Hi fellow shared weight organizers,

Some of you may have heard about this but I wanted to share some exciting organizer information from CDSS.

Please share it with other organizers in your area! This information is for ANY traditional dance, music or song organizers (e.g., contra dance; old time jam sessions; scandinavian dance; trad song circles; etc).

CDSS wants to hear from you in order to inform their work in supporting local organizers throughout the US!  What you are organizing? What challenges do you face? What support/connections would help you in the work you do? 

CDSS recently conducted a study of Canadian organizers (article here) and has taken the findings to further improve their support of local organizers.

The US survey available until April 13th: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DCSRMZG

Note that multiple individuals from the same organization can fill out the survey.

Please share widely with organizers in many traditions!

CDSS has just launched a new organizer email newsletter to support local organizers of traditional dance music and song.  The e-news will be emailed out four times a year.  Expect notifications about new resources, upcoming training opportunities, inspiring success stories and more.

To join the email list, click here: https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001l2jBILRzRVh_qG9X8waYFtzQTA0HuGEVc3EBJ2V44M8Poi9x0KiWBDh9j3XKcVjY9ugYgk9CHnOsaBpzln7Lu9LWNu_5Cw-6zbifcQiCop8%3D

Again - please spread widely!

Emily Addison

CDSS Canadian Initiative+