Welcome to the CDSS community! We’re glad you’re here!
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Your Group’s Benefits
What’s New
Work with us!CDSS has two year-round positions open! Might you or someone you know be the perfect fit? Find more info here, and please help spread the word to folks who may be interested.
Join us for our next Web Chat!Succession Planning for Dance Organizations
Thursday, December 5, 7:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. PT)Join us for a panel discussion where dance organizers share their experiences with leadership and volunteer changes in their local groups. Learn more or register now!
CDSS Supporter Thanks Concert, Featuring Squirrel Butter!Please join us online on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT for a special concert by Squirrel Butter, the traditional music duo of Charlie Beck and Charmaine Slaven. More details on the concert page!
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Promote Your Events
- Events Calendar
Our crowd-sourced online calendar of events contains both in-person and virtual events across North America and beyond. See the listings and submit your events here. - CDSS News Ads
Our magazine is published twice per year and reaches about 10,000 people in print and online. Ads for dance and music events are welcome in all issues, and affiliates receive a discounted rate. Find out more about ads here. - Promoting Events Elsewhere
Check out the “promotions” tag in the Resource Portal for ideas about other places to market your events. - CDSS Affiliate Logos
Add these special logos just for affiliates to your website and other publications.
- Events Calendar
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Create Connections
- Web Chats for Organizers
A few times a year, we host Web Chats on a range of topics of interest to dance and music organizers, offering insight and distilled wisdom from other organizers and experts. See the full archive of recordings here. - Camp
Our camps are a great way to meet new people and build community connections across the continent! Camps also often include special training courses for callers, musicians, and organizers. See this summer’s schedule here. - Resource Portal
The CDSS Resource Portal contains a vast range of resources by and for the dance, music, and song community. - Affiliate Surveys
We’ve conducted a number of surveys of our affiliates and other constituents. Find the reports from those surveys here.
- Web Chats for Organizers
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Find Funding
- Community Grants
CDSS grant funding is available to affiliates for a wide range of acitivities such as workshops (including DEI and equity training), publications, research, startup funds, and more. Find out more about grants here. - Non-profit Exemption/501(c)(3) Status
All US affiliates are eligible to receive 501(c)(3) status, which provides all the benefits of tax exemption including accepting tax-deductible donations, access to some grant funding, preferential rates at some venues, and more. You must apply specifically to become a part of this exemption. Find out more here.
- Community Grants
Contact Us
Sarah Babbitt Spaeth
Programs Coordinator
- camp registration
- online program registration
- CDSS Commons support
Ben Williams
Publications, Sales, and Services Manager
- insurance and 501(c)(3)
- store inquiries
- new Affiliates/renewals
Thanks to the Massachusetts Cultural Council for their generous support.
