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Monday, December 31, 2012 - 2012
2012 President: Kate Baron.
Thanksgiving: 28th – Sarah van Norstrand; David Smukler / Elixir; Noteworthy (Seppler, Sharp, Zager); Frivolity (Ball, Bell, Knoeck)
New Year’s Eve: TBD
Jane Austen Ball: 6th - Tom Amessé / Spare Parts; Serendipity at a private club
Masquerade Ball: 4th – Richard Sauvain; Pamela Goddard / TBD at Harmony House
Other: -
Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 2011
2011 President: Kate Baron.
Thanksgiving: 27th – Rebecca Lay; Katy Heine / The Groovemongers; Tempest
New Year’s Eve cancelled in favor of the Syracuse dance, since the day fell on their regular dance date
Jane Austen Ball: 5th – at a private club
Masquerade Ball: 3rd – Richard Sauvain; Pamela Goddard / Happy Endings: Eileen Nicholson (violin), Rachel Bell (accordion) & Jane Knoeck (piano) at Harmony House
Other: -
Friday, December 31, 2010 - 2010
2010 Presidents: Dan Cooper-Vince; followed by Bob Fabinski for two months when Dan left for school.
Thanksgiving: 27th – Will Mentor; David Millstone / The Figments; TuneScape
New Year’s pre-Eve, 12/30: Sharon Perry / Tunescape
Jane Austen Ball: 4th – Judi Rivkin / Persuasion (R. McCallum, J. Knoeck, R. Bell) at a private club
Masquerade Ball: 2nd – Richard Sauvain; Pamela Goddard / Confluence (Nadine Dyskant-Miller, Barbara Dyskant, Tim Ball) at Harmony House
Other: – New Scheduler: Sharon Perry.
Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 2009
2009 President : Dan Cooper-Vince
Thanksgiving: 26th – Carol Ormand; Pam Goddard; Richard Sauvain / Notorious; Riverbend
New Years Eve: 4th – Bob Nicholson / TuneScape
Jane Austen Ball: 3rd – Joanna Reiner / Lost in Austen (P. Morrissett, J. Kleppel, R. Truscello) at a private club
Masquerade Ball: 1st - Sauvain & Goddard / music by Tim Ball, Jane Knoeck, and Rachel Bell, at the Roger Robach Community Center.
Other: -Gift of new sound equipment from anonymous donor; Tony Hernandez “retires” from weekly sound duties on his relocation to Connecticut; formation of the CDR Sound Collective, led by Bob Berch
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 2008
2008 President: Jane Knoeck
Thanksgiving: 25th – Kathy Anderson; Judy Greenhill / Notorious; TuneScape
New Years Eve: 3rd – Sarah Van Norstrand / Great Bear Trio
Jane Austen Ball: 2nd – Joanna Reiner / Firefly (R. McCallum, J. Knoeck, C. DeGolyer, S. Sorensen) at Cutler Union Ballroom, MAG
Other: – Rebecca McCallum steps down as scheduler, after 9 years of dedicated service, replaced by Paul Novak
Monday, December 31, 2007 - 2007
2007 President: Jane Knoeck
Thanksgiving: 24th – Bob Isaacs / Crowfoot; Groovemongers
New Years Eve: 2nd – Bob Nicholson / Great Bear Trio
Jane Austen Ball: 1st – Judi Rivkin / Step Lightly (J. Crouch, E. Hazzard-Watkins, A. Patton) at Cutler Union Ballroom, Memorial Art Gallery:
Other: -English dances switch from monthly to twice a month
Sunday, December 31, 2006 - 2006
2006 President: Judy Bezon
Thanksgiving: 23rd – Nils Fredland / Elixir, Contradictions; White Hots
New Years Eve: Bob Nicholson / Great Bear Trio
Other: – CDR 30th Anniversary
– Admission raised to $7 members / $8 others
– Katie Sauvain, daughter of Richard Sauvain & Sharon Emerson, begins calling, playing for, and organizing dances while a freshman at Swarthmore
Met at CDR:
Kathleen Doyle & David Hart – met at CDR contra dancing. Kathleen had been dancing since ’89, and David used to drive his daughter and her School of the Arts friends to CDR, loved listening to the music, but was shy about dancing. He finally decided to try dancing in 2006, noticed Kathleen, and after a few weeks, asked her to dance; married Oct. 2007
Saturday, December 31, 2005 - 2005
2005 President: Sharon Perry
Thanksgiving: 22nd – Nils Fredland / Groovemongers, Great Bear Trio; White Hots – at Salem United Church of Christ
Friday, December 31, 2004 - 2004
2004 President: Sharon Perry
Thanksgiving: 21st – Mary Keith Cornett / Kaynor, Unger & Schneckenberger, Great Bear Trio; White Hots – at Salem United Church of Christ
Wednesday, December 31, 2003 - 2003
2003 President: Joe Clark
Thanksgiving: 20th – Kathy Anderson / Flapjack, Groovemongers; White Hots – at Salem United Church of Christ