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The CDSS News is published quarterly, with one issue per year only online. Below are articles and other material from the most recent issues. We hope you find it informative, thought-provoking, and entertaining. Please contact us if you have comments or questions.
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CDSS News Spring 2016
Jeff Warner (photo by Ralph Morang)
Masthead
Letters and Announcements
Columns
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- CDSS Sings: Jean Ritchie and the Cool of the Day
- Musicians Column: Back Row Bands, by Sue Songer
- Hive Mind: Attracting New Participants
Web Extras:
Dan Schatz sings Now is the Cool of the Day
Articles
- Lifetime Contributor: Jeff Warner
- A Salesman Amidst Scholars: Ozarks Song Collector Max Hunter, by Sarah Jane Nelson
- Cooperation and Consensus: Scissortail Traditional Dance Society, by Louise Siddons and Jill Allen
- CDSS Goes to New York, New York, by Pam Paulson and Alexandra Deis-Lauby
Poem
- Dancing Lad, by Marge Bruchac
Last Page
The "News from Canada" and "Yoga for Dancers" columns will be back next time.
CDSS News Winter 2015-2016
Alexandra Deis-Lauby and Gus Cantieni (photo by Ryan Carollo)
Masthead
Letters and Announcements
Columns
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- News from Canada: Chehalis Contra Dance Weekend, by Sally Sheedy and Jane Srivastava
- Yoga for Dancers: Yes, Virginia, More Hip Openers..., by Anna Rain
- CDSS Sings: In Accents Clear?, by Deborah Robins and Larry Hanks
Web Extras:
- Companion Exercises:
Articles
- Brad Foster—A Calling Career, interviewed by Tom Kruskal
- 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
- The Ballet and the Country Dance, by May Gadd, from The Country Dancer, December 1942
Dances and Tunes
- The Centennial, by Philippe Callens (with tune: The Centennial, by Jonathan Jensen)
Last Page
CDSS News Fall 2015 Issue
CDSS Family Week 2015, Ogontz Camp Lyman, NH,
photo by Denise Smith
Masthead
Letters and Announcements
Columns
Balance and Sing (Store Update)
News from Canada: From the Dining Room to a Summer Assembly, by Maxine Louie
Yoga for Dancers: Abdominal Integrity, Part the Second, by Anna Rain
CDSS Sings: “Jenny Jenkins,” by Kim Wallach
Web Extra: Kim Wallach sings "Jenny Jenkins"
Articles
Sing Loudly for CDSS’s Year of Song, by Rima Dael, CDSS Executive Director
Teaching the Country Dance, by May Gadd
Talking Square, by Rima Dael, CDSS Executive Director
“I Call Square Dances for the Army, Do You?,” by Lovaine Lewis, The Country Dancer, July 1942
Book Review: Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics, reviewed by Tony Parkes
Book Review: Appalachian Dance, reviewed by Susan English
Dance and Music in Literature: “A Ball In the Mines,” an excerpt from Three Years in California (1851-1854), by J.D. Borthwick
Who You Gonna Call?, by the CDSS Staff
Dances and Tunes
Waves of Grain, by Bob Green (with tune Wheat, by Martha Edwards)
Last Page
CDSS News Summer 2015 Issue
Masthead
Letters and Announcements
Web Extra: The Heart of CDSS - Our Education Department
Web Extra: CDSS Governing Board Annual Meeting, April 23-24, 2015 by Lynn Ackerson
Web Extra: Slide show of photos from the CDSS Governing Board Annual Meeting
Columns
Balance and Sing (Store Update)
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
CDSS Sings: “Jack Went A-Sailing,” by Jeff Davis
Web Extra: Jeff Davis sings Jack Went A-Sailing
Articles
Centennial Tour: Morgantown, WV
Centennial Tour: Lawrence, KS
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
Centennial Dances and Song
Centennial Reel, by Rick Mohr (dance)
Double Jubilee, by Gary Roodman (dance) and Dave Wiesler (tune)
Web Extra: Dave playing the tune
Spread the Joy, by Jonathan Jensen (song)
Web Extra: Spread the Joy video, created by Mary Wesley
Web Extra: Jonathan and friends singing the song