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Category: CDSS News Magazine
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In This Issue
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- Letters and Announcements
- Dance Musicians—Making Jam Sessions Great, a guide for participants and leaders, by Dave Firestine
- Teaching Folk Music History, an interview with Jeff Warner, by Ralph Morang
- Folklore and Folk Songs—Some Suggestions for Teachers, by Jeff Warner
- News from Canada—Opening the Doors of Opportunity for Traditional Dance, Music and Song in the Northern Wilderness, by Bev Birnbaum, an interview with Katie Avery
- CDSS Sings—Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still, by Jeff Warner
- Yoga for Dancers—Physical Practice (Outside) Leads to a Settled Mind (Inside), by Anna Rain
- Hive Mind—Benefits of Turnover
- Recommendations Sought for 2018 Award
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In This Issue
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- Letters and Announcements
- Hive Mind—Collaborations
- Nontraditional Funding and Focused Mentorship: How We’re Growing a New (Awesome) Contra Dance Community in Portland, ME, by Dela Taylor
- Windborne on American Music Abroad, by Jeremy Carter-Gordon
- The Dance in North Sycamore, a poem, by Dudley Laufman
- English Country Dancing in Gainesville, FL, by Pete Turner
- Continuing Education for Callers, by Michael Kernan
- CDSS Sings—Bold Lovell, by John Roberts
- What Dancing Taught Me, by Laurel Owen
- Yoga for Dancers: Float the Floating Ribs and an Altar for the Heart, by Anna Rain
- American Traditional Song Symposium
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In This Issue
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- Letters and Announcements
- Brad Foster―A Calling Career (excerpt), interviewed by Tom Kruskal
- News from Canada―Chehalis Contra Dance Weekend, by Sally Sheedy and Jane Srivastava
- 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
- Yoga for Dancers―Yes, Virginia, More Hip Openers…, by Anna Rain
- The Ballet and the Country Dance, by May Gadd (from The Country Dancer, December 1942)
- The Centennial (tune), by Jonathan Jensen
- The Centennial (dance), by Philippe Callens
- CDSS Sings—In Accents Clear?, by Deborah Robins and Larry Hanks
- Thank You for 2015, and Happy 2016!
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In This Issue
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- Letters and Announcements
- Sing Loudly for CDSS’s Year of Song, by Rima Dael
- Teaching the Country Dance, by May Gadd, CDSS National Director, 1937-1972
- Talking Square, by Rima Dael
- “I Call Square Dances for the Army, Do You?”, by Lovaine Lewis (from The Country Dancer, July 1942)
- News from Canada―From the Dining Room to a Summer Assembly, by Maxine Louie
- Book Review: Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics, reviewed by Tony Parkes
- Book Review: Appalachian Dance, reviewed by Susan English
- Yoga for Dancers―Abdominal Integrity, Part the Second, by Anna Rain
- CDSS Sings—“Jenny Jenkins”, by Kim Wallach
- Waves of Grains, a dance, by Bob Green
- Dance and Music in Literature: “A Ball in the Mines,” from Three Years in California, by J.D. Borthwick
- Who You Gonna Call?, by the CDSS Staff
- About Our Centennial
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In This Issue
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- Letters and Announcements
- Centennial Tour 2015―Morgantown, WV, by Morgantown FOOTMAD; photos by Milly Mullins
- Centennial Tour 2015―Lawrence, KS, by Lauralyn Bodle
- News from Canada―An Imposter at Puttin’ On the Dance 2, by Siri Paulson
- Yoga for Dancers―Abdominal Integrity, Part the First, by Anna Rain
- Dance Musicians’ Resources, by Max Newman, Jill Allen and Susie Lorand
- “People support what they helped create”, by Susan Peterson
- 2015 Posthumous Award―Warren Argo
- CDSS Sings—“Jack Went A-Sailing”, by Jeff Davis
- Centennial Reel, a dance, by Rick Mohr
- Double Jubilee, a dance and tune, by Dave Wiesler and Gary Roodman
- Spread the Joy, a song, by Jonathan Jensen
- About Our Centennial
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In This Issue
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- Letters and Announcements
- 15 Things You Can Do to Celebrate the CDSS Centennial
- Centennial Tour 2015―Coos Bay, Oregon, by South Coast Folk Society
- Yoga for Dancers—Love Your Hips and They’ll Love You Back, by Anna Rain
- Ten Reasons Not to Book, by Eric Engles
- Local Dance Finds Fundraising Solution, by Flora Chamlin
- Sturtevant—A Hike-in Dance Camp, by Carol Ormand
- CDSS’s Traveling Exec Samples Kentucky Dance and Song in Louisville, by Jenny Beer
- Group Corner—Do You Know How-to…?, by Jeff Martell
- Share the Joy…CDSS’s Summer Camps 2015
- CDSS Sings—Traditional Song in Maine (with song “The Lumberman’s Alphabet” by Larry Gorman), by Pam Weeks
- Four Have Sprung, a dance, by Yoyo Zhou
- Two Poems—“Dance Floor” by Kelly Perkins and “Fiddle Camps” by Dudley Laufman
- About Our Centennial
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In This Issue
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- Letters and Announcements
- Director’s Report—Arts Exist to Serve Communities, by Rima Dael
- Celebrate the Joy―Centennial Updates
- Centennial Tour 2015―Halifax, Nova Scotia, by Dottie Welch and Nils Fredland
- Farewell, I Must Be Gone—a Reflection, by Emma Breslow
- Community Dance Works Wonders for Veterans with PTSD and Brain Injuries, by Deborah Denenfeld and Jean Borger
- Ferry Boat Contra Dance, by David Means
- Contra Dancing Comes to Paris, by John Sweeney
- CDSS Sings—Sacred Harp and Community, by Sharon McKinley
- Box the Ocean, a dance (with tunes: “The Humpty Dumpty” and “Mackoronie Reel” by Leo Maring), by Madame Padovan’s School of Dance, a.k.a. 10-12 year olds’ class at CDSS Week at Timber Ridge
- Yoga for Dancers—Keep Practicing: Release Attachment to Immediate Results, by Anna Rain
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In This Issue
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- Letters and Announcements
- 2015 Camps―A Letter from the CDSS Board President, by David Millstone
- Celebrate the Joy―Centennial Updates
- Centennial Tour 2015―Fiddlefern Country Dancers in Owen Sound, Ontario, by Nils Fredland
- Group Corner―Talent Buying and Touring Acts, by Jeff Martell
- What We Believe―Building Family, by Rima Dael
- How to Photograph a Contra Dance, by Doug Plummer
- Yoga for Dancers—Open the Shoulders, Open the Breath, by Anna Rain
- ContraResolution―A Free Dance for Beginners, by Loren Shlaes
- Mentors—Allan Block, by Jim Morrison
- Heavenly Bodies, a dance, by Al Green
- CDSS Sings―“And When I Rise”, by Bob Walser
Thanks to the Massachusetts Cultural Council for their generous support.