Here in St Louis, we've had a small handful of dances - outdoors in a city
park, live music, open calling, proof of vaccination required, with a
signup sheet provided in case we hear of anyone getting sick (so we can
notify all the others who attended).
The dances have only a small percentage of our regular dances, but everyone
is SO HAPPY to see their friends, to chat, to hug -- and dance!
We won't be able to keep them up much longer - outdoors starts to get
pretty cold here soon. If we can find an indoor space with good
ventilation, we could probably continue getting together, but otherwise, we
will probably try to figure out how to make "pod dancing" work - that is,
dancing at home with a small group of clearly vaccinated and boostered
friends. If we could get a handful of "pod groups" to broadcast on Zoom, we
might even start thinking they're fun!
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On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 10:51 AM Becky Liddle via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi caller friends,
I’m the president of Toronto Contra Dance and we’re about to survey our
membership about when they’ll feel ready to return to in-person dancing,
and under what circumstances. We’re expecting that at first dances will be
vaccinated-only spaces, probably with masks required. But it would be very
useful to us if we knew of other dance organizations that had already begun
vaccinated-only dances, so we could learn how that’s going. (Do they
require masks? Can people enjoy the dance with masks? Has anyone gotten
sick? What adaptations, e.g., slowing down the music, have they needed to
make to accommodate mask-wearing? What systems have worked well for
verifying vaccination status?)
I had hoped CDSS would be monitoring back-to-in-person dances to inform
the rest of us how those ventures are going, but as far as I can tell,
they’re not doing that.
Any information anyone can provide would be most appreciated! Back-channel
messages welcome! If I’m re-inventing the wheel here, please put me in
touch with whatever group is looking into this!
Thanks!
Becky Liddle
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