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Can You Spare A Roll? – Singlet/Doublet – Don Veino

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Don

Type: Contra Dance, Singlet or Doublet Progression: None Status: Proven More exploration of purpose-built Singlet/virtual dances within my first group. Was deliberately playing with a concept I’ve been quietly advocating for in regards to “gender free” contra dancing – that … Continue reading →

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Three Out Of Four Ain’t Bad – 4 Face 4 – Don Veino 20180829

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Don

Type: Contra Dance, 4 Facing 4 Status: Proven Another of my “extra swings” dances – you get to swing with 3 out of the 4 opposite role dancers in your set without resorting to tricks like ending one swing mid-phrase … Continue reading →

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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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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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The Right In Tension (a.k.a. Synchro de Mayo) – Becket – Don Veino 20180430

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Don

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 →

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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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Ephervescence – DI – Don Veino 20170729

Posted on August 19, 2017 by Don

Type: Contra Dance, Duple Improper Status: Proven This is a conventional respin of my all-reverse dance Counter Clock-Weiss, written in memoriam to Eph Weiss. Eph was an active dancer in many folk styles in the Boston, MA area up until … 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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