I am the band booker and often assist our caller booker here in Buffalo, NY. I have put out the call to local bands for next season, starting 3rd Sat. in Sept. I am just asking for a availability and parameters needed for performance, I have also stipulated that this is a tentative schedule and subject to situation and status of viral infection.
At this time we do not know when or if our dance space will again be available. So for us this is a huge factor.
As a caller, I feel comfortable "on stage" since I can be somewhat isolated from band and dancers.
However having said that. I think, for me, to dance or hold a dance we need to be at zero or relatively close to that of infection (reinfection), hospitalization and deaths due to covid-19.
People speak of a vaccine but I am personally anxious about the effectiveness of one developed so quickly with few or small trials. We won't know the efficacy of such a vaccine for a very long time. So for me this will not be a factor.
These decisions will of course need to be made by groups' governing bodies and the band members, callers and dancers.
Mary Collins