Latest Issue
Winter 2022
Special This Issue
- When In Doubt, Swing!, by Katy German
- From the (Retiring!) Community Resources Manager, by Linda Henry
- Taking a Look: The 2022 Member Survey, by Audrey Jaber and Sarah Pilzer
- Dancing the Whole Dance: Positional Calling for Contra, by Louise Siddons
- Gender Conversations: Sharing Stories and Listening Better, by Scott Higgs
- Board Work This Year and Beyond, by Jenna Barron, with Gaye Fifer
Recurring Contributions
- Balance and Sing: Online Store Updates
- Announcements
- Tell Me More: Jane Austen’s World, by Graham Christian
- Contra Dance: Johanna’s Joy, by Hilton Baxter, with music by Charlene Thomson
- Contra Dance Crossword, by Jeremy Kuhn (solution)
- Masthead
Past Issues
Fall 2022
Special This Issue
- From 2022 Campers
- An Unexpected Gift, by Paul Ross
- Celebration and Revitalization in Bloomington, by Kelsey Wells, Linda Henry, and Ben Williams
- Digitization of the CDSS Archives Begins, by Katy German
- Poem: Cavell Celebration, by Charlotte Hathaway
- Waltz: Humours of Huron, by Linda and Gary Lieberman
- Learning by Ear, by Lissa Schneckenburger
- Yule Traditions and the 2022 Welcome Yule Show, by Louise Doud
Recurring Contributions
- Balance and Sing: Online Store Updates
- Announcements
- ECD: Lenox, or The Second Man, by Philippe Callens
- ECD: The Diamond of Antwerp, by Paul Ross
- Stories from the CDSS Legacy of Joy Society: Tom & Deborah Kruskal
- CDSS Sings: The Vexings, by Armand Aromin
- A Playford Puzzle, by Genevieve Shimer
- Masthead
Summer 2022
Special This Issue
- Growing Programs
- From the (New!) Membership Coordinator, by Audrey (Knuth) Jaber
- Remembering George Fogg, by Nikki Herbst
- Starring Your Recorder, by Judith Klotz
- Meet the CDSS Staff
- Old-time or Modern Western?, by Bill Alkire, as told to Susan English in 2000
Recurring Contributions
- Balance and Sing: Online Store
- Announcements
- Stories from the CDSS Legacy of Joy Society: Dorcas Hand
- News from Canada: Wednesday Zoom Dancing in Victoria, by Rosemary Lach and the Wednesday Zoomers
- Tell Me More: The Irish Howle, by Graham Christian
- Puzzles and Fun, by Julie Vallimont, Kelsey Wells, and Ben Williams
- Masthead
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Joel Bluestein
Avia Moore
Gaye Fifer
Jeremy Carter-Gordon
Marni Rachmiel
David Smukler
Glenn Manuel
Michael Bean
Juliette Webb
Justin Morrison
Dena Ross Jennings (Group Facilitator)
Hannah Assefa
Cayley Buckner
Rima Dael
Ezra Fischer
Nadia Gaya
Aravind Natarajan
Stephanie Voncannon
Bailey Walton
Earl White
Luanne Stiles
Pam Paulson
Susan English
Peter Baker
Jenna Barron
Margaret Bary
Norman Farrell
Alice Kenney
Susie Lorand
Robbin Marcus
Craig Meltzner
Diane Silver
