20/05/2021
Tonight’s the night folks! So excited to be back.
A few things to mention (the long hand version of my boring but necessary risk assessment).
Firstly, we will be in the main theatre. Each place will be marked out on the floor and will have a chair on it. The first people there, please can you go to the furthest one on the floor? There are then a few places in the stalls and down the ramps. After filling up the floor area, please use the furthest seat in the stalls first and then choose the ramp seats last. I do ask that you stay in your seat and that you don’t move around the hall for the duration.
I will greet you from the stage steps, in front of me will be a table and on it you will find some music for you to pick up, some hand sanitizer for you to use, the cash box and the card reader. I’ll be there to assist with card payments. I will also need to take your name and telephone number for contact tracing; the track and trace QR code is by the table so please use that too if you have the app. If a queue forms please respect social distancing.
Mask-wearing. Apparently, the official recommendation is that people come in wearing their mask and then take it off once you are in your seat. However, I don’t know about you, but I’m not sure I feel ready to be in a room of people with no mask. So I ask that we all keep our masks on for now. We can reassess this going forward. I recommend using a surgical mask (not a home made one) for singing. I teach in them all day and they don’t impair much on the sound. I found the thicker material ones dampen my resonance quite a lot.
Please bring your own water/refreshments. Once we are allowed to mingle more then I will put on tea/coffee & cake/biscuits again. We will take a 5-10 minute break in the middle for toilet stops, obviously don’t all rush there at once, perhaps if just two go at the same time. Are we back in school again?! 😆
Please stick to these arrangements, and we will adapt as necessary going forward. We are very lucky that the Welsh Gov are allowing this, our counterparts in England are still not allowed to meet indoors. Let’s get it right.
If you have any other questions then please don’t hesitate to ask.