I think it very much depends on local conditions.  I have been disappointed to see some local dances starting up NOW, when conditions do not yet feel safe (to me).  My personal opinion is:
a) it will be impossible to police a vaccination requirement, and easy to lie or fake some kind of documentation if someone is determined to thwart such a requirement
b) requiring vaccination makes *some* people inclined to try to thwart it just out of spite, because they don't like regulations of any kind
c) there is an equity issue about requiring vaccination... some people may not be able to be vaccinated for some personal reason that really isn't a dance organizer's business.

SO, I think it requires herd immunity.  In my mind, when the local health department says it's safe to have indoor gatherings, with high density (large numbers and no distancing), with strangers, -- such as a nightclub mosh pit scene -- THEN I think public contra dances will be a reasonable undertaking.  Until then, I'm game for small house parties with people I know and trust, where I can request that only people who are vaccinated attend, without feeling responsible for the equity issue of inadvertently excluding someone from a public event, and where I can control the numbers and we can do our own contact tracing in case someone gets Covid in spite of being vaccinated.  I suppose if I were asked to book for the fall, I would take the booking with the understanding that it's tentative, and if herd immunity has not yet been achieved, based on CDC specs and local data, then either one of us could cancel the event with no obligation to the other, and I would make it clear that I would do so.

My ten cents.

- Diane
Asheville, NC

On 5/4/2021 4:36 PM, Woody Lane via Contra Callers wrote:
Hi Everyone,

The pandemic has shut down dances for nearly 15 months, but things may be beginning to change. I would like your input on this --

I just received my first request to call at a regular community dance. The dance would be scheduled for September. (The organizers are beginning to schedule for the fall.) This would be a typical evening indoor dance held in a gym. Pre-covid attendance was 70-100. The organizers assured me that safety protocols would be followed, etc. I have not responded yet. (I am fully vaccinated.)

Has anyone else begun receiving invitations to call dances? How far out? What are your thoughts on this situation? What is your sense of risk and comfort and community responsibility? I'd really like to get some feedback from this group.

Thanks!
Woody

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