(photo by Jeremy Carter-Gordon)

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Letters and Announcements

• Letters and Announcements

Columns

• Balance and Sing (Store Update)
• CDSS Sings: Bold Lovell, by John Roberts
• Yoga for Dancers: Float the Ribs and an Altar for the Heart, by Anna Rain
• Hive Mind: Collaborations

Web Extras:

• Roy Harris singing Bold Lovell
• Fall 2009— Align the Spine
• Summer 2014 — Why the Well-Lifted Spine? For Breath’s Sake
• Winter 2012-2013 — Shoulders Back
• Spring 2013 — Cranky Knees and Long Quads

Articles

• 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
• English Country Dancing in Gainesville, FL
• Continuing Education for Callers, by Michael Kernan
• What Dancing Taught Me, by Laurel Owen

Poem

• The Dance in North Sycamore, by Dudley Laufman

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• American Traditional Song Symposium announcement

(photo by Doug Plummer)

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• Balance and Sing (Store Update)
• News from Canada: What Women Wore to the Ball: From Playford to Cecil Sharp, three centuries of fashion, by Martha Burd
• Musicians Column: Road Trip! A Practical Guide for New Touring Bands, by David Firestine
• CDSS Sings: Singing Across the Color Line: Reflections on The Colored Sacred Harp, by Jesse P. Karlsberg
• Yoga for Dancers: Krama - Small Actions, Big Results!, by Anna Rain
• Hive Mind: Celebrating Milestones

Web Extras:

• Slide Show
• Facsimile of “Remember Me” from the original 1934 publication

Articles

• Long Bouts of Thinking and Then a Dance or Song: CDSS Board Meeting 2016, by Hannah Shira Naiman and Pam Paulson
• The Exec Visits Victoria, BC, by Doug Plummer

Web Extras:

• CDSS 2016 Board Meeting Slide Show
• CDSS 2016 New Board Members Slide Show
• CDSS 2016 Executive Committee Meeting, Victoria, BC, Slide Show
• Two tunes performed by Dan Page and the Dancehall Players, including his composition Late Night Waltz (from Live from Dan's Hall) and the classic Hunt the Squirrel (Geud Man of Ballangigh) (from More from Dan's Hall)
  
  
  

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• American Traditional Song Symposium

Jeff Warner (photo by Ralph Morang)

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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

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• 2016 is CDSS's Year of Song!

The "News from Canada" and "Yoga for Dancers" columns will be back next time.

Alexandra Deis-Lauby and Gus Cantieni (photo by Ryan Carollo)

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• 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:
  • Yoga for Dancers: In Which We Revisit The Hamstrings (Fall 2010)
  • Yoga for Dancers: Love Your Hips and They'll Love you Back (Spring 2015)

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)

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• Thank You for 2015, and Happy 2016!