GREEN level requirements at BACDS dances

This web page is based on the policy adopted by the BACDS Board at the March 2022 meeting and updated at the August 2022 meeting. The Board will monitor the situation and change policy as needed.

At GREEN level attendees at BACDS events (dancers, organizers, callers, musicians, sound, observers) must:

Show proof of full vaccination (initial vaccination + at least 1 booster (bivalent booster required as of February 1, 2023)). (Organizers may retain a list of who has provided vaccination documentation and not require them to keep doing it).
Answer each checklist question at each BACDS dance, be able to attend according to those criteria, and agree to follow BACDS procedures and to notify BACDS if they become infected (tests positive or shows symptoms) within two days after attending that dance.
Wear a well-fitting mask in the dance space - surgical, cloth, KF94, KN95 or N95-comparable, and may briefly remove their mask to eat or drink so long as they are 6 feet or more away from other dancers, and put their mask back on immediately afterwards. Musicians playing wind instruments may unmask to play and put their masks back on immediately afterward.

Attendees are advised to:

Test less than 24 hours before attending a dance, or
follow CDC guidance in regards to testing, using the CDC’s When to Test app for individuals ( whentotest.org). This app is a decision-support tool intended to help decrease the spread of COVID-19 and includes questions about vaccination status, masking, average number of close contact interactions per day, and social gathering attendance frequency.

At Green level, refreshments may be available in the dance space and attendees may briefly remove their masks in the dance space to drink, or to eat individual servings of snacks.

In late February 2022 the CDC released a new set of color-coded maps with three tiers to convey varying risk levels. California Department of Public Health has deferred to the CDC's color-coded risk tiers, so BACDS is basing its reopening requirements on these risk tiers (green, yellow, red).

This link explains the tiers and general CDC recommendations for safety at each tier.

This link preselects a California view; the map shows relevant Bay Area county levels.

This link gives an up to date printout of COVID vaccinations so you don't have to carry that card around with you. It can be saved/downloaded to a smartphone to show as proof of full vaccination.