Rehearsing in Person!

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We are also offering an option to tune in to rehearsals via zoom. There may be times that this will be necessary for anyone in the band, for example if you have been travelling outside of our YT/BC/Nunavut/NWT bubble in the previous 14 days, if you have been in contact with anyone who has been diagnosed with COVID or if you are feeling sick (even just a little sick, even if you think "it's just a cold") - in these cases, please DO NOT come to rehearsal. It's so important that we are extra careful when we meet to keep us all safe and also to show that we are able to do this safely.

So with that in mind, we have many things in place that will help to remind us of the Safe Six and as it applies to our particular situation of playing instruments together. Rehearsals will look very different, with spacing considerations and frequent sanitizing to be considered:

  • sanitize your hands when entering and leaving each rehearsal space;

  • sanitize your hands after wiping down, blowing out or draining the saliva from your instrument;

  • sanitize your hands before leaving your chair at the end of each 30 minute rehearsal period; and

  • sanitize your hands after touching your face.

Furthermore, it will be incredibly important to keep the hard surfaces we touch sanitized. So, with that in mind, we are in need of a volunteer coordinator for this year of COVID who will be responsible for making sure there is always someone available to do the necessary sanitizing. It would be good to cycle through as many people as we can so it's not just one person doing these jobs every week so maybe setting up a google poll or something similar will help. Here are the jobs we need done before and after each rehearsal:

  • sanitize high touch surfaces before and after rehearsals such as door handles of PCSS Entrance 3 and all doors between PCSS cafeteria and the Band Room;
  • sanitize the surfaces of the two bathrooms on the corridor between the cafeteria and the band room (i.e., door handles, the flush, taps and sink surfaces) before and after rehearsals;
  • make sure supplies of extra personal hand sanitizer and absorbent cloths are sufficient and hand them out when needed;
  • make sure our safety and direction posters are up for the beginning of rehearsal;
  • make sure everything is tucked away again and stored in the band room.