WVYB SAFETY PLAN 

 

As provincial guidelines change, WVYB actively updates our safety protocol. 

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If required by the BC provincial guidelines, we are set up for all WVYB musicians to participate from home. The cameras and screens will be set up to play along with their colleagues live.  To participate online, members must have a working camera and microphone on their computer to participate online - no exceptions. 

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Group sizes:  For the safety of all participants in rehearsals, we are adhering to the policy to allow maximum distancing and the safest and easiest entry and exit protocol.  The room can accommodate our musicians.

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Masks: are no longer required however we recommend that the musicians as they arrive and depart wear a mask.  It is suggested that those not playing wind instruments keep their mask on throughout rehearsals.  All staff will generally opt to wear a mask throughout rehearsal.  

 

Hand Sanitizer: is available at all times, and every musician will be asked to use it as they enter and exit the room. 

 

Instruments and aerosols: numerous studies have shown that wind instruments trap a great deal of the aerosol produced from similar forced-air activities such as singing or shouting.  To help trap any remaining aerosols while playing, cloth coverings are available to place over instrument openings.  Everyone is asked to make their own covering, which will provide some colour and personality, making a difficult situation a little more fun.  In addition, we will have some cloth available for those who aren't sure what to do.  (material: cotton fabric using elastic or clothes pegs to keep the cover in place).

 

Air handling system: The community centre is a modern building with excellent air handling and filtration.  Air filters in the WVYB Music Hall have all been changed this week. 

 

Shared instruments: Shared instruments: double basses and percussion equipment.  Musicians playing these instruments must use hand sanitizer on entry, and the instruments will be cleaned after each use. 

 

Entry and Exit:  Arrive - arrive 5-10 minutes before rehearsal and enter through the main Community Centre doors or through the northeast outside doors of the atrium.  The northeast atrium door is marked "WVYB entrance, proceed directly down the stairs to the Music Hall.  Exit - Members can exit through the Community Centre or through the emergency stairwell to avoid passing each other. (The stairwell exit door leads to the upper parkade off Gordon Avenue. )

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