Anonymous wrote:OP, if you don't feel safe going, then don't go. Drop your kid up before, pick your kid up afterward.

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Anonymous wrote:I'll admit that, even pre-COVID, I was shocked by how crowded the winter concerts were. Our MS does the choir, orchestra and band all on the same night, so they have about 500 kids plus parents all crammed into one room. It was always REALLY crowded and hard to find a seat and it was VERY long (hours), as there are two orchestras and two bands and they each play several songs. We're getting several COVID notifications per day and they want to cram a thousand people into an unventilated room for hours? It's like 25% of their grade, so the kid can't skip without failing, plus I really would like my kid to get the experience of playing in a concert. I don't understand why they aren't doing it differently this year -- breaking it up into several different nights so they can split out choir, orchestra, and band. It will literally be the most densely crowded venue I have been in since the 2019 Holiday concert.

I hope that at least parents don't bring the whole family, like many have in past years.

I would have to bring the whole family or find/pay for a sitter. Which would be tricky since my sitters would also be in the concert! Just a note to not assume that people there with other kids are jerks.

Please don’t make the obnoxious PP make you feel guilty AT ALL. I have a younger DS that WANTS to go to his sister’s concert. I am not about to say no to him. He wants to support his sister? Not a chance I’m going to make him stay home so that some random person feels better about her perceived ‘safety’.

If people are that concerned about crowds, they should probably opt out of the concert anyway. For the rest of us, we’ll mask up and enjoy the show.

Yes you say no. If the rule is so, you follow it and teach him to follow the rules. Be a parent.

If students opt out there is no concert and you don’t pass the class.

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We have had several positives from MCYO and they don’t clean more than normal. The venue is large so people could space out but most did not. The had the kids packed together when they were not playing. They try to a point but you have a false sense of security.

And, younger kids are not fully vaccinated and at this point it means nothing.

...vaccination means nothing?

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Anonymous wrote:I'll admit that, even pre-COVID, I was shocked by how crowded the winter concerts were. Our MS does the choir, orchestra and band all on the same night, so they have about 500 kids plus parents all crammed into one room. It was always REALLY crowded and hard to find a seat and it was VERY long (hours), as there are two orchestras and two bands and they each play several songs. We're getting several COVID notifications per day and they want to cram a thousand people into an unventilated room for hours? It's like 25% of their grade, so the kid can't skip without failing, plus I really would like my kid to get the experience of playing in a concert. I don't understand why they aren't doing it differently this year -- breaking it up into several different nights so they can split out choir, orchestra, and band. It will literally be the most densely crowded venue I have been in since the 2019 Holiday concert.

I hope that at least parents don't bring the whole family, like many have in past years.

I would have to bring the whole family or find/pay for a sitter. Which would be tricky since my sitters would also be in the concert! Just a note to not assume that people there with other kids are jerks.

Please don’t make the obnoxious PP make you feel guilty AT ALL. I have a younger DS that WANTS to go to his sister’s concert. I am not about to say no to him. He wants to support his sister? Not a chance I’m going to make him stay home so that some random person feels better about her perceived ‘safety’.

If people are that concerned about crowds, they should probably opt out of the concert anyway. For the rest of us, we’ll mask up and enjoy the show.

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Anonymous wrote:I'll admit that, even pre-COVID, I was shocked by how crowded the winter concerts were. Our MS does the choir, orchestra and band all on the same night, so they have about 500 kids plus parents all crammed into one room. It was always REALLY crowded and hard to find a seat and it was VERY long (hours), as there are two orchestras and two bands and they each play several songs. We're getting several COVID notifications per day and they want to cram a thousand people into an unventilated room for hours? It's like 25% of their grade, so the kid can't skip without failing, plus I really would like my kid to get the experience of playing in a concert. I don't understand why they aren't doing it differently this year -- breaking it up into several different nights so they can split out choir, orchestra, and band. It will literally be the most densely crowded venue I have been in since the 2019 Holiday concert.

I hope that at least parents don't bring the whole family, like many have in past years.

I would have to bring the whole family or find/pay for a sitter. Which would be tricky since my sitters would also be in the concert! Just a note to not assume that people there with other kids are jerks.

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We have had several positives from MCYO and they don’t clean more than normal. The venue is large so people could space out but most did not. The had the kids packed together when they were not playing. They try to a point but you have a false sense of security.

And, younger kids are not fully vaccinated and at this point it means nothing.

...vaccination means nothing?

Kids who are getting vaccinated are still getting covid so to say because you are vaccinated, you cannot get covid is false. They should have had everyone test.

Agreed. People who are vaccinated can and do spread Covid. That’s not a secret anymore.

People who are vaccinated are

1. less likely to become infected with SARS-CoV-2
2. less likely to transmit SARS-CoV-2, if infected
3. less likely to develop symptoms (covid), if infected
4. less likely to become seriously ill from covid, if covid symptoms develop
5. less likely to die from covid, if seriously ill from covid

But dies that mean we shouldn’t have common/sense restrictions to keep community spread down?

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We have had several positives from MCYO and they don’t clean more than normal. The venue is large so people could space out but most did not. The had the kids packed together when they were not playing. They try to a point but you have a false sense of security.

And, younger kids are not fully vaccinated and at this point it means nothing.

...vaccination means nothing?

Kids who are getting vaccinated are still getting covid so to say because you are vaccinated, you cannot get covid is false. They should have had everyone test.

Agreed. People who are vaccinated can and do spread Covid. That’s not a secret anymore.

People who are vaccinated are

1. less likely to become infected with SARS-CoV-2
2. less likely to transmit SARS-CoV-2, if infected
3. less likely to develop symptoms (covid), if infected
4. less likely to become seriously ill from covid, if covid symptoms develop
5. less likely to die from covid, if seriously ill from covid

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Anonymous wrote:I'll admit that, even pre-COVID, I was shocked by how crowded the winter concerts were. Our MS does the choir, orchestra and band all on the same night, so they have about 500 kids plus parents all crammed into one room. It was always REALLY crowded and hard to find a seat and it was VERY long (hours), as there are two orchestras and two bands and they each play several songs. We're getting several COVID notifications per day and they want to cram a thousand people into an unventilated room for hours? It's like 25% of their grade, so the kid can't skip without failing, plus I really would like my kid to get the experience of playing in a concert. I don't understand why they aren't doing it differently this year -- breaking it up into several different nights so they can split out choir, orchestra, and band. It will literally be the most densely crowded venue I have been in since the 2019 Holiday concert.

I hope that at least parents don't bring the whole family, like many have in past years.

No. Doi you just create stuff to worry about?

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We have had several positives from MCYO and they don’t clean more than normal. The venue is large so people could space out but most did not. The had the kids packed together when they were not playing. They try to a point but you have a false sense of security.

And, younger kids are not fully vaccinated and at this point it means nothing.

...vaccination means nothing?

Kids who are getting vaccinated are still getting covid so to say because you are vaccinated, you cannot get covid is false. They should have had everyone test.

Agreed. People who are vaccinated can and do spread Covid. That’s not a secret anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Our elementary school strings concert was canceled.

That is sad for the kids (although like the squeaky-clarinet PP, I would have been personally overjoyed as a parent to not have to sit through an elementary school strings concert...). They are missing out on so much. Cumulatively we have done, and continue to do, a lot of damage to the kids.

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Anonymous wrote:

We have had several positives from MCYO and they don’t clean more than normal. The venue is large so people could space out but most did not. The had the kids packed together when they were not playing. They try to a point but you have a false sense of security.

And, younger kids are not fully vaccinated and at this point it means nothing.

...vaccination means nothing?

Kids who are getting vaccinated are still getting covid so to say because you are vaccinated, you cannot get covid is false. They should have had everyone test.

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Anonymous wrote:I'll admit that, even pre-COVID, I was shocked by how crowded the winter concerts were. Our MS does the choir, orchestra and band all on the same night, so they have about 500 kids plus parents all crammed into one room. It was always REALLY crowded and hard to find a seat and it was VERY long (hours), as there are two orchestras and two bands and they each play several songs. We're getting several COVID notifications per day and they want to cram a thousand people into an unventilated room for hours? It's like 25% of their grade, so the kid can't skip without failing, plus I really would like my kid to get the experience of playing in a concert. I don't understand why they aren't doing it differently this year -- breaking it up into several different nights so they can split out choir, orchestra, and band. It will literally be the most densely crowded venue I have been in since the 2019 Holiday concert.

I hope that at least parents don't bring the whole family, like many have in past years.

No. Doi you just create stuff to worry about?

Anonymous wrote:Our MCPS high school split the concert into two this year to reduce the crowd sizes. I worked both the concerts and was impressed by the adherence to masks from the audience.
As a parent of a band kid, I am so happy they are allowing concerts to go on. Last year they made accommodations for sports and ignored everyone else— grossly unfair. So yeah, let’s use some of our risk for the band. The concerts were awesome!