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! M E On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 10:51 AM Becky Liddle via Contra Callers < contracallers@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 > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net > -- We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. ~ Nietszche
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