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December Special Events
Berea Christmas School
England 1952
O.B.E. for Douglas Kennedy
Our Featured Caller — Al Brundage
- Pick Off Your Corner
Photographs
Marriages
Center News
Pinewoods 1952 (pictures)
“Jean Ritchie Sings”
From Our Mail Bag…
National Council Election Results
New Center
- Berea, KY
New C.D.S. Members

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Coming Events
Pinewoods
Boston’s Weekends
Our Featured Caller — Frank L. Kaltman
- Bird in the Cage 7 Hands Round
“The Short Course”
“Oranges and Lemons”—An Old Rhyme
Style in Dancing 4
A Philosophical Vision of Square Dancing
New Jersey Festival
American Folk Lore
Stuart Robinson News
Impressions

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Book Review by Roberta Yerkes — Dances of England and Wales
Pinewoods 1952
Coming Events
“The Proclamation Made for May,” by Bill Sellers
To You Wassail
Correspondence
Our Featured Caller — Rickey Holden
- Texas Whirlwind
- Explanation of Texas Whirlwind Call
“American Visitors to England”
Kentucky Folk Festival
Morris Day in New York
Dancing in England
New Centers
- Summer (NJ) Country Dance Group
- Southeastern Kentucky Regional Folk Festival
- Ohio County Recreation Club
Personalia
Center News

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Coming Events
Pinewoods
Wake Up and Dance
Festival, by permission copyright 1951 The New Yorker Magazine
Tradition
As Others Think We Are
Our Featured Caller — Dick Best
- Between the Sides and Forward Six
- Comments on the “Call”
Festival at Albert Hall
Cecil Sharp House Reopens
Festival in Yugoslavia
New Jersey Festival
C.D.S. Dances at A.A.H.P.E.R.
The Waltz
Kentucky Adult Folk Dance Club
A Wonderful Idea
New Center
- The Burnside Folk Games Club
Marriage
Style in Dancing 3

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C.D.S. Banner
Pinewoods 1951
New Publication
Coming Events
Ever-Returning Spring
Our Featured Caller — Raymond Smith
- Elbow Swing
- Explanation of “Elbow Swing” Call
Our Fund
Contributions from Festivals
We Make the New Yorker
Kentucky Folk Festival
A New C.D.S. Venture
Mountain Folk Festival
Philadelphia Folk Festival
Director’s 1951 Tours
Style in Dancing 2
National Folk Festival
New Centers
- The Catholic High School, Fort Madison, IA
- The Mt. Bethel Dance Group
Center News

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Coming C.D.S. Events
Other Events
Silver Anniversary Spring Festival
Wake Up and Dance
Georgie
“One of the Lucky Ones,” by Evelyn K. Wells
Our Featured Caller — Dick Kraus
- When the Work’s All Done this Fall
For Many as Will
National Folk Festival
Style in Dancing
Douglas Kennedy
From our Sales Department
Correction
Kentucky Folk Festivals
Expansion of the Mountain Folk Festival
New Centers
- Guild Hall Country Dance Club
- Louisville Country Dance Center, KY
- Media Country Dance Center, PA
Center News

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Coming C.D.S. Events
Dancing in Grenoside
Violin Teacher
Dancing in a Kentucky School
Marriages
Our Featured Caller — Ed Durlacher
- My Little Girl
Fall Tour
Lectures and Concerts
- Lecture on Folk Music by Maud Karpeles
- John Langstaff’s Recital
Douglas Kennedy
Cecil Sharp House in London
C.D.S. Fund Campaign
From Our Mail Bag
Costumes and Dancing
Against Competitions

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Coming C.D.S. Events
Northern England Festival
New Centers
- Transylvania College
- “Squares-Up” Club of Scarsdale, NY
New York District Council Activities
Square Dance Activities
Special Feature — Callers’ Favorite Calls
- Gents’ Left-Hand Star
- Our Featured Caller — Louise Chapin
Pinewoods Camp 1950
Bulletin — Douglas Kennedy
Marriages and Engagements
C.D.S. Fund
First Folk Music Camp at Long Pond
Dances from 1450 to 1600
From Our Mailbag
Center News

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New Centers
- Gateway School, New Haven, CT
- Huntington, WV
- Juilliard School of Music Square and Country Dance Society, New York, NY
- Sherwood Square and Folk Dance Club, Denver, CO
- The Potsdam Polka Dots, Potsdam, NY
- The Adult Festival
- The Mountain Folk Festival
- Christmas Country Dance School
Handing Down the Little Devils, by Jean Ritchie
“It Was This Way”
In Charge of the Hoeing
Something Going On
The C.D.S. Region by Region
Special Feature — Callers’ Favorite Calls
- Jolly Irishmen
- Our Featured Caller — Harold T. Goodfellow
The Ballad Tree
Pinewoods Camp
Jean Ritchie Sings
Mr. John M. Glenn
Dance Directory
Personalia
Festival Dancers
News from Centers
Benefit parties