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Tag Archives: mad robin
A Long Courtship – Becket – Don Veino 20181209
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
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, My Dances, Proven
Tagged bounce back, circle, contra, contra dance, Dance, hey, mad robin, RH Chain
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Pumpkin Spice Madness – DI – Don Veino 20181006
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
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, My Dances, Proven
Tagged circle, contra, contra dance, Dance, dosido, mad robin, roll away
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Mad For Ogontz – DI – Don Veino 20180808
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
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, My Dances, Proven
Tagged contra, contra dance, Dance, gypsy, hey, mad robin, RH Chain
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Fairly Nicked From Nick – Becket – Don Veino and Nick Howe 20180815
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
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, My Dances, Proven
Tagged contra, contra dance, Dance, mad robin, slice
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¡Que Linda! – DI – Don Veino 20180211
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
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, My Dances, Proven
Tagged california twirl, contra, contra dance, Dance, mad robin, RH Chain, short wave
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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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Lobster Roll – 4 Face 4 – Don Veino 20170823
Type: Contra Dance, 4 Face 4 Status: DRAFT This sequence re-uses a concept I’d first developed for a down the hall dance Strolling & Rolling. When thinking about the commonality of facing lines/4 and a line/4 down the hall I … Continue reading
Posted in 4 Face 4 Dances, Contra, Dance, My Dances, Proven
Tagged contra, contra dance, Dance, hey, long lines, mad robin, petronella, RH Chain, roll away
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Wicked Smooth – Becket or DI – Don Veino 20170803
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
Super Robin – DI – Don Veino 20170523
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
Posted in Contra, Contra Dances, Dance, My Dances, Proven
Tagged contra, contra dance, Dance, gypsy, mad robin, rory o'moore, short wave
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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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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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Holy Cannoli! – DI – Don Veino 20160415
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
Madly in Love (with Mermaids) [V2] – DI – Don Veino 20160430
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
Posted in Contra Dances, My Dances, Proven
Tagged diagonal pass the ocean, mad robin, mermaid
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Reluctant Robin – Becket – Don Veino 20161103
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
Posted in Contra Dances, My Dances, Proven
Tagged box circulate, hey, mad robin, 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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Ruth’s (For) Reel – DI (swapped w/N) – Don Veino 20161113
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
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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