{"id":5017,"date":"2024-01-23T16:15:31","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T21:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/?p=5017"},"modified":"2024-01-23T16:16:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T21:16:26","slug":"jazz-beignets-and-a-global-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/2024\/01\/23\/jazz-beignets-and-a-global-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz, Beignets, and a &#8230;. Global Pandemic?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/40219793492_6bd2b2470d_k-1024x736.jpeg\" alt=\"A picture in front of the Good Friends Bar in New Orleans, Louisiana during Mardi Gras.\" class=\"wp-image-5019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/40219793492_6bd2b2470d_k-1024x736.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/40219793492_6bd2b2470d_k-300x215.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/40219793492_6bd2b2470d_k-768x552.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/40219793492_6bd2b2470d_k-1536x1103.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/40219793492_6bd2b2470d_k.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pedrosz\/40219793492\">New Orleans, Louisiana. Mardi Gras, French Quarter<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pedrosz\/\">Pedro Szekely<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\">CC BY-SA 2.0 Deed<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/UNIVERSFIELD-Cloaked-in-Mystery.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/universfield\/gloomy-spooky-1\/cloaked-in-mystery\/\">Cloaked in Mystery<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/universfield\/contact\">UNIVERSFIELD<\/a> sourced from FMA is licensed under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The date is March 8th, 2020. I am currently on my senior year spring break volunteering in the great city of New Orleans when news of the Covid-19 virus starts making headlines. A weird energy started to develop within the city. Crowds of tourists still carried on as usual but the volunteer coordinators were frantically working with other coordinators trying to figure out a plan of action. Needless to say, no one knew what to do and what exactly this virus could do. A stay at home order was issued a few weeks later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I went back to New Orleans in 2022 to see Elton John in concert. The once bustling tourist destination was quieter then it had the last time I was there. The pandemic had lingering effects on a city so reliant on tourism. The volunteer organization that I had previously worked with and which had been established right after Hurricane Katrina had taken an indefinite hiatus because of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My hope is that the city is starting to recover and get back to where it was before the pandemic hit. The suspenseful music contrasting with a lively image taken in the French Quarter is how I remember the start of the pandemic. The feeling of not knowing what will happen or how long we would be in lockdown is how I felt during those first few weeks. I think I will always remember being in New Orleans when the global pandemic started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The date is March 8th, 2020. I am currently on my senior year spring break volunteering in the great city of New Orleans when news of the Covid-19 virus starts making headlines. 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