Country Dance and Song Society

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CDSS Annual Reports 2005
CDSS Lifetime Contribution Award 2006--Fried de Metz Herman by Allison Thompson
CDSS Lifetime Contribution Award 2005--Jack Langstaff by Jerry Epstein
CDSS Lifetime Contribution Award 2004--Larry Jennings by CDSS staff
CDSS Lifetime Contribution Award 2002--Helene Cornelius by CDSS staff
CDSS Outreach--Twenty-five years of Gadd/Merrill Recipients by CDSS staff
Contra Dance Callers and Musicians--Making Connections by Chrissy Fowler
Contra Wabi-Sabi by Marcia Michael
Cracking Chestnuts--British Sorrow by David Smukler
Cracking Chestnuts--Christmas Hornpipe by David Smukler
Cracking Chestnuts--Queen Victoria by David Smukler
Cracking Chestnuts--Rory O'More by David Smukler
Cracking Chestnuts--Triple to Duple Minor: Careless Sally by David Smukler
Cracking Chestnuts--Young Widow by David Smukler
Crowded Dance Halls by Brad Foster
Dancing Is for Boys! by Marian Rose
Dancing on College Campuses by Jenny Beer and Joanna Reiner
Dancing with a Foreign Accent--Travel Journal Excerpts by Marge Bruchac
Do Try This at Home! by Linda Henry
Do We Have To?--Copyright Basics by Pat MacPherson
A Feedback Tool--Try This at Home too! by Linda Henry
Finding the Groove by Pamela Goddard
Geography Lesson--Searching for Sackett's Harbor by David Millstone
Hands Four by Greg Rohde
Homecoming Dance by Mac McKeever
I Hate Calling. Or Do I?--Two Thoughts by Henry Morgenstein and Jo Mortland
Marathon Contra Medley Makes History at River Falls by Dave Marcus
Musical Books for Kids by Hilary Field
NOMAD: Now More Than Ever--A Personal Reflection by Barbara Ruth
Pardon Our Crowing About the Mad Robin Ball by Gayle Bergman
The Perfect Caller by Keith Connes
Pourparler Speaks by Karen Kaufman et al.
Program Planning--A Look at One of the Caller's Jobs by Colin Hume
So, Why Are They Called "Chestnuts"? by David Millstone
Some Ideas on Governance by Tom Siess and Bruce Hamilton
Special Dances for Kids by Becky Walker
Spontaneous Waltzing in Public Places by Greg Rohde
The Squeal Index--Can Old Time Bands Make It On the Contra Dance Scene? by Joyce Cauthen, Susan Davis and Scott Russell
Teaching Courtesy by Bruce Hamilton
Tell Me More by Graham Christian
Tracking Copyrights and Composers by Susan Songer
Working and Communicating with the Band by Nan Evans and Fred Nussbaum et al.
Yes, You Too Can Produce a Compilation CD--Swinging on the Gate by Rebecca King

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