Submitted on Wednesday 19th May 2021
Rejected on Friday 21st May 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Allow amateur choirs to rehearse indoors, under controlled conditions
Under current rules, amateur choirs can only rehearse inside in groups of 6, unlike professionals who are allowed 30. Surely we could also be allowed to rehearse in groups of 30, now so many are vaccinated and LF tests are freely available. Testing/spacing rules could be enforced by our directors.
If pubs can open, why not choirs? Benefits to mental health, the community and spiritually wellbeing of singing in churches, choral societies etc should balance concerns about transmission of Coronavirus.
Testing could willingly be done by choir members, and both vaccinations have taken place for many.
Even if some of the choir has to join in online, it works much better if a big group is singing in situ.
Many professionals rely on this work with amateurs, and it's demoralising for all of us.
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Allow non-professional singing in groups of more than six indoors
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/586559
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