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[LORI MELENDY] What is happening?

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The Seattle Center

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all-staff picture, post-pandemic,

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celebrating our 60th anniversary.

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It's a silver anniversary,

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just like the queen.

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It's our silver jubilee.

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[BELL RINGING]

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But they'll respond to this, hopefully.

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[JAMES HOLLINS] It's going to be good

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because everybody's

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been gone from COVID.

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So everybody's back together now.

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[LORI] Don't remote in today.

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[INTERVIEWER] How many staff pictures

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have you been to?

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[LORI] It could be...

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[JAMES] Four, I think.

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[LORI] I don't remember.

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[JAMES] But it has been two or three

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because they don't happen that often.

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It's been a while.

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It's been a while

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since we've had an all-staff photo.

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[ROBERT NELLAMS] We haven't been able to do it

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for a long time.

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So this is a great opportunity

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for us to just do some of the things

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that we've always done.

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Some of the things

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that make us feel like

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we're all together.

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[LORI] I think this might be it.

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[JAMES] It's still

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going to be a small group, look like.

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Everybody still working from home.

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But we've got a few

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stragglers coming

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in, so it might be

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a little bit bigger.

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[CHELSEA RIDDICK-MOST] Like many organizations,

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we've been out of the office

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because of the pandemic.

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[PHOTOGRAPHER] On the count of three

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everybody up here.

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[CHELSEA] So the 60th anniversary is

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the first time in almost three years

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that the staff has been able

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to come back and work in person

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with each other.

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[PHOTOGRAPHER] Nobody's hiding?

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[ROBERT] Just being able to see folks

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get comfortable enough again

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to take their mask off,

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being close to each other.

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That's a first.

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[CHELSEA] For the staff

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and the people that work here,

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being able to do the business

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of bringing community

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and allowing them to to celebrate

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and be back on the campus.

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That's what is really exciting.

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-It's nice to be around everybody.

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-It's just so great to be back together again.