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Modern Contra Dances

Title Hits
12th Night _____ by Bob Green ______ (duple improper) Hits: 3273
50/50 _____ by Bob Isaacs _____ (Becket) Hits: 2934
A Perfect Tin _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket, double progression) Hits: 2975
Aback_____by John Coffman_____(duple improper) Hits: 10940
Al's Safeway Produce _____by Robert Cromartie _____(duple improper) Hits: 9263
Alberta Street Contra _____ by Rich Goss _____(duple improper) Hits: 6293
Alexander's Swing Time _____ by Chris Page _____ (duple improper) Hits: 2922
All You Can Eat______ by Ted Crane_____(duple improper) Hits: 6177
Allison Wonderland _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) Hits: 3241
Alternating Current _____by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) Hits: 6664
Amy's Harmonium _____ by Cary Ravitz _____ (CCW Becket) Hits: 6333
An Arm and a Leg _____ by John Coffman _____(duple Becket) Hits: 5511
Another Cure for the Claps _____by Rich Goss and Bob Isaacs _____(duple improper) Hits: 16243
Another Flirty Attempt _____by Marian Hepburn _____(duple improper) Hits: 6387
Another Nice Combination _____ by Tom Hinds _______ (duple improper) Hits: 5700
Another Orbit for Liz _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) Hits: 5392
B & B _____by Robert Cromartie _____(duple improper) Hits: 6973
Back on the Interstate _____Chrystal Gallacci Jones _____(duple improper) Hits: 5200
Back Road to Ayer _____ by Lisa Greenleaf _____ (duple improper) Hits: 2302
Baker's Square _____ by Sarah Kaiser _____ (Becket) Hits: 2323
Banana Bread _____by Bill Pope ____ (Becket) Hits: 5848
Beauty and the Bees _____by John Coffman _____(duple improper) Hits: 6449
Becketize the Baby _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) Hits: 4460
Bee in Her Bonnet _____ by John Coffmann _____duple improper Hits: 4720
Beneficial Tradition _____by Dan Pearl _____(Becket) Hits: 11467
Birds of a Feather _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) Hits: 5116
Blackbird Pie _____Joseph Pimentel _____(duple improper) Hits: 6746
Bloomingfoods Reel Food _____ by Bob Green ______ (duple improper) Hits: 2265
Bob's High Quality Bologna _____by John Coffman _____(duple improper) Hits: 5311
Bob's Valentine _____ by Chris Ricciotti _____ (duple improper) Hits: 1869
Box the Gnat Contra _____ by Becky Hill _____(duple improper) Hits: 7509
Boys From Urbana _____ by John Coffman _____ (becket) Hits: 3232
Broken Sixpence _____Don Armstrong _____(duple Improper) Hits: 9190
Burning the Bacon _____ by Steve Zakon-Anderson _____ (duple improper) Hits: 2920
Butter _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (Becket) Hits: 8285
Bye Bye Baltimore _____ by Bob Dalsemer _____ (duple improper) Hits: 2344
California Twirlin' _____by Janet Levatin _____(duple improper) Hits: 7012
Caped Crusader _____by Bob Green ______(2 couple mixer) Hits: 5285
Captain Kirk’s Halibut _____by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) Hits: 4920
Carpet Vectors _____ by Robert Cromartie _____ (duple improper) Hits: 6153
Caveman _____by Jim Hemphill _____(Becket) Hits: 5682
Chain the Hey _____ by Becky Hill _____ (duple improper) Hits: 5198
Chama River Reel _____ by Merri Rudd _____ (duple improper) Hits: 5107
Chasing Butterflies _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) Hits: 5136
Cheat Lake Twirl _____ by Perry Shafran _____ (duple improper) Hits: 2743
Cherokee Shuffle _____ by David Kaynor _____(duple improper) Hits: 6280
Chicken on a Leash _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) Hits: 5321
Circle of Love _____ by Susan Kevra _____ (duple inproper) Hits: 2100
Coriolus Effect_____ by Melanie Axel-Lute_____ (duple improper) Hits: 5509
Crystal Eyes for You _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket) Hits: 2574
Dance of the Honeybee _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) Hits: 6699
David's Triplet #5 _____ by David Smukler _____ (proper triplet) Hits: 5438
Delphiniums and Daisies _____ by Tanya Rotenberg _____ (duple improper) Hits: 7301
Diamond Jubilee _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) Hits: 1853
Diamond Jubilee in Mansfield _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) Hits: 1740
Dip and Dive _____ by Tom Hinds _____ (duple improper) Hits: 6399
Dog Branch Reel _____ by Bob Dalsemer _____ (duple improper) Hits: 5997
Dolphiniums & Daisies ______ by Bob Green ______ (improper) Hits: 2469
Double Dip ______ by Ted Steele _______ (duple improper) Hits: 4141
Double Play _____ by John Coffman ______ (duple Becket) Hits: 4325
DownStream _____ by John Coffman_____ (duple improper) Hits: 6933
Drama in Middle School _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) Hits: 4652
Du Quoin Races_____by Orace Johnson _____(Becket) Hits: 7094
Duck Soup_____by David Kirchner _____(duple improper) Hits: 5166
E6 _____ by Robert Cromartie _____ (duple improper) Hits: 4949
Eleanor's Reel _____ by Bill Olson _____ (duple improper, triple progression) Hits: 5481
Evanesce _____by Sarah Kaiser _____(Duple Improper) Hits: 1447
Family Contra in the Castle _____ by Seth Tepfer _____ (duple improper) Hits: 3293
Fast Hands _____ by Diane Silver _____ (duple improper) Hits: 5666
Fast Living _____ by David Kirchner _____ (four facing four) Hits: 5635
First Star _____by Ted Steele _____ (duple improper) Hits: 3608
Fly Around, My Pretty Little Miss _____ by Dale Wilson _____ (duple improper) Hits: 5970
Friday Night Fever_____ by_____Tony Parkes _____ (duple improper) Hits: 1996
Galena _____ by Jo Mortland _____(improper reverse progression) Hits: 5488
Gene's Valentine _____ by Dean Snipes _____ (becket) Hits: 1808
Get Me Going _____ by Lisa Greenleaf _____(duple improper) Hits: 6443
Girls of St. Louis _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) Hits: 6228
Good Friday ____ by Kirston Koths _____ (duple Improper) Hits: 4536
Goosebumps _____ by Bob Isaacs _____ (duple improper) Hits: 1759
Got Nice Neighbors _____ by Billy Boyer _____ (Becket) Hits: 4168
Grand Square Contra _____ by Jacob Bloom _____ 4X4 Hits: 2884
Groundhog Daze _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) Hits: 5346
Gypsy in the Hey _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Duple improper) Hits: 3964
Hand to Hand _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) Hits: 3508
Happy as a Cold Pig in Warm Mud _____ by Mike Boerschig _____ (duple improper) Hits: 5873
Happy Hare _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) Hits: 3577
Happy Wife Happy Life _____ by John Coffman _____(duple improper) Hits: 2114
Hay in the Barn _____ by Chart Guthrie _____ (duple improper) Hits: 5611
Heartbeat Contra _____ by Don Flaherty _____ (duple improper) Hits: 9289
Hey with Benefits _____by Bob Green _____(duple proper) Hits: 1619
Heyllamande _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) Hits: 3827
Hinton's Circle of Love _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) Hits: 3682
Homeward Bound _____ by Andrea Nettleton _____(Becket) Hits: 5212
Ice Cream in the Sink _____by Kathy Hirsh _____ (circle mixer) Hits: 6858
Invertro Flirtilization_____ by Jim Hemphill _____(duple improper) Hits: 4864
Ionia Breakout _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) Hits: 3909
Josephine _____ by Sarah Kaiser _____ (Becket) Hits: 1886
Jubilation Variation _____ by Cary Ravitz _____ (duple improper) Hits: 2352
Judy's Joy _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) Hits: 3444
Karen's Kool Kurls _____ by John Coffman _____(duple improper) Hits: 4200
Labor of Love _____ by Kathy Anderson _____ (duple improper) Hits: 8714
Lauren's Lagniappe _____ by John Coffman _____ (CCW Becket) Hits: 4052
Lavender and Lilac _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) Hits: 4830
Linda's Lovely Smile _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) Hits: 4550
Louisville Slugger _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) Hits: 2405
Luke, You're Not My Father _____ by Bob Green _____ 4X4 Hits: 3814
Mae's Maze _____ by John Coffman_____ (duple improper) Hits: 3974
Maple & Cedar Swing _____ by Bob Green _____ (proper, ladies traded) Hits: 2995
March Fours _____by Bob Green_____ (four facing four) Hits: 4376
Martha and the Steel Penny _____ by Bob Green _____(diamond, Gent1 top center) Hits: 2215
Martha's Hot & Spicy _____ by John Coffman_____ (duple improper) Hits: 4053
Men in the Middle _____ by Cammy Kaynor ____ (duple improper) Hits: 4251
Missionary Men _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (proper Becket) Hits: 4855
MMISL (Missile) Memory _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) Hits: 2066
Momma Loo's Reel _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (duple improper) Hits: 4557
Monday _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) Hits: 4835
Monsters in Music City _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple indecent) Hits: 1800
Mountain Men _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple proper) Hits: 1580
Mountain Ridge _____ by Billy Boyer _____ (duple improper) Hits: 4051
Mover and Shaker _____ by Rick Mohr _____(Becket) Hits: 2126
Mr. Darcy's FolkMads Kolo Contra & Waltz Medley _____by Bob Green _____(duple improper) Hits: 2570
Nectar of Ladue _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple Becket) Hits: 3836
NEFFA in My Wildest Dreams _____ by Bob Green _____ ( Becket) Hits: 4206
New Elixir _____ by Charlie Harvey _____ (duple Improper) Hits: 1819
November Nightts _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) Hits: 1572
Parkay: Ode to a Dance Floor _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (ccw Becket) Hits: 2168
Paula's Promenade _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) Hits: 9522
Plucking Daisy Petals _____ by Andrea Nettleton _____ (Becket) Hits: 4725
Proctor's Reel ____ by Joe Felsen _____ (duple improper) Hits: 3841
Quick Spin _____ by Carol Ormand _____ (four facing four) Hits: 4114
Reddie to Roll ______ by Cary Ravitz ______(Becket) Hits: 2564
Reel Macho _____ by John Coffman_____ (ccw Becket)) Hits: 3832
Reel Macho Revisited _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple becket) Hits: 3728
Reflection _____ by Don Flaherty ______ (improper) Hits: 1896
Renewal _____ by Gene Hubert _____(duple improper) Hits: 4421
Rick O'Shay Broke My Hey ______ by Jim Hemphill ______ (duple improper) Hits: 3576
Rick O'Shay's Hey _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) Hits: 5002
Rockin' Robin _____ by Rick Mohr _____ (duple improper) Hits: 4987
Roll in the Hey _____ by Roger Diggle _____ (duple improper) Hits: 6383
Rollin' and Tumblin' _____by Cis Hinkle _____ (duple improper) Hits: 5187
Rollin' to the Grey Eagle _____ by Hank Morris _____ (duple improper) Hits: 4598
Rollin' with Rohde _____ by Jim Hemphill ____ (duple improper) Hits: 3401
Rolling in the Dough _____ by John Coffman_____ (duple improper) Hits: 4471
Rory O'Less _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple Becket) Hits: 1649
Sailing in Fair Harbor _____ by Andrea Nettleton _____ (duple improper) Hits: 4662
Salmon Chanted Evening _____ by Steve Zakon-Anderson _____ (duple improper) Hits: 6068
Sama Ana Hannah _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) Hits: 4221
Sasha _____ traditional _____ (circle mixer) Hits: 27537
Scout House Reel _____ by Ted Sannella _____ (duple improper) Hits: 5147
Seesaw Surfer _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) Hits: 4735
Shaker Buddha _____ by Bob Green & Norm Stewart _____ (Becket) Hits: 4870
Shaking Out the Bees _____by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) Hits: 4123
Sharon of the Green Contra _____ by Jane Ewing _____(duple improper) Hits: 4579
Shaw's Garden ______ by Bob Green ______ (duple improper) Hits: 1678
Slapping the Wood _____ by Don Flaherty _____ (duple improper) Hits: 7278
Sleeping with the Hounds ______ by John Coffman ______ (duple Becket) Hits: 3922
Small Potatoes _____ by Jim Kitch _____ (duple improper) Hits: 6795
Snakes _____ by Dorothea Nettleton _____ (duple improper) Hits: 4426
Spring Fever _____ by Tony Parkes _____ (duple improper) Hits: 5592
Star Hey Night _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket) Hits: 4740
Starry Starry Night _____ by Judy Bass _____ (Becket) Hits: 4272
Stimulus Package _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple Becket) Hits: 3522
String of Swings _____ by Rick Mohr & Bob Isaacs ______ (improper) Hits: 2002
Sunday Swing _____ by Sarah Kaiser _____ (duple improper) Hits: 2303
Sweet Music for Guys _____ by Becky Hill _____ (duple improper) Hits: 3262
Sweet Potato Pie _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) Hits: 1788
Swingshot ______ by Seth Tepfer _____ (duple improper) Hits: 4243
Ted's Triplet #7 _____ by Ted Sannella _____ (triplet) Hits: 7875
The Amazing Sarah Wilcox _____ by Tom Hinds _____ (progressed improper) Hits: 2271
The Amethyst Pear _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket) Hits: 2141
The Baby Rose _____ by David Kaynor _____ (duple improper) Hits: 8165
The Big Bicep _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) Hits: 4776
The Big Chit Chat _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) Hits: 4565
The Big Easy _____ by Becky Hill _____ (duple improper) Hits: 3979
The Birthday Dance _____by Gene Hubert _____ (duple improper) Hits: 1621
The Carousel _____ by Tom Hinds _____ (duple improper) Hits: 8927
The Connectrix _____ by Rick Mohr _____ (duple improper) Hits: 4114
The Dance Gypsy _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (Becket) Hits: 7221
The Devil's Backbone _____ by William Watson _____ (four facing four) Hits: 7928
The Dog's Breakfast _____ by David Kaynor _____ (Becket) Hits: 4125
The Dorsett Exchange _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) Hits: 4139
The Edgy Knitter ______ by John Coffman _____(duple improper) Hits: 6353
The Eggbeater _____ by Bill Olson _____ (duple improper) Hits: 6375
The Elegant Trogon _____ by Kathy Anderson _____ duple improper Hits: 4461
The Eyes Have It _____ by Becky Hill _____ (Becket) Hits: 5014
The Nice Combination _____by Gene Hubert_____(duple improper) Hits: 8257
The Social Butterfly _____ by John Coffman ______ (Becket) Hits: 3910
The Square English Contra _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple proper) Hits: 4078
The Third Time's the Charm ____ by Roger Diggle _____ (Becket) Hits: 4473
The Turning Point _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (duple improper) Hits: 2337
Three Thirty Three _____ by Steve Zakon-Anderson _____ (duple improper) Hits: 5597
Time to Play ____ by Tom Senior _____ (duple improper) Hits: 4259
Top Spin _____by Kathy Anderson _____ (duple improper) Hits: 3811
Triassic Poetry ______ by Lindsey Dono _____ (duple improper) Hits: 2512
Trip to Tbilisi _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple proper) Hits: 1915
Trip to Wilson _____ by Will Mentor _____ (Becket) Hits: 3553
Tutti Fruiti _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) Hits: 3269
United We Dance _____ by Bob Isaacs _____ (duple improper) Hits: 8773
Venus and Mars _____ by Martin Sirk _____ (duple improper) Hits: 5458
Viviana's Chainsaw Massacre _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket) Hits: 2630
Wave Goodby to Winter _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) Hits: 1772
Weave Well Enough Alone _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (4X4) Hits: 1988
Wes Side Story _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket Mixer) Hits: 5585
Wild Blue Yonder _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) Hits: 1879
Wild Hemp _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) Hits: 3867
Willow Ware _____by Bob Green _____ (Becket) Hits: 4415
Wizard's Walk _____ by Ruthie Unger _____ (duple improper) Hits: 9494
Working Stiff _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) Hits: 4187
XYZ _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) Hits: 7963
You Can't Get There From Here _____ by Carol Ormond _____ (duple improper) Hits: 5231
Zombies of Sugar Hill _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (duple improper) Hits: 2654

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