CDSS News
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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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Letters and Announcements
Poetry and Painting
- Orbit, by Sarah Hirsch
Columns
- Balance and Sing: Store Update
- News from Canada: Celebration of Callers - A Workshop at Hands Across the Water 2019, by Peggy Roe and Rosemary Lach
- Stories from the CDSS Legacy of Joy Society: David Millstone and Sheila Moran
Read more about the Legacy of Joy Society
Articles
- Great Start, Right Direction, More to Do! A CDSS Year-End Review and 2020 Preview
- CDSS Supports Local Communities in Addressing Safety, by Diane Silver and Nikki Herbst for the CDSS Community Culture and Safety Task Group
- CDSS Lifetime Contribution Award 2020: Kate Barnes
- Shared Weight: A Powerful Networking Tool for Traditional Dance, Music... and Very Likely Song!, by Emily Addison ~ in collaboration with Shared Weight listserv founders
- It’s Time to Plan for 2020 Summer Camps!
- A Place to Be: Margaret MacArthur’s Gift to Vermont Traditional Music, by Nora Rodes
Web Extra: Read more about Margaret MacArthur - Traveling Exec Goes to Camp: CDSS and the Lady of the Lake Forum, by Doug Plummer and Penn Fix
- Puzzling Out Ease and Elegance, by Paul Ross
- Celebrating CDSS Scholarships, by Linda Henry, CDSS Community Resources Manager
Dances
- Contra Dance: Half Mad, by Beadle
Songs
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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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(photo by Jeff Bary)
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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 1, by Marian Rose
- CDSS Sings — The Bluebird Songs of Summer, by Lorraine Lee Hammond
Web Extra:
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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(photo by Nikki Herbst)
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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
- Done Found My Lost Sheep
- Angels Hovering Round
- Blessed Quietness
- Climbing High Mountains
- 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
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 Extras:
- 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 Extras:
- 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)