[Choir] sing along

[Lani Seifert]

Sure I can set up a google sheet tomorrow with everyone able to edit. I’ll
plug Beth in for the 1st Saturday (next Saturday the 20th)
As I have said before Bronwyn, you are relentless! Lucky for us��
Lani

On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 8:15 PM Bronwyn Fryer <bronwyn at bronwynfryer.com>
wrote:

> okay then. Saturday 4 pm, 3 people besides moi, chez moi.
> who wants in for this Saturday?
> then we will rotate through the summer. LMK the dates you would like to
> sing.  Dan and I are out of here 27 June thru 2 July but otherwise around.
> Lani, can you help with scheduling? We could also do safely with groups of
> 4 elsewhere too.
>
> love to all
> B.
> Il faut chanter!
>
>
> On Jun 14, 2020, at 6:20 PM, Richard Riley <rcrileymusic at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think groups of 4 would work beautifully. You are most generous, my
> dear, for extending your generous musical self so generously!
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 6:03 PM Bronwyn Fryer via Choir <
> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>
>> Okay folks, here’s another idea.
>> I sang/played at a very safe distance on my deck with Paula Gills today
>> (what a pleasure!)
>> I think we could do groups of 4 with no problem.
>> How would it be if we set up something like that?
>>
>> love
>> B.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 14, 2020, at 4:01 PM, Richard Riley <rcrileymusic at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> God, how I hate reality sometimes...
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 12:06 PM Bronwyn Fryer <bronwyn at bronwynfryer.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Folks, given the pushback I think we had better not do this.
>>> most of us are old and should avoid anything that feels too risky.
>>> love to all
>>> B.
>>>
>>> On Jun 14, 2020, at 9:52 AM, Richard Riley <rcrileymusic at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> My instinct to share the references to my dad is straight-ahead pride,
>>> but I hope that people read and independently assess the information in *Statement
>>> of Work: Aerosol Generation from Playing Band Instruments, Singing and
>>> Performing and Risk of Infectious Disease Transmission
>>> <https://www.nfhs.org/media/3812357/risk-of-transmission-instrument-playing-vsfinal.pdf>.*
>>>
>>> For sure, this is not new news to you, but I am still struck by the
>>> intense desire of many to put COVID-19 reality behind them. We *can*
>>> put ourselves in acceptable low-risk situations, but awareness remains
>>> crucial. Susan and I were lucky to be able to do that with you and Dan.
>>>
>>> Love,
>>> Dick
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 8:57 AM Bronwyn Fryer <bronwyn at bronwynfryer.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> if we’re outdoors and wearing masks the risk is pretty low. but anyone
>>>> who feels uncomfortable should definitely stay away. We can put some of it
>>>> up on Youtube.
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 13, 2020, at 7:35 PM, Richard Riley via Choir <
>>>> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>> It's good to feel the pulse of your desire to sing together!
>>>>
>>>> Amazingly, "viral transmission via inhalation of small airborne
>>>> respiratory droplets," cited in the May, 2020 paper *Statement of
>>>> Work: Aerosol Generation from Playing Band Instruments, Singing and
>>>> Performing and Risk of Infectious Disease Transmission
>>>> <https://www.nfhs.org/media/3812357/risk-of-transmission-instrument-playing-vsfinal.pdf>* is
>>>> still assessed by the so-called Wells-Riley model, named after my father,
>>>> my Uncle Ed, and their teacher William Wells.
>>>>
>>>> This from another paper: "In the preface to his 1955 masterwork,
>>>> “Airborne Contagion and Air Hygiene: An Ecological Study of Droplet
>>>> Infections” published by Harvard University Press,... Wells attributes the
>>>> crucial distinction between droplet nuclei (airborne inhalable dried
>>>> residua of larger respiratory droplets) and germ-laden dust (non-inhalable
>>>> larger respiratory droplets) to Richard L. Riley, a medical student working
>>>> with him at Harvard at the time."
>>>>
>>>> I am very proud of my dad and uncle, and the fact that the Wells-Riley
>>>> model is still one of the ways to assess risk for airborne infection is
>>>> pretty amazing. *Please keep that Wells-Riley equation in mind when
>>>> next you sing together*!
>>>>
>>>> Dick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> P.S. Here's the equation, for your next moment of light party
>>>> conversation:
>>>>
>>>> <Screen Shot 2020-06-13 at 6.52.38 PM.png>
>>>> Dick
>>>> P=1−exp(−pQτq)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 8:21 PM Bronwyn Fryer via Choir <
>>>> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all
>>>>>
>>>>> I’ve been thinking about trying to do this. If you don’t mind wearing
>>>>> a mask when we sing closer than 10’ from one another we might attempt in,
>>>>> say a 10-person per time group. Those of you who have been to my house know
>>>>> that there is plenty of room to spread around. I can provide mics and
>>>>> amplifiers for a few people and guitar accompaniment; it might be fun to do
>>>>> rounds and a cappella too if we can hear one another.
>>>>>
>>>>> If interested, let me know and we can make arrangements.
>>>>>
>>>>> Love to all.
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