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Category Archives: DRAFT
Becky’s Boulder – DI – Don Veino 20180522
Type: Contra Dance, Duple Improper Status: DRAFT One of several related dances composed this date which were inspired by the new Becky Tracy tune Black Rock, off the Eloise & Co. album with Rachel Bell. Yeah, I love the tune. … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, DRAFT, My Dances
Tagged becky tracy, black rock, contra, contra dance, Dance, give and take, orbit, pass the ocean, rory o'moore
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Hey, Ack is Back! – DI – Don Veino 20180711
Type: Contra Dance, Duple Improper Status: DRAFT Named in celebration of Lynn Ackerson having completed her Veterinary Tech program and, hopefully, her return to the contra dance community. Lynn’s an all around good egg and was very welcoming and helpful … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, DRAFT, My Dances
Tagged contra, contra dance, Dance, down the hall, dublin bay, hey, LH Chain, petronella
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The Bubbles Incident – Becket – Don Veino 20180620
Type: Contra Dance, Becket Left/CW Status: DRAFT I was playing with new ways to do a Down-the-Hall dance – in particular, how to achieve the progression. I hit on the idea of a ring of dancers going down and then … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, DRAFT, My Dances
Tagged circle, contra, contra dance, Dance, down the hall, hey, RH Chain, ring/4, roll away
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Swinging Chainsaws – DI – Don Veino 20171006
Type: Contra Dance, Duple Improper Status: DRAFT (but proven via transitive property…) This dance is one of a set that grew out of my work on (Like) Juggling Chainsaws. There is a mirror role and move dance to this one, … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, DRAFT, My Dances
Tagged contra, contra dance, Dance, RH Chain, See Saw
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The Devils A Swinger – DI – Don Veino 20171012
Type: Contra Dance, Duple Improper Status: DRAFT The actual title of this dance is “The Devil’s A Swinger” but WordPress currently won’t show the post if any form of apostrophe is used in the post title, so this is the … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, DRAFT, My Dances
Tagged allemande, contra, contra dance, Dance Dance, devil's dream, down the hall, hey, mirror
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I ♥ Devil Dogs – DI – Don Veino 20171012
Type: Contra Dance, Duple Improper Status: DRAFT Yep, named for the snack cake that was my second favorite in the Drake’s lineup when I was a kid, right behind Ring Dings and just before Yodels. OK, so maybe behind Yodels … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, DRAFT, My Dances
Tagged allemande, contra, contra dance, Dance, devil, devil's dream, down the hall, give and take, mirror
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Wild Mouse – 4 Face 4 – Don Veino 20170823
Type: Contra Dance, 4 Face 4 Status: DRAFT, EXPERIMENTAL This sequence re-imagines the B parts from my dance Lobster Roll. I wanted to find another way of resolving a 4 Face 4 than has been done to date. Originally I … Continue reading
Posted in 4 Face 4 Dances, Contra, Dance, DRAFT, Experimental, My Dances
Tagged contra, contra dance, Dance, give and take, mad robin, petronella, RH Chain
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Strolling & Rolling – Becket – Don Veino 20170725
Type: Contra Dance, Becket Left/CW Status: DRAFT This dance sprang out of my interest in doing something unique out of a Partner Roll Away. I’ve experienced other callers’ attempts at making a roll away feed something with Partner focus like … Continue reading
Posted in 4 Face 4 Dances, Contra, Dance, DRAFT, My Dances
Tagged circle, contra, contra dance, Dance, down the hall, hey, RH Chain
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Counter Clock-Weiss – DI – Don Veino 20170729
Type: Contra Dance, Duple Improper Status: DRAFT, EXPERIMENTAL This dance was written in memoriam to Eph Weiss. Eph was an active dancer in many folk styles in the Boston, MA area up until nearly his 93rd birthday and was known … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, DRAFT, Experimental, My Dances
Tagged ccw, contra, contra dance, Dance, gypsy, hey, reverse swing, Star 3/4
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Poussettey Spaghetti – DI – Don Veino 20170715
Type: Contra Dance, Duple Improper Status: DRAFT This dance came out of a comment my wife, Sage, once made while we were walking down to the dance hall at Ogontz camp in Lyman, NH. There was an English Country Dance … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, DRAFT, My Dances
Tagged contra, contra dance, Dance, give and take, hey, poussette
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Horseplay – DI – Don Veino 20170714
Type: Contra, Duple Improper Status: DRAFT A riff on our daughter Raeden’s Pony Fun, leveraging the A parts of that dance. I’ve been on the lookout for an opportunity to get Gents in on the Rory O’Moore “super twirl across … Continue reading
Posted in Contra Dances, DRAFT, My Dances
Tagged pass the ocean, ponies, promenade, raeden veino, rory o'moore, star, super twirl
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Oh, Yeah! – DI – Don Veino 20170428
Type: Contra, Duple Improper Status: DRAFT Alternative Title: When I’m Sixty Four as in (sung to the refrain of the Beatles tune of the same name): Am I too dizzy? Will you still dance me? When I’m sixty four? More … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, DRAFT, My Dances
Tagged contra, contra dance, couple dosido, Dance, gypsy, mad robin, orbit, zig-zag
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Hey, Aren’t You With Me? – Becket – Don Veino 20170416
Type: Contra Dance, Becket Left/CW Formation Status: DRAFT Another dance playing with Mad Robin transitions (see similar posts). In a way this is a return to one of my earliest dances (Raeden’s Curls), which used a Mad Robin 1+1/4 – … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, DRAFT, My Dances
Tagged contra dance, hey, mad robin
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(Like) Juggling Chainsaws – DI – Don Veino 20170406
Type: Contra, Duple Improper Status: DRAFT For this dance the Chain to See Saw[1] progression idea (the “experimental” part) came first. Then the title[2], which implied there must be more than a single Chain/Saw, which drove the rest of the … Continue reading
Tale of the Tricky Triple Timer – DI – Don Veino 20170218
Type: Contra, Duple Improper Status: DRAFT, EXPERIMENTAL I’m still playing with this one a bit. This dance features two “deconstructed” chains – one for each role. Regular chains with Courtesy Turn would be functionally equivalent and may be used instead, … Continue reading
Posted in Contra Dances, DRAFT, Experimental, My Dances
Tagged cross trail, gypsy, interrupted square through, walk around
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Hey, Mary Cay! – Becket DP – Don Veino 20160723
Type: Contra, Becket Double Progression Status: DRAFT In the past I’d played with the idea of a butterfly whirl to a Ladies allemande in the center leading into a diagonal hey, but didn’t write a complete dance with that (and … Continue reading
Posted in Contra Dances, DRAFT, My Dances
Tagged diagonal, double progression, give and take, hey
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Slice AlleMANde – Becket – Don Veino 20160918
Type: Contra, Becket Status: DRAFT One of two takes on a similar theme – for a less zesty dance, see my Slicing the Waves. A1 Slice Forward Left Gents Allem Rt 3/4 *WHILE* Ladies Loop over their Left shoulder 3/4 … Continue reading
Slicing the Waves – Becket – Don Veino 20160918
Type: Contra, Becket Status: DRAFT One of two takes on a similar theme – for a zestier dance see my Slice AlleMANde. A1 Slice Forward Left, to Gents form Wave in Center Gents Wave Balance Right & Left *WHILE* Ladies … Continue reading
Seasons 8 – 4 Face 4 – Don Veino 20161204
Type: 4 Facing 4 Status: DRAFT, Experimental (Contra dancers doing a Pass the Sea?) Tune suggestion: Thomas Shrug’s March This is one of several of my dances in a series of “Oceans” and “Seasons” compositions which bring Ocean or Sea … Continue reading
Posted in 4 Face 4 Dances, DRAFT, Experimental, My Dances
Tagged give and take, ocean wave, pass the ocean, pass the sea, sea wave
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Seasons 4 – 4 Face 4 – Don Veino 20161204
Type: 4 Facing 4 Status: DRAFT, Experimental (Contra dancers doing a Pass the Sea?) Tune suggestion: Thomas Shrug’s March This is one of several of my dances in a series of “Oceans” and “Seasons” compositions which bring Ocean or Sea … Continue reading
Posted in 4 Face 4 Dances, DRAFT, Experimental, My Dances
Tagged give and take, ocean wave, pass the ocean, pass the sea, rory o'moore, sea wave
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Oceans 8 – 4 Face 4 – Don Veino 20161204
Type: 4 Facing 4 Status: DRAFT Tune suggestion: Thomas Shrug’s March This is one of several of my dances in a series of “Oceans” and “Seasons” compositions which bring Ocean or Sea Waves into a 4 Facing 4 dance. It … Continue reading
Posted in 4 Face 4 Dances, DRAFT, My Dances
Tagged circulate, give and take, ocean wave, pass the ocean, rory o'moore
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Gary’s Reel Too – DI – Don Veino 20161113
Type: Contra, Duple Improper Status: DRAFT Role reversed re-imagining of my dance Ruth’s (For) Reel; Gary is Ruth’s husband. In contrast to the common case, the Gents get to do most of the running around in this one. A1 LLF, … Continue reading
Posted in Contra Dances, DRAFT, My Dances
Tagged gary potwin, mad robin, role reversal, roll away, ruth potwin
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