Swingin' Tern

The Swingin' Tern report for June

We're preparing for our free July 17 re-opening dance. In order to attend

the dance, performers and dancers must be vaccinated. Any dancer who

cannot present a vaccination card will be offered a free pass to another

dance. At least through August and probably beyond, all attendees will be

required to be fully vaccinated.

About thirty people have submitted vaccine cards. More cards will arrive

in the next ten days and we will accept cards at the door. We are putting

people on a list we will use for future dances and for notification if

someone at the dance reports becoming infected. So far everyone has wanted

to be on that list.

We have recently visited the venue at the parish house twice, for a

committee meeting and to prepare for the coming dance. We've purchased

more fans -- not just because of the virus, but also because it's July and

hot!

We've received a generous donation from Lin Goetz. We will also encourage

dancer contributions to ST/FP in a low-pressure way. Lin's contribution

enables us to offer free admission, and also partly motivated by that

contribution, Jon Justin is purchasing upgraded stage monitors and a much

better equipment-transportation cart.

We have a good relationship with the church and have been in regular

contact with them over the last sixteen months. Also during that time,

several dancers have made several contributions.

Five bucks says we'll have unusually high attendance for a hot summer

night, and from an unusually broad area. Anyone dumb enough to take that

bet will see a fiver fly into our donation jar.

Leigh Walker

Swingin' Tern