
grandmas as funky

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as the Grant Avenue Follies 
grandmas?

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I would say no, 
besides my own mama.

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You see, my mama's funky. 
Yes, she is.

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Yeah. Love it. Here we go.

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[Cheering and applause]

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♪

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Yee: But I'd like to welcome you

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to Chinatown's most intimate 
performing arts center.

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A lot of my friends, 
their whole life is devoted

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to babysitting 
their grandchildren,

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but they forget about themselves

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and don't realize that 
it's time to live a little.

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[Jazz music playing]

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Yee: ♪ They called us 
Grant Avenue Follies ♪

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♪ 'Cause we are 
the ultimate jollies ♪

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♪ We dance, and we sing ♪

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♪ And know how 
to entertain them ♪

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♪ Dressed to kill with our ♪

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♪ Fatal social skills ♪

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♪ We are Chinatown's original ♪

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♪ Glam Bang Gangsters ♪

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♪ And Glamping Bang Gangsters ♪

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♪ We've been 
the Glam Bang Gangsters ♪

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♪

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[Cheering and applause]

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Follies: 
♪ And with big resound ♪

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♪ We crown our sister ♪

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♪ We crown 
our friend ♪

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♪ We crown the Queen 
of San Francisco Chinatown ♪

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[Cheering and applause]

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Hill: Yeah.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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[Cheering and applause]

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All right. Aw, thank you, 
thank you, thank you.

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Yee: This is Dulé Hill.

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Hill: I'm the newest member 
of the Grant Avenue Follies.

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Yes. Ha ha ha!

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I don't think there is 
another group out there

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that is doing it 
like Grant Avenue Follies.

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They really are inspiring people 
to keep on running your race,

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keep on living life 
to the fullest.

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They are maintaining 
and holding on

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to this magnificent, 
beautiful, magical history

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that exists in these streets.

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They're really making sure 
that that same power

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carries over 
into their tomorrow,

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the tomorrow of those 
coming after them,

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and the tomorrow 
of this community.

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Nice to see you. I'm with them. 
I'm with them, all right? Ha ha!

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Hsu: Dulé Hill. 
Thank you. Thank you.

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♪