by Caroline Batson, Promotion & Periodicals Director As you may know, CDSS is joining in a regional e-philanthropy event next week on 12.12.12. We invite you to support our work with a special gift that day (or you can schedule a donation anytime between now and then). Since not everyone who’ll be giving that day …
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Categories: Camps & Programs, Features & Fun, History & Archives, Ideas & Resources, Publications, Store, Youth Also tagged camp, cdss 
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Leave a comment »Rima & Robin’s DC Adventures, continued
by Robin Hayden, CDSS Director of Development, Friday, August 10, 2012 (see Rima’s blog about Thursday’s trip) Our day began with a metro ride into DC with our hostess, Stephanie Smith, an archivist at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Stephanie gave us a tour of the Center for Folklife offices, including a …
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Categories: Features & Fun, Updates from the Office Also tagged cdss, country dance and song society, english country dance, Rima Dael 6 Comments »
6 Comments »Rima at Camp—part 6: English & American Week at Pinewoods, and more!
A series of summer blogs by CDSS Executive Director Rima Dael: Berea College, Texas Tech, and the Castaways? My continued travels to each week of CDSS camps had me stopping at English and American Week this past Sunday and Monday (more below), but the Friday before we had another visitor to our office in Easthampton—Deborah …
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Leave a comment »Handing off the Music (literally!)
Handing off the music to the next generation? Absolutely, and with considerable flair and musicianship, don’t you think? CDSS president and videographer David Millstone describes this video of Bob McQuillen and friends: Contra dance enthusiasts may enjoy watching a recently-uploaded clip on YouTube that focuses on Bob McQuillen, the New Hampshire musician and tunesmith. Composer …
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Categories: Features & Fun, Guest Posts Also tagged bob mcquillen, cdss, country dance and song society, neffa, north american dance, north american music, square dance, traditional dance, traditional music 2 Comments »
2 Comments »Ralph Page Legacy Weekend — A first-timer’s impressions
Mary Jones and I unloaded and set up the CDSS bookstore on Friday afternoon and then waited for the fun to start. Turns out, sitting at the bookstore table is a great place to meet and chat with people. the room’s set up so you can easily see and hear the dancing and the music, …
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Mr. Scarlett Replies
In my last post (“Letters to Mr. Scarlett”), I looked at some letters we discovered while processing materials for the CDSS Archives at UNH. These letters were from notable callers Ralph Page and Benjamin Lovett to one unknown “Andrew Scarlett”. Two readers wondered if there were any letters from Mr. Scarlett in the Ralph Page …
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1 Comment »Letters to Mr. Scarlett
My desk in the office is usually tidy, but right now I am surrounded by boxes of books, tapes, letters and teaching notes which are being processed to send to the CDSS Archives and Library at UNH. While going through a box from the Bob Hider estate, our fabulous volunteer Emma Van Scoy found a …
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Categories: History & Archives Also tagged andrew scarlett, benjamin lovett, beth tolman, bob hider, henry ford, letters, ralph page 3 Comments »
3 Comments »Dancing into the New York Times
“The sound of fiddles and foot stomping may be the last thing you expect to hear at the Chinatown Y.M.C.A. Nevertheless, every weekend Country Dance New York turns the basketball courts into a country dance hall, filled with jigs, reels and plenty of swinging your partner.” That’s how an article in the New York Times …
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Meetup.com: A Resource to Consider?
Over the last few months, I’ve heard from a few groups about their experiences using the online social network Meetup to attract new participants. I’ve even seen its effect at a local dance. This got me wanting to find out a little more about Meetup and how dance and song organizers have been using it. …
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Leave a comment »Newsletter Highlight: Dance Revitalization in Palo Alto
Deadline: The deadline for our next issue (April-June) is February 1st, next Tuesday. We’d love your submissions. We’ve also posted a few articles from the current newsletter online and I wanted to highlight one today. Joyce Fortune wrote a wonderful piece entitled Revitalization: How Do You Make a Dance Come Back to Life (pdf) which looks at some …
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Categories: Features & Fun, Publications, Updates from the Office Also tagged joyce fortune, organizers, palo alto, potluck 1 Comment »
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