Practica Policy during COVID-19
Shiplake Hall has re-opened after a thorough clean and has put policies in place to ensure our safety. The below incorporates these policies as well as following the relevant government guidance.
Booking
You must register in advance as a couple (or more). Partner swapping is not encouraged, although you are free to do so if you wish. If you do wish to swap partners, please be considerate of other people’s feelings .
Please register by email to tangoserenity@gmail.com, giving a contact name, mobile phone number, the date(s) you wish to attend and confirm you have both read and understood this document.
Payment in advance by bank transfer is required to avoid handling of cash. You will be given bank details when your place is confirmed.
Please do not attend if you are feeling unwell in any way or have recently (within 10 days) been in contact with anyone known to have Covid-19. Any money paid will be refunded or may be carried over to another session.
Please take a lateral flow test before travelling to the venue. If positive, please do not attend – any money paid will be refunded or may be carried over to another session.
Attending
Access to the hall during the session will be restricted. Please arrive promptly and wait outside until the start time of 8:00pm when you will be allowed in. If you arrive after the start time, the main doors may be locked; if so, please ring the bell for admittance.
Please use the hand sanitiser provided on arrival.
There will be the usual line of dance, as well as a separate area for on-the-spot practicing.
Facilities
There will be no access to the kitchen and no food or drink (other than water in a plastic bottle or other suitable container) may be brought into the hall.
Chairs will be provided for resting and there will be an area for use when not dancing.
Toilets will be available as usual. Please wash your hands after use and leave them as you would wish to find them.
Doors to the garden area will be opened (weather permitting) to increase ventilation of the hall.
Booking
You must register in advance as a couple (or more). Partner swapping is not encouraged, although you are free to do so if you wish. If you do wish to swap partners, please be considerate of other people’s feelings .
Please register by email to tangoserenity@gmail.com, giving a contact name, mobile phone number, the date(s) you wish to attend and confirm you have both read and understood this document.
Payment in advance by bank transfer is required to avoid handling of cash. You will be given bank details when your place is confirmed.
Please do not attend if you are feeling unwell in any way or have recently (within 10 days) been in contact with anyone known to have Covid-19. Any money paid will be refunded or may be carried over to another session.
Please take a lateral flow test before travelling to the venue. If positive, please do not attend – any money paid will be refunded or may be carried over to another session.
Attending
Access to the hall during the session will be restricted. Please arrive promptly and wait outside until the start time of 8:00pm when you will be allowed in. If you arrive after the start time, the main doors may be locked; if so, please ring the bell for admittance.
Please use the hand sanitiser provided on arrival.
There will be the usual line of dance, as well as a separate area for on-the-spot practicing.
Facilities
There will be no access to the kitchen and no food or drink (other than water in a plastic bottle or other suitable container) may be brought into the hall.
Chairs will be provided for resting and there will be an area for use when not dancing.
Toilets will be available as usual. Please wash your hands after use and leave them as you would wish to find them.
Doors to the garden area will be opened (weather permitting) to increase ventilation of the hall.