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COVID-19 & MACUM CREEK CONCERTS: RESUMING LIVE SHOWS

8/6/2021

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While we're all thankful to get back to live, in-person music, we need to do it safely. It’s a little like driving down a foggy road. It’s safe to do as long as you watch where you're going, stay on the right side of the double-yellow line, and don’t speed. And the recent rise in COVID numbers due to the delta variant make this even more important.

We have an obligation to our guests, and to our artists, to take every precaution possible to create a safe environment for live music to resume. When we asked you, back in February, what it would take to make you feel comfortable coming to live shows again, you told us: vaccinations, social distancing and masks (click here for more details).

So, for the foreseeable future, our in-home house concerts will look and feel a bit different ...

Depending on the weather, our next few house concerts will either be held in our backyard or our living room - it may be a last-minute call.
We will be operating with a reduced seating capacity for now. Given the success of the vaccines and the resulting low COVID numbers and continuous positive trends, we've decided to increase our reduced limited seating capacity to around ~~32 (compared with our normal 40-45).
Only guests who have been fully vaccinated may attend in person, and we’ll be asking to see your vaccination card when you register (we won’t keep a copy, but we will make a note that you’re vaccinated so we’ll only need to ask once). Thanks to all of you who have already happily provided copies of your vax cards!
Seating will be spread out (not 6’ since everyone will be vaccinated, but distanced) and will be grouped by reservation group to maximize capacity while maintaining enough distance between group
We're all fortunate that the delta variant isn't causing a huge spike in Maryland, as it is elsewhere. That said, the CDC is recommending folks consider wearing masks when gathered indoors. We are all vaccinated, but we encourage you to consider your own circumstances and wear a mask when moving about inside the house. Don't be too surprised if we're wearing ours - we have two grandkids who can't get vaccinated yet, and we treasure our time with them. It's up to you, though. No mask shaming here.
BYO (bring your own) snacks and drinks for the time being – no shared table for food & beverages for now. We will put out plates, napkins sand plastic cups for you to use.
Fewer people translates to less money for our artists, who all have travel expenses. So we may request higher contributions from our guests for some shows, to help offset that lost income. But, regardless of our requests, remember that your contributions are voluntary, and that 100% of your contributions always go to the artist.
We’ll be providing a simulcast live stream of our house concerts for folks who can’t (or who aren’t ready to) attend in person. The live stream will be via YouTube and will require advance registration. See the concert announcement on our home page for a link to sign up for the simulcast live stream.

We don’t know what the future will bring, but we hope these extra steps will be temporary. And, of course, all of this is subject to public health conditions and guidelines as we get closer to July.

We're accepting in-person reservations for our next two concerts, as we did before the pandemic. Simulcast live stream reservations are open for Barbara's show, and will be open for Walt's show about a month before the concert.

We’re always happy to hear your comments and feedback. We will, of course, keep you all posted as the post-pandemic “fog” continues to clear.

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