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In Pandemic Isolation, Father And Son DJs Spun Music Into A Community

To help New Yorkers get through a dark time, Jo and Chad Vill brought a DJ set into the street of their Brooklyn neighborhood. "The next thing you know, we had a street full of people," Jo said.
Jo and Chad Vill in Brooklyn, N.Y., this month.

Last year, fear and death swept New York City when it became an early epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the country.

To lift spirits, father and son DJs Jo and Chad Vill took their musical talents and a single speaker to the street in front of the Brooklyn, N.Y., brownstone where they live. The idea has since grown into a block party that they say has brought the community closer.

Jo, who started mixing music back in the 1970s, passed on his

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