Grand Targhee Resort cancels summer music festivals in light of COVID
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Grand Targhee Resort has cancelled their summer music festivals for the 2021 season. | Courtesy Grand Targhee Resort
DRIGGS Grand Targhee Resort has made the early decision to cancel both their summer music concerts for the 2021 season based on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Targhee Marketing Director Jennie White said Wednesday afternoon that the resort wanted to “play it safe” in light of new COVID-19 virus strains emerging and the pace of the vaccine rollout.
“We’re playing it safe and not playing into large crowds,” White said. “I think it is the responsible thing to do this summer where we are now living in the world of COVID.
Amid the hustle and bustle of a Tuesday morning vaccination clinic in late December, Tom Ferris, a 25-year veteran of Jackson Hole Mountain Resortâs ski patrol, became one of the first few thousand people in Teton County to get a vaccine against COVID-19.
âI know I speak for all of us: We feel fortunate to be on the list,â the 61-year-old said shortly after getting his first jab. âIâm just hopeful that it becomes available for everybody soon.â
This week and next, ski patrollers and Teton County Search and Rescue volunteers who accepted their first vaccine dose are getting their booster shot. Thatâs intended to augment the immune response the first dose created, bringing inoculations up to full efficacy.
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