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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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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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CDSS News Spring 2019
(photo by Nikki Herbst)
Masthead
Letters and Announcements
Columns
- Balance and Sing: Store Update
- All Join Hands: Dispatches from the World of Community Dance - Community Dancing in Utah, by Larraine Miner
- News From Canada: Remembering Cameron Stewart, Patriarch of Country Dance in Vancouver, BC, by Jane Srivastava
- CDSS Sings — Lucy Picco Simpson's "What's In A Song," by Peter Amidon
WEB EXTRAS:
What’s in a Song
Lucy – rough recording from the cassette tape “letter” she sent to the Amidons
http://amidonmusic.com/images/mp3s/WhatsInASongLucy.mp3
Peter, Mary Alice, Emily Miller and Jesse Milnes version, from their 2016 Brattleboro Last Night performance
http://amidonmusic.com/images/mp3s/WhatsInASong.mp3
Done Found My Lost Sheep
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=lucy+simpson+done+found+my+lost+sheep&view=detail&mid=BD99D3B9F2E68427496CBD99D3B9F2E68427496C&FORM=VIRE
Angels Hovering Round
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6Sjsw51SMI
Blessed Quietness
Lucy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q-ueXn9Rok
Peter’s harmonization: http://www.amidonmusic.com/images/mp3s/BlessedQuietness.mp3
Climbing High Mountains
Lucy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ufFpK-dDWM
Peter’s arrangement, Suzannah Park soloist: http://www.amidonmusic.com/images/mp3s/ClimbingHighMountains.mp3
Peter & Mary Alice’s son Sam Amidon’s version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R_FMrRAiho
Prodigal’s Return
We do not have a recording of Lucy singing this hymn she found in an old hymnal.
Peter’s arrangement – Tony Barrand solo, Mary Alice Amidon harmony: http://www.amidonmusic.com/images/mp3s/Prodigals-Return.mp3
Articles
- Celebrating the Life of Tom Siess, by Anne Siess and Brad Foster
- Larks and Ravens: A Report From The Field, by Dela and Dugan Murphy
- Stories from the CDSS Legacy of Joy Society: Beverly Francis and David Chandler
- Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the CDSS Grants Program, by Linda Henry and Katy German
- CDSS Archives Receive New Collection, New Energy, by Susan Creigton and Katy German
- Tips on Becoming a Better Intermediate Level Dancer, by Laura Brodian Freas Beraha
- Taking Someone Aside, by Jeff Kaufman
- Improving the ECD Open Band Experience, by Robert Reichert
- CDSS Executive Committee Kicks Off Strategic Direction in Nashville, Tennessee, by Pam Paulson
WEB EXTRA:
Downloadable PDF of the CDSS Strategic Direction — 2019 - 2023
- The Experience of a Lifetime: Contra Dance at Burning Man, by Mark Mathis
Dances
- English Country Dance: Ties of Love, by Jenny Beer (with tune The Rose By The Door, by Andrea Hoag)
WEB EXTRA:
Ties of Love danced at Hey Days 2018 - Joanna Reiner, Caller, with musicians Anita Anderson (piano) Dave Bartley (plucked strings), and Sande Gillette (fiddle)
- Contra Dance: Rainbows Over Ogontz, by Don Veino
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- Back Cover (photo by Mitch Diamond)