SCOTTSBLUFF - High school marching bands and show choirs in Nebraska now have a road map for how to hold summer practices and camps. New state guidance released Tuesday strongly recommends that during those activities students practice social distancing and preventive hygiene.

For bands, the guidance recommends that for all drill and on-field formations, students be spaced at least three steps apart, or about 5 1/2 feet. That would mean none of the tight, shoulder-to-shoulder marching formations, at least for now. It also recommends that kids bring their own individual water bottles, no sharing of sheet music, folders or equipment, and no food prepared by band boosters.

Students at show choir camps are advised to keep six feet apart and maintain physical distancing while singing or dancing. That means spacing risers and chairs to ensure social distancing.

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