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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)
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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
Last Page
CDSS News Summer 2014 Issue
Masthead
Letters and Announcements
Columns
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- Yoga for Dancers: Why the Well-Lifted Spine? For Breath's Sake! by Anna Rain
Web Extra:
Yoga for Dancers: Align the Spine by Anna Rain (from the fall 2009 issue of CDSS News)
- News from Canada — Ooh La La, A Contra Dance Weekend Built on Cultural Exchange and Local Abundance, by Jaige Trudell and Adam Broome
- CDSS Sings — Hangman, Hangman, Slacken Up Your Line by Hannah Shira Naiman
Articles
Web Extra:
Centennial Tour Staff for Tucson, AZ
- A Golden Anniversary — Fifty Years of the Pinewoods Morris Men, by Natty Smith
- Shenandoah Harmony — Singing Old Songs from a New Book, by Rachel Wells Hall
Dance
- Highlander Farewell (with tune, Highlander’s Farewell), by Pat Petersen
Web Extra:
Hear Mara Shea play the tune on the Elftones’ recording, called “Elftones”— http://www.elftones.com/Highlanders.mp3
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CDSS News Spring 2015 Issue
MASTHEAD
LETTERS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
COLUMNS
- Balance and Sing (Store Update)
- Yoga for Dancers: Love Your Hips and They'll Love You Back, by Anna Rain
- Group Corner: Do You Know How-to....?, by Jeff Martell
- CDSS Sings: Traditional Song in Maine, by Pam Weeks (with the song The Lumberman's Alphabet)
Web Extra: The Lumberman's Alphabet sung by Pam Weeks
ARTICLES
- 15 Things You Can Do to Celebrate the Centennial
- Centennial Tour — Coos Bay, OR
- 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
- Web Extra: Jocelyn's Cookie Recipes
- CDSS Traveling Exec Samples Kentucky Dance and Song in Louisville, by Jenny Beer
- Web Extra:Good Ideas from Louisville
DANCE
- Four Have Sprung, by Yoyo Zhou
POEMS
- Dance Floor, by Kelli Perkins
- Fiddle Camps, by Dudley Laufman