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Sanitizer Shuffle – Singlet/Doublet/Solo – Don Veino

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Don

Type: Contra Dance, Singlet, Doublet or Solo Progression: None Status: Proven Another exploration about how simple partner-role-agnostic “new model” contra compositions might fit into the virtual dancing phenomenon (see Can You Spare A Roll? for more info on my “new … 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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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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The Bubbles Incident – Becket – Don Veino 20180620

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Don

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 →

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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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Swinging Chainsaws – DI – Don Veino 20171006

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Don

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 →

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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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Lobster Roll – 4 Face 4 – Don Veino 20170823

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Don

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 →

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Strolling & Rolling – Becket – Don Veino 20170725

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Don

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 →

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(Like) Juggling Chainsaws – DI – Don Veino 20170406

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Don

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 →

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