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  2020-07-26

  A COVID Wedding

  John Lokka's Wedding, July 26, 2020, at the Gettysburg Hotel, Gettysburg, PA. My wedding was the final wedding at the Gettysburg Hotel until at least mid-Summer 2021. Due to COVID and Pennsylvania's response, the wedding date moved three times. Originally for June 20, we changed the date to September 6 when the initial lockdown period exceeded expectations. About three weeks prior to July 26, the hotel coordinator called us to explain there were no more public events after August 2. Gettysburg College, owners of the hotel, needed additional dorm room space to meet COVID distancing restrictions. They were converting the hotel in additional dorms and distance learning. When we agreed to host our wedding, the coordinator offered many amenities originally beyond our means. They offered us the Grand Ball room, a converted bank. About a week before the wedding, PA's Government Wolf issued new COVID restrictions due to a general uptick in cases. He limited indoor gatherings (weddings) to 25 people including service personnel. To meet the requirements, Gettysburg Hotel eliminated one person, and we uninvited two. Thankfully, two people decided not show. It was great time. Every one who attended needed to be there. The joyous atmosphere gave all a chance to forget their own troubles for a few hours.
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  2020-09-18

  COVID Wedding

  Having gatherings while social distancing
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  2020-04-13

  My canceled flight

  I'm a Chinese student who is studying in the US. I was initially planning to travel back to China in May after the end of my winter semester. However, I got this notification from my airline that told me my flight was canceled due to the Chinese government's flight restriction under the circumstance of Covid-19. Now I'm still looking for a flight to go back home.
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  2020-04-27

  Running on Hope

  So theatre stopped. Everywhere. Broadway all the way to the community theatre in small towns. Shows that people put there blood, sweat, and tears into were postponed, rescheduled, then finally cancelled. They majority of theatre in the U.S. is community theatre. If a company doesn't put on a show, it could very well put them out of business. It's a business that needs an a crowd. Many companies are planning there upcoming season on hope. Hope that there will be a world to see the art they created. Online major companies have put out previous recorded operas, plays, and concerts in order to keep that spirit of art alive. And it seems to be working, for now. But we are a social species. I don't know if we can handle the separation. I hope we can outlast it. See, we are running on hope.
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  2020-03-24

  Concert rescheduled to 2021

  Our Billy Bragg concert on 7 May 2020 has been confidently rescheduled – to 12 February 2021!