Centennial Expressions - CDSS Centennial

Welcome to the community repository of Centennial dances, music and songs! We are overjoyed with these communal expressions honoring 100 years of dance, music and song. We are sharing with all of you, what you are sharing with us.

Let’s Celebrate the CDSS Centennial in Song, Music, Dance and Poetry

Poem: send the poem in the body of an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Dance: send the text of the dance instructions in the body of an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. If you have a video of people doing the dance, attach the link to the video file.

Tune: attach a PDF of the music to an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Song: attach a PDF of the words and music to an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We welcome photos of yourself, or your friends singing your song, or dancing your dance!

Centurians

Jim Kitch wrote this dance to mark the 100th birthday of CDSS. (Photo by Kevin Riggs)

At the CDSS

The awesome Dave Wiesler wrote some CDSS lyrics to a well known tune by the Village People. They are presented here along with two videos of the event as it unfolded at 2015 Adult & Family Week at Timber Ridge. Sing along!

The Centennial: A New Dance

We are honored that Philippe Callens wrote an English country dance for CDSS's hundredth anniversary called The Centennial, which Jonathan Jensen set to music.

Bird's Eye View

From Mary Alice Amidon: "This is a song I wrote and performed at family gathering at Pinewoods Family Week last summer (2014). The tune is by Pete Sutherland as are the chorus lyrics. I wrote the lyrics of the verses and substituted the word...

Centennial Reel Contra

Hands four! Rick Mohr wrote a lively new contra, called “Centennial Reel,” to help us celebrate our Centennial. It’s a superb and thoughtful mix of old and new figures, and a exuberant example of contra’s past, its evolution, and its continuing...

Double Jubilee - Our Centennial English Dance

Gary Roodman has written a dance to celebrate the CDSS Centennial set to a new tune by Dave Wiesler. They are, in a word, delightful. Gary’s taken a classic approach to the dance, using much-loved figures, and adding a charming twist. “Double...

Spread the Joy - Our Centennial Song

Here's our Centennial song, Spread the Joy, composed by Jonathan Jensen, in a video version by caller and CDSS Education Associate Mary Wesley. As the song sings of the many activities that CDSS promotes, Mary’s video illustrates them in numerous...