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Monthly Archives: April 2017
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
Soft Gummy Tummies – DI – Don Veino 20170415
Type: Contra (or ECD), Duple Improper (or Gender Role Free) Status: Proven The inspiration for this dance came from Jeff Kaufman on Facebook. He related a story where his band The Free Raisins were asked to play the English Country … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, English, English Country Dance, My Dances, Proven
Tagged ECD, family dance, figure 8, softly good tummas
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Spring Fling – Becket – Don Veino 20170404
Type: Contra, Becket Left/CW Status: Proven A relatively simple/straightforward composition containing two uncommon points: a Mad Robin figure (easy, once taught – and which I feel flows wonderfully into a chain) and a Courtesy Fling*. Dancers often rush a Mad … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, My Dances, Proven
Tagged courtesy fling, mad robin, rory o'moore
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The Whole Slice – Becket – Don Veino 20170401
Type: Contra, Becket CW/Left Status: Proven I was reviewing candidate dances for the 2017 New England Folk Festival, and this dance literally wrote itself. It came to me in a straight stream of consciousness, in a little under a minute. … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, My Dances, Proven
Tagged diagonal, hey, hole in the wall, slice
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