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CDSS News Fall 2019
Photo taken by Deborah Payne during Harmony of Song & Dance Week, Pinewoods 2019View as a Flipbook
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Letters and Announcements
Columns
Balance and Sing: Store Update- All Join Hands: Dispatches from the World of Community Dance - Organizing a Family/Community Dance Series, Part 2, by Marian Rose
- CDSS Sings — A Timeless Song Remains, by Lorraine Lee Hammond
Articles
- Published Study Shows Dance Helps Veterans with PTSD, by Deborah Denenfeld
- Stories from the CDSS Legacy of Joy Society: Nancy Boyd & Arthur Munisteri
- Response to: "A Figure by Any Other Name: Exploring Alternatives to Gypsy,", by Dragan Gill
- Remembering My Mentor, Legendary Caller Ralph Sweet, by Nils Fredland
- News From Canada—True North Music and Dance Takes Its Final Bow, by Sheila Scott, Chair, TNMD
- "A truly triumphant evening,", by Keith Murphy
- The CDSS Affiliate Network Speaks: A preliminary look at the first annual CDSS Affiliate Survey, by Emily Addison & Katy German
- Thirty and Thriving: The birth and long life of Capital English Country Dancers, by Nancy Yule
- Remembering Joan, by Brad Foster, Emeritus Executive & Artistic Director
- Contra: Homegrown in Saskatoon, by Liz James
- A Beloved Voice Stilled, a Folk Legacy Preserved: Remembering Caroline (Swenson) Paton, by Kathy Westra
Dances
- Contra Dance: Danny's Red Shoes, by Bob Dalsemer
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CDSS News Summer 2019
(photo by Jeff Bary)
Masthead
Letters and Announcements
Columns
Balance and Sing: Store Update- All Join Hands: Dispatches from the World of Community Dance - Organizing a Family/Community Dance Series, Part 1, by Marian Rose
- CDSS Sings — The Bluebird Songs of Summer, by Lorraine Lee Hammond
WEB EXTRAS:
Notation for There Stands a Bluebird
Articles
- Stories from the CDSS Legacy of Joy Society: Jane Srivastava
- Tracing the Historical Threads from an Old Maypole Photo, by David Roodman
- Calling All Callers: Old And New, by Douglas A. Singleton
- Contra: Square Dancing for Hippies, by Keegan Hempill
- CDSS Maps Future Direction at Annual Board Meeting, by Jolaine Jones-Pokorney
- CDSS Affiliates Map
- Community Grants Far and Wide
- A Figure By Any Other Name: Exploring Alternatives to Gypsy
- Organizer Discussions at Regional Events: A Great Remedy for Stagnation, Burnout, and Stress, by Emily Addison and Linda Henry
Dances
- Contra Dance: The Lowdown, by Alan P. Winston
- English Country Dance, A Trip to Provence, by Susan Kevra
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