Blake Music Studios Covid / Coronavirus / Variants Policies  
In conjunction with your child participating in any program with Blake Music Studios, you will be asked to sign a contract that includes these terms:

 _____ (1) The programs taught at Blake Music Studios are interactive group programs. It is not feasible to social distance the students and teacher during class. Students will be coming and going at the same time and they will be in close contact with other students, and potentially parents, when entering and exiting the studio. In class, we will be in close proximity as we share manipulatives, percussion instruments, pass objects, and interact together. 

_____ (2) Hand sanitizer as well as soap and water are available for your child to use before, during, or after class. Your teacher will not be requiring or managing the use of hand sanitizer/hand washing upon entering or exiting.

 _____ (3) Face masks will not be required in class. The teaching done in these classes is much more effective without masks on. Wearing masks may prohibit your child from using proper singing technique. It may also inhibit their development of accurate pitch, as it will muffle the sound. In addition, masks interfere with facial expressions which are necessary in bonding elements intentionally written into the programs. The decision on mask wearing will be up to the individual parent and student. Your child is welcome to wear a mask, or not. Your teacher will not be wearing a mask. Some of your child’s classmates may be wearing masks, but others may not. 

_____ (4) As always, please do not send your child to class within 24 hours of illness (fever, excessive coughing, vomiting, diarrhea). If a child has symptoms of illness, specifically, a cough or runny nose, that child may be dismissed from class. If your teacher is sick, class will be postponed and the semester schedule adjusted.

 _____ (5) Live classes will be taught the entire year. Online, virtual, and/or makeup classes will not be an option. 

_____ (6) I am choosing to have my child participate in class, as outlined, of my own free will. I understand the associated potential risks of exposure to Covid-19, any of its variants, or any other virus or illness. By choosing to participate, I assume the risk for myself, my child, and my family. I agree to release, hold harmless and indemnify Let’s Play Music, Blake Music Studios, Katelynd and Benjamin Blake, the current property owners, their family members and heirs from all claims, losses, damages, liabilities (monetary, medical, or otherwise), penalties, expenses, legal fees and costs of any kind or amount whatsoever, which may result should myself, my child, or my family become infected with Covid-19, any of its variants, or any other virus or illness due to participation in classes.