[Choir] Singer's Masks, etc

[Vicky Viens]

Sarah was talking about buying a mask, not singing.
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Subject: Re: [Choir] Singer's Masks, etc

Bronwyn & Sarah, you might want to reconsider at least a little bit. Donia is working on some small group live singing. Maybe you would like that?? Maskless.

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On Jul 18, 2021, at 8:32 AM, Sarah Hooker via Choir <choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org<mailto:choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org>> wrote:

Me too.  - Sarah

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On Jul 17, 2021, at 6:32 PM, "csherburn at myfairpoint.net<mailto:csherburn at myfairpoint.net>" via Choir <choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org<mailto:choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org>> wrote:


Me too.
Cecile.
On Sat, 17 Jul 2021 17:55:16 -0400, Heather Moz via Choir <choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org<mailto:choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org>> wrote:

I would buy one as well.
Heather

On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 10:41 AM Lindsay Wade via Choir <choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org<mailto:choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org>> wrote:
I’ll buy a singers mask. Lindsay

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On Jul 17, 2021, at 10:10 AM, Donia Prince via Choir <choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org<mailto:choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org>> wrote:


Hello!

Thanks to everyone for our gathering this last Thursday--what a lovely time it was to be together again!
With recent news I'm feeling somewhat less hopeful about conditions turning back towards the better.  And so thinking it is worth looking into options to make singing with masks easier and more pleasurable (as we talked about at rehearsal) sooner rather than later.

The two main options are face mask frames and singer's masks.  I have ordered one set of these frames to see how they work:
 https://www.4ocean.com/products/4ocean-face-mask-support-frames?variant=37976782405825

In general, however, I'm not sure they will work well enough to sing in.  I looked up some other styles of frames, and many comments say that while they work great for general breathing, they tend not to be big enough to allow you to open your mouth wide without them sliding out of place.  The ones in the link are a little more expensive than the silicone ones that are more common, and might be better.
Various online sheet music outlets now sell singer's and instrumentalist masks, and don't sell any mask frames, so that also speaks against them, but we'll see.

This is the mask that Nan showed at rehearsal--seems to be the standard for this type of mask:
https://www.broadwayreliefproject.com/singersmask

I'd be interested in anyone's thoughts about all of this, and also interested to hear who would be willing to contribute towards a purchase of these masks for the choir, if we decide we should do this.  There just wouldn't be money in the budget for the church to pay for 20 or 25 of them, but we could probably provide some, if enough people were to pay for their own.  If we order more than 20 there is a 5% discount (not huge, but something.)

Reminder there is no rehearsal this week--the 22nd.  We'll meet again on the 29th.
Donia
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