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What’s New
Camp registration open now!
Magic is waiting for you at our 2023 summer dance, music, and song camps! Whether you’re a beginning fiddler or a professional bagpiper, a third grader or a grandparent, a brand-new contra dancer or a seasoned morris squire, you are welcome here. Join us for nine weeks of camps at four camp locations across the U.S. this summer. Learn more.
Winter 2022 CDSS News
The Winter 2022 CDSS News is now available! Step into Jane Austen’s world with Graham Christian; learn about positional calling from Louise Siddons; listen to gender conversations with Scott Higgs; and get a year-end update from the CDSS Board, Community Resources Manager, and member survey. Plus much more!
Fall 2022 CDSS News
The Fall 2022 CDSS News is now available! Stroll through some English country dances with Paul Ross and Philippe Callens; learn how the Bloomington Old-Time Music and Dance Group celebrated their first 50 years and launched their next; hear Armand Aromin’s cheeky response to the question “Have you got a girlfriend yet?”; learn by ear with Lissa Schneckenburger; get ready to Welcome Yule with Louise Doud; and much more.
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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 four times 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
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Ben Williams
Publications, Sales, and Services Manager
- insurance and 501(c)(3)
- store inquiries
- new Affiliates/renewals
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Sarah Babbitt Spaeth
Programs Coordinator
- camp registration
- online program registration
- CDSS Commons support