Recently author and CDSS member Judy Chaves demonstrated the ageless benefits of dancing with the help of members of a retirement community. English country dance made its debut the last week of March 2012 at the University of Vermont’s annual Gerontology Symposium, a gathering for elder service providers in Vermont. As part of the Symposium’s …
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“Don’t Stop Dancing,” author tells symposium
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1 Comment »Greetings from Rima
Hello CDSS Friends and Members, This is my first week at the helm of CDSS and I wanted very much to reach out to say “Hello!,” and it’s wonderful to meet all of you through cyberspace. We at the office are busy with preparing for our annual Board meeting, tying up loose ends from the …
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1 Comment »Soles4Souls Shoe Drive
The Historic Jonesborough Dance Society conducted a Shoe Drive for Soles4Souls during the month of January. Over 4,000 pairs of shoes were collected for the Nashville, TN based nonprofit which distributes shoes to those in need all over the world. The shoe collections centered around the two scheduled dances for the month on January 7th and 21st. …
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1 Comment »One Score and Ten Years Ago
The Folklore Society of Greater Washington’s annual Chesapeake Dance Weekend (CDW), held each April near Annapolis, MD, will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2012. See Joel Bluestein’s article in the Winter 2012 issue of the CDSS News on the weekend’s history, and Doug Plummer’s 2010 video, “Love from Thin Air.” Enjoy! The Chesapeake Address (thoughts …
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Leave a comment »Yay, Bob!
CDSS President Bruce Hamilton reports CDSS’s 2011 Lifetime Contribution Award was given to Bob Dalsemer at a ceremony on December 10th at the John C. Campbell Folk School. About a hundred people came from near and far to show their appreciation for Bob’s influence on them and on the traditional dance scene. It was a …
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