despite the rain there was no stopping those gathered at the goa rainbow trusts grt pre party the lgbtqia community in goa came together with friends and allies to celebrate their being out and proud at the party at a beachfront property in calangute we were scared the rains would spoil the fun but are happy that people could make it said chris fernandes from the grtwith a wide age group of people from 18 to 60 people were seen sipping on cocktails and socialising with others musicians and performers associated with sofar sounds were there the evening began with performance poetry and song by omkaray namah and rochelle trindade followed by portuguese singer maria meireles who was accompanied by neil fernandes while omkar set the tone with a song on love and a poem composed on the spot rochelle lifted the tempo with her powerpacked voice maria and neil took the party to another level with their rendition of portuguese and english numbersit was so much fun to people be a part of the music and i had a great time dancing to the performances said rishabh chodankar who is with the grt nishica a transwoman who moved to goa recently from mumbai said that she was happy to see that goa is opening up to the community goa still needs to be a little more open the preparty was held with the intention of allowing lgbtqia people and their allies to mingle and socialise it was lovely to meet everyone she said