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Dart, Mary: Contra Dance Choreography: A Reflection of Social Change
(HTML format) Originally published by Garland Publishing, Inc, New York & London, 1995 Mary Dart's classic study of choreography has been out of print for some time. She recently approached CDSS about making it available online in html format. While she continues to explore print publishing options we are delighted to offer her work online.Robert G. Dalsemer: West Virginia Square Dances
(PDF format) West Virginia Square Dances was originally published by The Country Dance and Song Society in 1982 and has long been out-of-print. We have offered it in its current pdf form for some years now and welcome you to print single copies directly fromthe website. The full set of files, including sound files, is just shy of 7 Mb. Please contact CDSS at 413-268-7426 x106 if you want to print multiple copies. In the book, Dalsemer describes dances figures as done in five rural West Virginia communities in the mid- to late-1970s and reports on their regular dance events, including program format, type of audience, price and method of admission, and the traditions of figure calling and musical performance. The history of each dance event is discussed as is their on-going process of evolution. In addition, the book contains three appendices: a list of tunes commonly played for square dances; transcriptions of calls; and tunes for caller Worley Gardner's singing and semi-singing calls. A CD-ROM with embedded audio files of West Virginia Square Dances is also available, through the CDSS Sales Department, for $12.00.
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