‘TOGETHER APART’
DOZENS of neighbors used music to lift the spirits of their community as Americans continue to practice what could be weeks of social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Ivanka Trump shared a video on Instagram Monday of dozens of Bostonians in the streets of Massachusetts belting out "Lean On Me" by Bill Withers.
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"Boston leaning on each other #TogetherApart," she captioned the clip.
In the clip that first surfaced Friday, four people are seen leaning out of open windows in their homes clapping their hands as they serenade the streets crooning the 1972 classic hit.
As the camera pans from the roof to the streets, a driver is shown sitting on the edge of his car window singing and clapping along.
Passersby briefly stop to capture the moment on their phones before they also join in song.
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"Six feet away everyone, six feet away," a man at the window jokingly says while pointing a finger at the small crowd across the street from his apartment building.
The first daughter didn't say where the video came from or who filmed it.
Bostonians have used music to alleviate the anxiety and uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus crisis.
Arts organizations and residents throughout the city spent last week organizing singalongs to fend off isolation as Gov. Charlie Baker tightened statewide restrictions on social distancing and non-essential businesses Monday, according to Boston.com.
City dwellers were inspired by quarantined Italians, who serenaded one another from their balconies on March 13 to lift their spirits while the country remains on lockdown.
Football songs and energizing chants of "The people will never give up so come on Naples!" rang throughout residential housing blocks.
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