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Tag Archives: down the hall
Together in Spirit – Singlet/Doublet – Don Veino
Type: Contra Dance, Singlet or Doublet Progression: None Status: Proven Another from my first set of purpose-built Singlet/virtual dances. Was playing around with how basic moves could form a simple yet satisfying dance for a few co-located dancers with the … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, Doublet, My Dances, Proven, Singlet, Virtual
Tagged 2H Turn, balance, california twirl, circle, down the hall, petronella, swing
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Sourdough Starter – Singlet/Doublet – Don Veino
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
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, Doublet, Family Dance, My Dances, Proven, Singlet, Virtual
Tagged circle, contra, contra dance, down the hall, star, turn single
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Dreaming of Dolphins – DI – Don Veino 20190123
Type: Longways, Duple Improper Status: Proven The title pretty much says it all. I was in a period where I was thinking about Dolphin Heys repeatedly, generating gobs of DH dances. Between this Duple Improper dance and two other 4-Face-4 … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, English, English Country Dance, My Dances, Proven
Tagged contra, contra dance, cross trail, Dance, dolphin hey, down the hall
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Bonus Round/Repeatronella (in Dublin) – DI – Don Veino 20180726
Type: Contra Dance, Duple Improper Status: Proven This is a set of dances approaching the same two-Neighbor-Swing theme in different variations. Dancers seem to really like these and they can scale in difficulty from working with more beginner dancers or … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, My Dances, Proven
Tagged circle, contra, contra dance, Dance, down the hall, dublin bay, petronella
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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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(Home Again, Home Again) Jiggity Jig – DI – Don Veino 20180430
Type: Contra Dance, Duple Improper Status: Proven This dance was a bonus spin-off while thinking through my dance The Right In Tension. It was intended to be useful as an easy frame for the Right Hand High, Left Hand Low … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, My Dances, Proven
Tagged contra, contra dance, Dance, down the hall, right hand high left low
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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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The Right In Tension (a.k.a. Synchro de Mayo) – Becket – Don Veino 20180430
Type: Contra Dance, Becket Left/CW Status: Proven I’ve written a series of dances playing with the residual tension from the last contact in a roll-away and this one I feel is my simplest solution to date for it feeding a … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, My Dances, Proven
Tagged contra, contra dance, Dance, down the hall, gypsy, hey, right hand high left low, roll away, synchronize, tension
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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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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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(Riding in the) Zoomy Car – DI – Don Veino 20170717
Type: Contra Dance, Duple Improper Status: Proven The A parts of this composition were inspired by Lindsey Dono’s work-in-progress composition Working Title (WT), which I’d become involved in discussing. Lindsey, several others and I were challenged to date in finding … Continue reading
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, English Country Dance, My Dances, Proven
Tagged contra, contra dance, Dance, down the hall, figure 8, gate, handy hand, left hand high right low, mirror
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I ♥ Faeries – DI – Don Veino 20170125
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
Posted in Contra Dances, My Dances, Proven
Tagged down the hall, dublin bay, duple improper, figure 8, longways, mad robin, mirror
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I ♥ Unicorns – DI – Don Veino 20170203
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
Posted in Contra Dances, My Dances
Tagged contra dance, down the hall, duple improper, figure 8, longways, mad robin, mirror
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