Here’s a recap of all the tweets from this morning, using #maydaycdss: Oberlin@oberlin: A May Day maypole in @oberlin: http://instagram.com/p/YxU5_AJhwl/ Ames Bielenberg @amesbielenberg: Lisa of Renegade Morris at the Azalea Garden in Philly @CDSSorg #maydaycdss pic.twitter.com/x5vyB8kBub Helen Gilbert@TheCatisfaction: Sun is up! Time to go to the pub for breakfast! #mayday #maydaycdss #MorrisMayDay Harris Lapiroff@harrislapiroff: A …
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May Day 2013—Tweets
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Leave a comment »Singing and Dancing and Other Fun Stuff on May Day in China
As requested, three intrepid Morris dancers checking in from Shanghai, China where we have been having an interesting May Day celebration, both in the dancing sense and in the communist regime sense. Our May Day celebrations began last night when we decided to do a bit of busking in the busy commercial district by the river overlooking the China …
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We’re planning to live-blog for much of the day on Wednesday, May 1st. Please join us! Send us your May Day stories, video and photos, as they’re happening or when you’ve caught your breath. Blog: http://blog.cdss.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cdss.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/CDSSorg Or join the conversation with #maydaycdss. Send pictures! Include 1) your name, 2) your team’s …
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Leave a comment »Group Energy—CDSS Summer Camps for Adults
Adult Weeks, Pinewoods Camp, Plymouth, MA, July-August 2013 Synergy (noun)—combined action or functioning, producing an effect that is greater than the sum of its individual elements or contributions. In other words—a really GREAT community! The Country Dance and Song Society’s summer camps are known for many things: excellent staff, beautiful surroundings, enthusiastic participants, and a …
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Leave a comment »Teaching Families to Dance and Sing Together—CDSS Family Weeks
See the smiling faces at CDSS Family Weeks Two articles highlighting our Family camps: in Making Music Magazine and South Shore Living Family Weeks, sponsored by the Country Dance and Song Society, a traditional dance and music organization, are a wonderful combination of education and enjoyment. Daytime classes for the very young, grade schoolers, young …
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Leave a comment »The Rose and the Thorn: Contrasts in Music and Dance of Earlier Times
Early Music Week Pinewoods Camp, Plymouth, MA June 27-July 4, 2013 Watch a video of the week. Read or print the flyer. Free or measured? Monophonic or polyphonic? Improvised or written? Medieval or Renaissance? Treble or Contrabass? Dance music or concert music? High pitch or low pitch? Explore these delicious questions and many more in …
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Arts Advocacy Alert
Traditional dance, music and song—whether performed, taught or done for fun are living traditions and living arts, and an important part of arts education. Lend your voice in support of National Arts Advocacy Day next week. It’s Tuesday, April 9th. Americans for the Arts (Arts USA) will welcome more than 500 arts advocates to Capitol …
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Leave a comment »“You are welcome in this place!” Harmony of Song & Dance
by Nils Fredland, Harmony program director Harmony of Song & Dance Pinewoods Camp, Plymouth, MA July 27 – August 3, 2013 Watch a video from last year, shot by Camilla Streeter. The Country Dance and Song Society celebrates and promotes participatory dance, music and song. There is no place where that celebration is as tangible …
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Leave a comment »Fundraising for your group or project
by Rima Dael, CDSS Executive Director We have been getting many requests of how best to fundraise for a project or for a group. I’ve sent the resources below to a few members but I wanted to post this here for everyone to see. First, let’s set the context in which you are fundraising. Eighty …
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What Does the Exec Do?
by Jenny Beer, CDSS Vice President The CDSS Governing Board (23 people) meets every spring at the CDSS office for two-and-a-half days, and by teleconference or forum as needed, to make decisions that need substantive discussion. This leaves the more routine oversight, planning, and decisions to the nine member Exec, which meets six times a …
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