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CDSS News Spring 2018

CDSS News Spring 2018 Cover(photo by Jeffrey Bary)

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Letters and Announcements

Columns

WEB EXTRAS: 

Listen to Glenn Ohrlin sing the song at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv0bx6csjbc

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US Organizers - Take the follow up survey by April 13, 2018 
Join the new Organizers email list

Articles

Dances

  • iconPDFAtossa's Gift—English Country Dance by Scott Higgs; tune (Love for Three Generations) by Clara Byom (see links below)

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Watch Katy German call the dance at Berea Christmas School, December 2017: https://www.facebook.com/john.newsome.399/videos/10215667547627101/

Love for Three Generations tune in Eb
Love for Three Generations tune in F

  • iconPDFLighter Than Air —Waltz Circle Mixer by Susan English; tune (Lighter Than Air Waltz) by Daniel Engle
  • iconPDFCaroline's Stellar Stomp—Contra Dance by Wendy Graham; tune (Eleanor's Jig) by Adam Nordell of Sassafras Stomp

WEB EXTRAS:

Caroline’s Stellar Stomp set to Sassafras Stomp’s Eleanor’s Jig played by Uncle Farmer at Stellar Days & Nights: https://www.facebook.com/perkypantsdance/videos/1649223015154751/

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  • Back Cover (photos by Jeffrey Bary, Doug Plummer, Carl Friedman, and Simon Chambers)

 

CDSS News Winter 2017-18

CDSS News Winter 17 18 Cover(photo by Ali Solomon)

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Letters and Announcements

Columns

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Jubilee – sung by Jean Ritchie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v_jhm0hMZY

Gypsy Davy - sung by Woody Guthrie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufBNBaKO1fc&list=RDufBNBaKO1fc&t=5

The Gypsy Laddies - Sung by Jeannie Robertson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NJaXI0A28I

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The concepts for the work in this column build on the structures practiced in these previous columns:
Fall 2017: Descend; Ascend; Broaden; Soften: Strengthen the Muscles that Lift Your Torso
Fall 2016: Float the Floating Ribs and An Altar for the Heart

Articles

Dances

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Song to the Moon recorded at Winter Dance Week at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC, with music by Foxfire and instructions/prompting by David Millstone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWZb-Ch8PMw

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Errata

An ad for the 2018 Binghamton (NY) Ball & Sunday Brunch was slated to run in the Winter 2017-2018 issue but was unintentionally left out. Please see the ad here. We apologize most sincerely for this error. 

There were three ads in the issue that were submitted to CDSS with inadvertent errors. Though it is not our practice to proofread submitted ads, we apologize for not catching these mistakes before press time. 

In the printed issue, Melanie Axel-Lute's name was incorrectly printed as Melanie Axel-Lute Becket and the dance formation for each dance was omitted. The PDF of her dances has been corrected and is linked above. We sincerely apologize for the error.

 

     
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