CDSS News
The CDSS News is a print publication and, in a slightly shorter format, an online publication. Below are articles and other material from the most recent issues. We hope you find it informative, thought-provoking, and entertaining. Please contact us if you have comments or questions.
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Selections from CDSS News, Spring 2013 Issue
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Letters and Announcements
New Lifetime Contribution Awardees- CDSS Is Looking for Stars!, by Bev Bernbaum, CDSS Nominating Committee
- Donor Thanks for 2012 Now Posted, by Robin Hayden, CDSS Director of Development
- New Membership Benefit: Fractured Atlas, by Jeff Martell, CDSS Store and Services Manager
- Youth Intern Morphs into Education Associate, Pat MacPherson CDSS Education Department Director
- Speaking of Mary, by Mary Wesley
- Outreach Outlook, by Linda Henry, CDSS Outreach Manager
Columns
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- Yoga for Dancers: Cranky Knees and Long Quads by Anna Rain
- News from Canada: Contra Dancing Has Blown Downwind to Nova Scotia, by Dottie Welch and Eliza West
Articles
- Catalyst and Confluence: Director’s Report, by Rima Dael
- CDSS Exec Travels, by Jill Allen (Huntsville) and Jenny Beer (Sacramento)
- A Feast of Song: Attending the First Annual Youth Traditional Song Weekend, by Emma Schneider
- Talking About…Money, by Brendan Taaffe
- Growing the Dance Community via a Wiki, by John Nash
- The Mountain Dance Trail Preserves Appalachian Square Dancing, by Becky Hill
- Country Dancers of Rochester Teach History with Pleasure, by Lisa Brown
Dance
- Chinese New Year, by Chris Page
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Selections from CDSS News, Winter 2012-2013 Issue
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Letters and Announcements
- Website Kits Being Considered, by David Means and Scott Higgs
- Rethink Those Tunes?, by Stewart Dean
- Summer Fundraising Goal Reached
- Membership Dues Going Up
- Camp Jobs Available
- Updates and Corrections to the Last Issue
- Gift Membership
- Recent Outreach Funds Offered
- Lifetime Contribution Award Recommendations Sought for 2013
- Lifetime Award Party
Columns
- Balance and Sing (Store Update), plus Water Bottles and Tote Bags
- Yoga for Dancers—“Shoulders Back”…and So Much More
(News from Canada will return in the next issue)
Articles
- Director’s Report, by Rima Dael
- President’s Report, by David Millstone
- “Come Sound His Praise Abroad”—Sacred Harp Singing Across Europe, by Jesse P. Karlsberg
- Dancing the Dance, by Tom Webb
- “Good Morning, Michigan”—Henry Ford, Benjamin Lovett and Lovett Hall, by Rick Szumski
- CDSS Camp Scholarship Recipients for 2012, by Linda Henry
Poem
- A Lesson from Scottish Country Dancing, by Jamie Tanner
Obituaries
Click here for a PDF containing recent obituaries.
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