[Choir] Singer's Masks, etc

[Lani Seifert]

I will use my own mask as well.
Lani

On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 8:19 AM Catherine Lowther via Choir <
choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:

> I will use my surgical mask.
>
>
> On Jul 19, 2021, at 7:46 AM, Donia Prince via Choir <
> choir at unitarianchurchofmontpelier.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Sue,
> I would imagine that that method contains some of the droplets, although
> I'm pretty sure that any *official *source would say you need something
> that fits well around the face for singing.
> Donia
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 7:41 PM Sue Stukey <susan.stukey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, all,
>> Has anyone else tried singing while holding the lower portion of the
>> regular masks away from under your chin with one finger?  I get a lot more
>> air that way, and *I think* it's still containing any droplets from
>> going out and spreading.......Any thoughts?
>> Sue
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 10:10 AM Donia Prince via Choir <
>> 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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