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Rehearsals Cancelled

Chalk up another win for Covid-19. Canyon Winds has cancelled rehearsals for the next 2 weeks after which we will assess the situation. Bummer, but considering that the majority of the members are middle and older (some with pre-existing conditions) adults it is the appropriate response. Still it's sad to miss rehearsing and performing.
Also most of the school districts in the Colorado Springs area are closed until after Spring Break. The Colorado Springs Philharmonic is closed, The Youth Symphony (supposed to tour Greece this summer??), and groups are added every day. I cancelled my private students until April. This is my biggest disappointment but with my wife having a compromised immune system it has to be done.
Thank goodness for Skype, email, and texts!
The upside to this 'social isolation' is we can get a lot of our projects done. I'm glad that I never took up Toilet paper mache.
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  1. Far Side of FiftyMarch 14, 2020 at 12:30 PM

    We are staying home also and hoping for the best. I let my brother go to Bingo with my Dad this week...Dad still wanted to go.

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  2. RonaldMarch 26, 2020 at 7:34 AM

    You could have still used it; just a little scratchy...

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