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I'm feeling very happy tonight, even while I'm still self isolating at home. My local choir, Kala Rava, has just finished our fortnightly online Zoom meeting for this evening. It's more fun when we can get together physically at the local hall, but we aren't allowed to gather in person, so at the start of the "lockdown" Marie our choir leader organised for us to meet online every 2 weeks.
I really look forward to catching up with my choir friends and seeing their faces. Even though it's only 1.25 hours of singing and connecting with others it really makes a difference to my mood. I'm happy when I can sing with the choir. It's important to stay connected during these isolating times, know that everyone else is still there and it gives me something to look forward to. I feel very happy and grateful to have these other people in my life and I look forward to seeing them all again in person - hopefully not too far off.
After the singing is over, it's time to reflect upon how important it is to have music and singing in my life and to have friends to enjoy it with.
The Zoom technology is great. Sitting in front of my laptop computer I can add a backdrop of one of my own photos and then the camera in the laptop shows me in front of my photo. I change the photo each week and enjoy seeing other people's photos. We can all see each other while we listen to the music and sing along. It's different singing this way but definitely better than not meeting at all.
I really look forward to catching up with my choir friends and seeing their faces. Even though it's only 1.25 hours of singing and connecting with others it really makes a difference to my mood. I'm happy when I can sing with the choir. It's important to stay connected during these isolating times, know that everyone else is still there and it gives me something to look forward to. I feel very happy and grateful to have these other people in my life and I look forward to seeing them all again in person - hopefully not too far off.
After the singing is over, it's time to reflect upon how important it is to have music and singing in my life and to have friends to enjoy it with.
The Zoom technology is great. Sitting in front of my laptop computer I can add a backdrop of one of my own photos and then the camera in the laptop shows me in front of my photo. I change the photo each week and enjoy seeing other people's photos. We can all see each other while we listen to the music and sing along. It's different singing this way but definitely better than not meeting at all.