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Pumpkin Spice Madness – DI – Don Veino 20181006

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Don

Type: Contra Dance, Duple Improper Status: Proven We’re in that season again – where everything gets offered in some form of pumpkin spiced variant. I find most such things (but for pancakes or other baked goods) totally foul but the … Continue reading →

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Mad For Ogontz – DI – Don Veino 20180808

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Don

Type: Contra Dance, Duple Improper Status: Proven At CDSS Ogontz Family Camp 2018 Steve Zakon-Anderson wanted to teach Mad Robin to the 11s & 12s group but didn’t have a suitable dance. We couldn’t find one in my deck either, … Continue reading →

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Super Robin – DI – Don Veino 20170523

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Don

Type: Contra Dance, Duple Improper Status: Proven Dedicated to Robin Humes – family friend and super volunteer in service of the Concord Scout House area contra community. It’s only fitting this dance include a Mad Robin (besides the obvious eponymous … Continue reading →

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Madly in Love (with Mermaids) [V2] – DI – Don Veino 20160430

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Don

Type: Contra, Duple Improper Status: Public, Proven Dedicated to all those who’ve found their joy through our Concord Scout House Monday dance (we’ve hosted several weddings!). Another dance in my “Mermaid” series – which all feature a Diagonal Pass The … Continue reading →

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Reluctant Robin – Becket – Don Veino 20161103

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Don

Type: Contra, Duple Improper Status: Public, Proven I really like Mad Robins, just in case that isn’t obvious. I was wondering what else could be done with them, whether they could be used as a progression, facing direction changed, etc. … Continue reading →

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A Long Courtship – Becket – Don Veino 20181209

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Don

Type: Contra Dance, Becket Left/CW Status: Proven This dance came out of a discussion Will Mentor and I had about writing a dance which built up and defied expectations regarding when you’d get together with your partner. It was briefly … Continue reading →

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Fairly Nicked From Nick – Becket – Don Veino and Nick Howe 20180815

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Don

Type: Contra Dance, Becket Status: Proven In a conversation with Nick Howe following Ogontz Family Week 2018, we reviewed a draft of his 2017 “The Cuckoo and The Robin.” Nick’s dance features a double Mad Robin sequence (CCW into CW) … Continue reading →

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¡Que Linda! – DI – Don Veino 20180211

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Don

Type: Contra Dance, Duple Improper Status: Proven, Public Here’s a contra in honor of Linda Leslie. I wanted to give Linda a dance more likely to be regularly called than my prior dance Linda’s Gifts (which is a waltz-time Contra … Continue reading →

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Wild Mouse – 4 Face 4 – Don Veino 20170823

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Don

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 →

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Wicked Smooth – Becket or DI – Don Veino 20170803

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Don

Type: Contra Dance, Duple Improper or Becket Left/CW Status: Proven There’s been a dance “seed” on my whiteboard for some time, which germinated today into what I think is a wonderfully smooth dance (what we New Englanders might describe as … Continue reading →

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Oh, Yeah! – DI – Don Veino 20170428

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Don

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 →

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Hey, Aren’t You With Me? – Becket – Don Veino 20170416

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Don

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 →

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Spring Fling – Becket – Don Veino 20170404

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Don

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 →

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The Whole Slice – Becket – Don Veino 20170401

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Don

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 →

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Holy Cannoli! – DI – Don Veino 20160415

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Don

Type: Contra, Duple Improper Status: Proven I wrote this dance on the way home from the 2016 New England Folk Festival’s Friday session, after indulging in some delicious cannoli in the food hall. Suggest dancers take hands in Long Lines … Continue reading →

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Gary’s Reel Too – DI – Don Veino 20161113

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Don

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 →

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Ruth’s (For) Reel – DI (swapped w/N) – Don Veino 20161113

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Don

Type: Contra, Duple Improper but with 1s below the 2s Status: Public, Proven Written for Ruth Potwin’s 60th birthday celebration. Have dancers briefly swing their Neighbor to swap places from duple improper hands-4 position before walk-through, so 1s below 2s. … Continue reading →

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I ♥ Faeries – DI – Don Veino 20170125

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Don

Type: Contra Dance, Duple Improper Status: Public, Proven Writtten in response to a challenge on the Shared Weight Caller’s Discussion List, here’s my take on a non-glossary way out of the Dublin Bay style Down-the-Hall figure – via a believed … Continue reading →

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I ♥ Unicorns – DI – Don Veino 20170203

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Don

Type: Contra Dance, Duple Improper Status: Public, Proven The “♥” in the title is spoken as “Heart” – the title for this dance was given by our 5 year old daughter Raeden and inspired the unique Mirror Mad Robin and … Continue reading →

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Sweet Scent of Sage – Contra Dance

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Don

I’ve been toying with a very partner-centric dance I’ve named for my wife Sage. Below is the original (successfully tried) and two new variations I hope to try out soon. The AFAIK unique A1 Mad Robin to A2 slide left … Continue reading →

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Concord Monday Contras 9/3/2012

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Don

This post is one of a series documenting my hobby of calling (leading) Contra dancing, building off of my original post on this topic. This dance evening marked my first “full evening” calling debut at the famous Concord, MA Scout … Continue reading →

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Sourdough Starter – Singlet/Doublet – Don Veino

Posted on November 1, 2020 by Don

Type: Contra Dance, Singlet or Doublet Progression: None Status: Proven This is the first of my purpose-made remote/virtual dances in a genre that I began referring to as “co-contras.” I had previously composed The Spaniard’s Latte (To Go) for similar … Continue reading →

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Guidelines for Interpreting My Virtual Dance Choreography – Don Veino

Posted on November 1, 2020 by Don

Starting in spring of 2020 I began writing purpose-built dances for socially-distanced “virtual” (a.k.a. “Zoom”) dancing. This work in progress post is intended to help folks considering one of my virtual dances understand my general approach to them and provide … Continue reading →

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Contra Dance Calling Log

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Don

Update 1/1/2019: This post is no longer maintained and now well out of date as I’ve been calling and leading dancing regularly for over a decade now. I lead contra dances at regular series about New England and also in … Continue reading →

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