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The CDSS News is published quarterly, with one issue per year only online. 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 2016
(photo by Doug Plummer)
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Letters and Announcements
Columns
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- News from Canada: What Women Wore to the Ball: From Playford to Cecil Sharp, three centuries of fashion, by Martha Burd
- Musicians Column: Road Trip! A Practical Guide for New Touring Bands, by David Firestine
- CDSS Sings: Singing Across the Color Line: Reflections on The Colored Sacred Harp, by Jesse P. Karlsberg
- Yoga for Dancers: Krama - Small Actions, Big Results!, by Anna Rain
- Hive Mind: Celebrating Milestones
Web Extras:
Articles
- Long Bouts of Thinking and Then a Dance or Song: CDSS Board Meeting 2016, by Hannah Shira Naiman and Pam Paulson
- The Exec Visits Victoria, BC, by Doug Plummer
Web Extras:
- CDSS 2016 Board Meeting Slide Show
- CDSS 2016 New Board Members Slide Show
- CDSS 2016 Executive Committee Meeting, Victoria, BC, Slide Show
- Two tunes performed by Dan Page and the Dancehall Players, including his composition Late Night Waltz (from Live from Dan's Hall) and the classic Hunt the Squirrel (Geud Man of Ballangigh) (from More from Dan's Hall)
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CDSS News Spring 2016
Jeff Warner (photo by Ralph Morang)
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Letters and Announcements
Columns
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- CDSS Sings: Jean Ritchie and the Cool of the Day
- Musicians Column: Back Row Bands, by Sue Songer
- Hive Mind: Attracting New Participants
Web Extras:
Dan Schatz sings Now is the Cool of the Day
Articles
- Lifetime Contributor: Jeff Warner
- A Salesman Amidst Scholars: Ozarks Song Collector Max Hunter, by Sarah Jane Nelson
- Cooperation and Consensus: Scissortail Traditional Dance Society, by Louise Siddons and Jill Allen
- CDSS Goes to New York, New York, by Pam Paulson and Alexandra Deis-Lauby
Poem
- Dancing Lad, by Marge Bruchac
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The "News from Canada" and "Yoga for Dancers" columns will be back next time.
CDSS News Winter 2015-2016
Alexandra Deis-Lauby and Gus Cantieni (photo by Ryan Carollo)
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Letters and Announcements
Columns
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- News from Canada: Chehalis Contra Dance Weekend, by Sally Sheedy and Jane Srivastava
- Yoga for Dancers: Yes, Virginia, More Hip Openers..., by Anna Rain
- CDSS Sings: In Accents Clear?, by Deborah Robins and Larry Hanks
Web Extras:
- Companion Exercises:
Articles
- Brad Foster—A Calling Career, interviewed by Tom Kruskal
- Proactive Management of “Problem Dancers”—Creating a Dance Environment Safe for All, by Will Loving
- What’s Your Pronoun?, by Miriam Newman
- What I Did Last Summer—A 24-Year Old’s First Time at Sleep-Away Camp!, by Alexandra Deis-Lauby
- The Ballet and the Country Dance, by May Gadd, from The Country Dancer, December 1942
Dances and Tunes
- The Centennial, by Philippe Callens (with tune: The Centennial, by Jonathan Jensen)
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CDSS News Fall 2015 Issue
CDSS Family Week 2015, Ogontz Camp Lyman, NH,
photo by Denise Smith
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Letters and Announcements
Columns
Balance and Sing (Store Update)- News from Canada: From the Dining Room to a Summer Assembly, by Maxine Louie
- Yoga for Dancers: Abdominal Integrity, Part the Second, by Anna Rain
- CDSS Sings: “Jenny Jenkins,” by Kim Wallach
Web Extra: Kim Wallach sings "Jenny Jenkins"
Articles
- Sing Loudly for CDSS’s Year of Song, by Rima Dael, CDSS Executive Director
- Teaching the Country Dance, by May Gadd
- Talking Square, by Rima Dael, CDSS Executive Director
- “I Call Square Dances for the Army, Do You?,” by Lovaine Lewis, The Country Dancer, July 1942
- Book Review: Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics, reviewed by Tony Parkes
- Book Review: Appalachian Dance, reviewed by Susan English
- Dance and Music in Literature: “A Ball In the Mines,” an excerpt from Three Years in California (1851-1854), by J.D. Borthwick
- Who You Gonna Call?, by the CDSS Staff
Dances and Tunes
- Waves of Grain, by Bob Green (with tune Wheat, by Martha Edwards)
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