PareaGroove has had two Zoom get-togethers, one Sunday night and one last night for St. Pat’s. The first was a bit quiet, we are all still figuring it out. But after two days of Corona-tining and the closures of the bars on St. Pat’s, last night’s Groove was a bit more festive. One Groover showed up in shiny green bunny ears. I had my Guinness shirt and a stout and my pot of shamrocks, and several others had their booze of choice in tow. Needless to say, that one was a bit more rolicking. We had several states represented, here in NY, Maryland, DC, and Boston. At both I was impressed by my alumni turnout, and so I posted we should maybe do this as an alumni event. One of my eminent classmates who participated in a Groove then immediately initiated an impromptu Zoom event that same night. Amazingly, about twenty people showed up to that, from even more states, and from across the country out to the West Coast, Seattle, the Bay Area, and Hawaii. In all these chats we’ve been able to share our stresses, support each other, introduce ourselves, joke, compare our 70s TV show aptitude, just talk and plan for more. I saw today several Facebook posts of people looking to start their own Zoom chats. By forcing us inside we’re growing our community outside our current boundaries.
March 18 – Zooming Along!
