Greetings, UVCB,
Summer is fast approaching, and with it will come opportunities to perform outdoors. Our first potential performance date is May 29th in Norwich. I write “potential” because we await acceptance by the Lyman F. Pell Post 8 (VFW) of our proposal to participate in their Memorial Day observance.
There will be more evening concerts and parades coming up. I expect we will hear some “summer music” in our upcoming Monday evening rehearsals.
Thank you all for your efforts to keep yourself and those around you well during our ongoing Covid stress. UVCB Covid policies are summarized at the bottom of this note.
Mark Nunlist
President, UVCB
Music parts
If you do not have parts for music we rehearse, we invite you to download and print the relevant music from this website: "November 2021 parts" folder. (This site contains parts for most – if not all – of the music we’ve been rehearsing.) If you need par but are unable to obtain them from this site, please email our Music Librarian, Jane Sachs, at jsachsnh@gmail.com so that she can provide copies at rehearsal. Thank you all; these steps will minimize rehearsal time devoted to distribution of parts.
UVCB Covid policies
CDC currently grades risk of Covid transmission in our surrounding counties as “High.”
Proof of vaccination against Covid (i.e., basic series plus booster unless unable to do so by virtue of timing) continues to be required to participate in any in-person UVCB event. Members may demonstrate proof by emailing a copy of the CDC card to mark.nunlist@dartmouth.edu or texting that image to him at 603-448-7901. At the Board’s direction, Mark Nunlist continues to maintain a confidential record of members’ vaccination status.
There will be occasions when a UVCB member tests Covid-positive. When this occurs or the Band member believes he or she has been exposed a Covid-positive individual elsewhere, we ask that the individual notify Mark Nelson and Mark Nunlist. We can then inform other Band members who might have been exposed themselves by virtue of proximity and can then test / monitor themselves.
A member who tests Covid-positive is welcome to return to in-person UVCB events following completion of the recommended five-day isolation period plus a further five days of mask-wearing around other people and has obtained a negative Covid antigen test (e.g., an “at-home” Covid test).
Band members occasionally announce that they plan to miss an upcoming rehearsal because they don’t feel well. We applaud that concern for one another. Please excuse yourself if you have any symptoms of illness, regardless of any test result, and seek medical care and / or covid testing as appropriate.
Of course, the individual’s own healthcare is of paramount importance, and we encourage members to seek - and be guided by - appropriate medical advice.
Thank you all and stay well,
Mark Nunlist
President, UVCB
C: 603-449-7901
Email: mark.nunlist@dartmouth.edu
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Greetings, UVCB,
As I mentioned last week, our summer season is approaching, and it seems wise to begin to prepare to play at parades, outdoor concerts, and official gatherings such as the Memorial Day event in Norwich. Accordingly, I plan to bring the parade booklets to tomorrow's rehearsal. We'll spend a little time playing from these; in particular I want to see if we have booklets for everyone -- and if not, to plan to fill whatever gaps surface.
In addition, I hope to work on the following:
Hopkins, And the Waltz Goes On
Ravel Pavan
Holst, all three movements
West Side Story
Lemons and Limes
O Slip It, Man
Warm regards,
Mark Nelson
Music Director, UVCB
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