Re: It might be a long time until we dance again - Organizers

9 Apr 2020

I was thinking about this also

Gov Raimondo, as well as Rep Cicilline announced a couple of days ago that
a part of the federal stimulus money will go to people working the gig
economy. No matter what they're receiving from unemployment, they will also
receive an extra $600 per week, so our musicians won't be out in the cold.
I do think that we should pay them something.

We already have orders until the end of May for some things here in RI. The
peak is expected to be mid May, so I'm not sure when regular life will
start up again. As it stands, anyone who leaves RI and returns has to
self-quarentine for 14 days, so I won't be leaving anytime soon.

I don't see any use in trying to mitigate risk of spreading the virus. We
just need to wait it out.

What did we land on last time? Was it the end of April or the end of May?

The Monday Contras at the Scout House posted this. It is a message from all
the performers, with contact information. If someone can post it somewhere
easy to find, I can get the information from the callers and band.

http://mondaycontras.com/pages/performers-messages.php

Lisa Lunt
Pronouns: She/Her

On Thu, Apr 9, 2020, 9:43 AM Bob Peterson via Organizers <
organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote:

...
  Our dance organizers have not had the conversation.
But here are the same
 thoughts I would express to them if we had that conversation this week.

 I think resumption will follow this pattern. Each organizer will make
 their own individual decision about when they will be safe to help run a
 dance. Dancers and performers will likewise. As a result, dances can only
 resume if enough organizers and performers for a dance series decide to
 resume it. Hopefully they don’t need 100% of the organizers, but many
 series are run by very few people.

 Dances stand a good chance of losing money (more than usual, anyway) for
 months until enough dancers decide to come.

 Performers will face pressure to decide between health safety (their own
 and the dancers) versus income/supporting dances. Hopefully no one adds
 peer pressure to anyone else, but that seems unlikely. I imagine the most
 powerful pressure arguments will include “Our dance will die if we don’t
 resume now!” “Our venue’s regular reservation will be taken by some other
 group!” “We need to support our artists!”.

 \Bob Peterson
 Boston Gender Free Contra Dance

 PS I haven’t even considered how dances must change to reduce virus
 transmission. That’s a related but separate topic.

  On Apr 9, 2020, at 09:22, Lisa Sieverts via
Organizers <  organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote:

 Organizers, what are your plans for restarting your dances?

 I had a conversation with a smart person the other day, who said “we  probably
can’t dance again until there is a vaccine for this corona virus.”
 And that might be 12-18 months away.

 If that’s the case, what should our organizations be doing during that  period of
time? And how many dances just won’t restart?

 What conversations are you having within your organizations?

 Thank you,
 Lisa
 Monadnock Folklore Society

 Lisa Sieverts
 603-762-0235
 lisa(a)lisasieverts.com
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