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In This Issue
- Letters and Announcements
- CDSS Outreach Grant Recipients 2011
- Director’s Report, by Marie Dalton-Meyer, CDSS Interim Executive Director
- News from Canada: Poussettes on the Prairie, by Anne Morton
- Rochester, Vermont Contra Dance, by Aaron Marcus
- Dance Tour of the Czech Republic, by Roger W. Broseus
- Festival Review: Eisteddfod, Festival of Traditional Music, by Linda Prager
- Yoga for Dancers: Hands and Feet, by Anna Rain
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- Song and Dance Round, new words by Sol Weber (2008); music by W.A. Mozart (long time ago)
- Bettine, dance by Jeffrey Spero; tune by Larry Unger
- Dance to Your Daddy, traditional (both variants from Northumberland); tune notation by Kate Barnes
- Hudson Barn, dance by Jacqueline Schwab and Charles Hammond
- Dance to Your Daddy Lyrics, traditional
- Dance to Your Daddy, poem by Dudley Laufman
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- Letters and Announcements
- Notes from the Office
- Revitalization: How Do You Make a Dance Come Back to Life?, by Joyce Fortune
- Toronto Women’s Sword, by Reed Thomas and Toronto Women’s Sword
- Youth Dance Weekend 2010, by Dave Eisenstadter and Lauren Breunig
- Finding My Way Out of the Woods, by Bev Bernbaum
- Yoga for Dancers: More Hamstrings, More Abdomen, by Anna Rain
- Interview: Rodney Miller, Violin Maker and Fiddler (Part 1), by Ethan Hazzard-Watkins
- Little Ingrid’s Waltz, traditional Swedish vals, arranged by Kathleen Everingham; dance by Tom Anderson
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- Upcoming Events
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In This Issue
- Letters and Announcements
- Notes from the Office
- Maple Morris Explosion, by Justin Morrison and Stefan Read
- Yoga for Dancers—In Which We Revisit the Hamstrings, by Anna Rain
- Baltimore’s Burn-Off-the-Calories Thanksgiving Dance, by Mike Franch
- Lifetime Contributor—John Ramsay, by Susan Todt, with John Ramsay
- Dance, Sing, and Give, by Nancy Boyd
- Becoming a Great Dancer in Five Easy Steps, by Ridge Kennedy
- Review—On the Beat with Ralph Sweet, by Larry Edelman
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- Patriot’s Ball, by Tom Spilsbury, Laura Schultz, and Dean Howarth
- Set for Spring 2010, by Carl Dreher
- Tell Me More—Barn Elms, by Graham Christian
- Dance: Uncle Toby’s Picnic, by Northwest Passage Camp Contra Choreographers (2008)
- Tune: Banish Misfortune (Irish traditional)
- Dance: Banish Misfortune, by Jenna Simpson
- Event Planning Worksheet, by Annie Laskey
- Upcoming Events
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- Letters and Announcements
- Notes from the Office
- The Mac and Ward Awards, by David Millstone and Sharon Green
- The Syracuse Contra Prom, by Sarah VanNorstrand
- Embracing Diversity, by Mari Cannon
- Two Stories: Dancing at The Porch and An American in London, by Mark Judelson and Brad Hopkins
- Teaching Rights and Lefts, by Carl Dreher
- Cheers for the Canoneers!, by Judy Chaves; dedicated to Bill Osgood
- Stew Shacklette and the Folk Dancer Record Center, interviewed by Don and Sylvia Coffey
- Timeless Dressing, by Rowena Roodman
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- Yoga for Dancers—Arm Bearing, Part 2, by Anna Rain
- My Olympic Escape—Stellar Days and the February Exec Meeting, by Jane Srivastava
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In This Issue
- Letters and Announcements
- Group Corner—Signs of Spring, by Jeff Martell
- From the Youth Desk, by Max Newman
- The Petit Jean Dance Weekend Musicians’ Workshop, by Susan Todt
- The Virginia Dance Leadership Conference, by Gaye Fifer
- Yoga for Dancers—Opening the Shoulders, by Anna Rain
- A Musical Journey: An Interview with Nils Fredland, by Pat MacPherson
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- Send In the Dance Angels!, by Don Bell
- From Southern to New England Warmth, by Rhonda Beckman
- Fried de Metz Herman, 1926-2010, by Susan St. Germain
- Tell Me More: Mad Robin, by Graham Christian
- Tune: Guiding Star Nights, by Susan Conger
- Dance: David’s Guiding Star, by Steve Zakon-Anderson
- Tune: Trails of Kubinek, by Keith Murphy
- Songs: Pub Round and Reunion Round, by Jonathan Jensen
- Upcoming Events
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In This Issue
- Letters and Announcements
- Dance in the Classroom—Another Piece of the Logic Puzzle, by Evo Bluestein
- Organizing a “Welcome” Workshop for New Dancers, by Deborah Denenfeld
- How to Get Rich and Famous as a Traditional Musician, by Ethan Hazzard-Watkins
- CDSS Lifetime Contributor—Bob McQuillen, by David Millstone, with Scotty O’Neil, Dudley Laufman, Laurie Andres, Kate Barnes, Steve Zakon-Anderson, and Rodney Miller
- Yoga for Dancers—Align the Spine, by Anna Rain
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- Protecting Traditions for the People, by the People (a new board member’s inside view of the annual meeting), by Wendy Graham
- President’s Report, by Bruce Hamilton
- Director’s Report, by Brad Foster
- 2008 Condensed Financial Statements (unaudited)
- Dance: The Prince of Westborough, by Paula Kelley
- Tune: The Middle of Night, by Kate Barnes
- Dance: Remembering Mary Kay, by Mary Devlin
- Tune: Waltz for Mary Kay, by Liz Donaldson
- Tell Me More—Mars and Venus, by Graham Christian
- Tune: Pleasant and Delightful, 19th century English; typeset by Kate Barnes; used by permission of Revels, Inc., from their book The Revels Book of Chanteys and Sea Songs
- Dancing Dangers—Three Poems, by Ken Blackwood, Anne Welch, and Jo Walker
- Upcoming Events
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In This Issue
- Letters and Announcements
- Obituaries: Brooke Billings Leonard, Christine Helwig, Paul McCullough, and Gordon Richard Morse III, by Morna Leonard, Marshall Barron, and courtesy of Mary Devlin and The Button Box
- “There’s exciting stuff going on out there…”, by Ethan Hazzard-Watkins
- A Stellar Scholarship Adventure Changes the Lives of Youth, by Eleanor Fahrney
- RIT Orientation Contra Dance, by Jane Knoeck
- Dance and Tune: Mid Heath and Heather, by E. Bogue and Jan Coray
- Dance and Tune: Mendocino Redwood and Woodlands Walk, by Mary Devlin, Bob Fraley, Elizabeth Zekley; tune by Jonathan Jensen
- Song: Dancing Around, by Jonathan Jensen
- Song: Didn’t I Dance?, by Lori Holland
- Yoga for Dancers—Ease of the Knees, by Anna Rain
- Tell Me More—The Hop-Ground, by Graham Christian
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- Group Corner: Setting Your Group Up as a Small Business, by Jeff Martell
- The CDSS Exec Goes to Lawrence, Kansas, by Linda Lieberman
- A History of the Lawrence Barn Dance Association, by Jill Allen
- International Money Musk Moment Unites Dancers in Four Countries, by David Millstone and David Smukler
- Money Musk in Verse and Prose, by Nils Fredland, Dudley Laufman, and Sinclair Lewis
- Good Fortune, by Jenny Beer
- Upcoming Events
- CDSS Mentorship Program
Thanks to the Massachusetts Cultural Council for their generous support.