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12th Night _____ by Bob Green ______ (duple improper) 3672
50/50 _____ by Bob Isaacs _____ (Becket) 3446
A Perfect Tin _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket, double progression) 3316
Aback_____by John Coffman_____(duple improper) 11472
Al's Safeway Produce _____by Robert Cromartie _____(duple improper) 9798
Alberta Street Contra _____ by Rich Goss _____(duple improper) 6657
Alexander's Swing Time _____ by Chris Page _____ (duple improper) 3273
All You Can Eat______ by Ted Crane_____(duple improper) 6520
Allison Wonderland _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 3627
Alternating Current _____by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 7080
Amy's Harmonium _____ by Cary Ravitz _____ (CCW Becket) 6880
An Arm and a Leg _____ by John Coffman _____(duple Becket) 5893
Another Cure for the Claps _____by Rich Goss and Bob Isaacs _____(duple improper) 16729
Another Flirty Attempt _____by Marian Hepburn _____(duple improper) 6768
Another Nice Combination _____ by Tom Hinds _______ (duple improper) 6086
Another Orbit for Liz _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 5742
B & B _____by Robert Cromartie _____(duple improper) 7355
Back on the Interstate _____Chrystal Gallacci Jones _____(duple improper) 5594
Back Road to Ayer _____ by Lisa Greenleaf _____ (duple improper) 2655
Baker's Square _____ by Sarah Kaiser _____ (Becket) 2798
Banana Bread _____by Bill Pope ____ (Becket) 6332
Beauty and the Bees _____by John Coffman _____(duple improper) 7015
Becketize the Baby _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) 4813
Bee in Her Bonnet _____ by John Coffmann _____duple improper 5056
Beneficial Tradition _____by Dan Pearl _____(Becket) 12191
Birds of a Feather _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 5520
Blackbird Pie _____Joseph Pimentel _____(duple improper) 7220
Bloomingfoods Reel Food _____ by Bob Green ______ (duple improper) 2565
Bob's High Quality Bologna _____by John Coffman _____(duple improper) 5662
Bob's Valentine _____ by Chris Ricciotti _____ (duple improper) 2290
Box the Gnat Contra _____ by Becky Hill _____(duple improper) 7967
Boys From Urbana _____ by John Coffman _____ (becket) 3567
Broken Sixpence _____Don Armstrong _____(duple Improper) 9725
Burning the Bacon _____ by Steve Zakon-Anderson _____ (duple improper) 3285
Butter _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (Becket) 9004
Bye Bye Baltimore _____ by Bob Dalsemer _____ (duple improper) 2718
California Twirlin' _____by Janet Levatin _____(duple improper) 7515
Caped Crusader _____by Bob Green ______(2 couple mixer) 5641
Captain Kirk’s Halibut _____by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 5301
Carpet Vectors _____ by Robert Cromartie _____ (duple improper) 6530
Caveman _____by Jim Hemphill _____(Becket) 6101
Chain the Hey _____ by Becky Hill _____ (duple improper) 5574
Chama River Reel _____ by Merri Rudd _____ (duple improper) 5463
Chasing Butterflies _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 5465
Cheat Lake Twirl _____ by Perry Shafran _____ (duple improper) 3140
Cherokee Shuffle _____ by David Kaynor _____(duple improper) 6719
Chicken on a Leash _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 5659
Circle of Love _____ by Susan Kevra _____ (duple inproper) 2468
Coriolus Effect_____ by Melanie Axel-Lute_____ (duple improper) 5870
Crystal Eyes for You _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket) 2893
Dance of the Honeybee _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) 7198
David's Triplet #5 _____ by David Smukler _____ (proper triplet) 5961
Delphiniums and Daisies _____ by Tanya Rotenberg _____ (duple improper) 7707
Diamond Jubilee _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 2224
Diamond Jubilee in Mansfield _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 2120
Dip and Dive _____ by Tom Hinds _____ (duple improper) 6794
Dog Branch Reel _____ by Bob Dalsemer _____ (duple improper) 6429
Dolphiniums & Daisies ______ by Bob Green ______ (improper) 2813
Double Dip ______ by Ted Steele _______ (duple improper) 4547
Double Play _____ by John Coffman ______ (duple Becket) 4649
DownStream _____ by John Coffman_____ (duple improper) 7378
Drama in Middle School _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 5031
Du Quoin Races_____by Orace Johnson _____(Becket) 7551
Duck Soup_____by David Kirchner _____(duple improper) 5529
E6 _____ by Robert Cromartie _____ (duple improper) 5331
Eleanor's Reel _____ by Bill Olson _____ (duple improper, triple progression) 5884
Evanesce _____by Sarah Kaiser _____(Duple Improper) 1852
Family Contra in the Castle _____ by Seth Tepfer _____ (duple improper) 3644
Fast Hands _____ by Diane Silver _____ (duple improper) 6067
Fast Living _____ by David Kirchner _____ (four facing four) 6024
First Star _____by Ted Steele _____ (duple improper) 3964
Fly Around, My Pretty Little Miss _____ by Dale Wilson _____ (duple improper) 6342
Friday Night Fever_____ by_____Tony Parkes _____ (duple improper) 2343
Galena _____ by Jo Mortland _____(improper reverse progression) 5845
Gene's Valentine _____ by Dean Snipes _____ (becket) 2210
Get Me Going _____ by Lisa Greenleaf _____(duple improper) 6837
Girls of St. Louis _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) 6698
Good Friday ____ by Kirston Koths _____ (duple Improper) 4863
Goosebumps _____ by Bob Isaacs _____ (duple improper) 2099
Got Nice Neighbors _____ by Billy Boyer _____ (Becket) 4532
Grand Square Contra _____ by Jacob Bloom _____ 4X4 3316
Groundhog Daze _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 5777
Gypsy in the Hey _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Duple improper) 4311
Hand to Hand _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 3844
Happy as a Cold Pig in Warm Mud _____ by Mike Boerschig _____ (duple improper) 6240
Happy Hare _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 3932
Happy Wife Happy Life _____ by John Coffman _____(duple improper) 2431
Hay in the Barn _____ by Chart Guthrie _____ (duple improper) 6014
Heartbeat Contra _____ by Don Flaherty _____ (duple improper) 9809
Hey with Benefits _____by Bob Green _____(duple proper) 1961
Heyllamande _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 4145
Hinton's Circle of Love _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 4061
Homeward Bound _____ by Andrea Nettleton _____(Becket) 5560
Ice Cream in the Sink _____by Kathy Hirsh _____ (circle mixer) 7298
Invertro Flirtilization_____ by Jim Hemphill _____(duple improper) 5194
Ionia Breakout _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 4255
Josephine _____ by Sarah Kaiser _____ (Becket) 2235
Jubilation Variation _____ by Cary Ravitz _____ (duple improper) 2747
Judy's Joy _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 3800
Karen's Kool Kurls _____ by John Coffman _____(duple improper) 4571
Labor of Love _____ by Kathy Anderson _____ (duple improper) 9141
Lauren's Lagniappe _____ by John Coffman _____ (CCW Becket) 4458
Lavender and Lilac _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 5313
Linda's Lovely Smile _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 4970
Louisville Slugger _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 2676
Luke, You're Not My Father _____ by Bob Green _____ 4X4 4208
Mae's Maze _____ by John Coffman_____ (duple improper) 4339
Maple & Cedar Swing _____ by Bob Green _____ (proper, ladies traded) 3482
March Fours _____by Bob Green_____ (four facing four) 4722
Martha and the Steel Penny _____ by Bob Green _____(diamond, Gent1 top center) 2563
Martha's Hot & Spicy _____ by John Coffman_____ (duple improper) 4483
Men in the Middle _____ by Cammy Kaynor ____ (duple improper) 4677
Missionary Men _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (proper Becket) 5243
MMISL (Missile) Memory _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 2412
Momma Loo's Reel _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (duple improper) 4885
Monday _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 5394
Monsters in Music City _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple indecent) 2140
Mountain Men _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple proper) 1884
Mountain Ridge _____ by Billy Boyer _____ (duple improper) 4366
Mover and Shaker _____ by Rick Mohr _____(Becket) 2509
Mr. Darcy's FolkMads Kolo Contra & Waltz Medley _____by Bob Green _____(duple improper) 2877
Nectar of Ladue _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple Becket) 4205
NEFFA in My Wildest Dreams _____ by Bob Green _____ ( Becket) 4507
New Elixir _____ by Charlie Harvey _____ (duple Improper) 2199
November Nightts _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 1876
Parkay: Ode to a Dance Floor _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (ccw Becket) 2540
Paula's Promenade _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 10101
Plucking Daisy Petals _____ by Andrea Nettleton _____ (Becket) 5154
Proctor's Reel ____ by Joe Felsen _____ (duple improper) 4174
Quick Spin _____ by Carol Ormand _____ (four facing four) 4572
Reddie to Roll ______ by Cary Ravitz ______(Becket) 2972
Reel Macho _____ by John Coffman_____ (ccw Becket)) 4236
Reel Macho Revisited _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple becket) 4078
Reflection _____ by Don Flaherty ______ (improper) 2182
Renewal _____ by Gene Hubert _____(duple improper) 4804
Rick O'Shay Broke My Hey ______ by Jim Hemphill ______ (duple improper) 3913
Rick O'Shay's Hey _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 5413
Rockin' Robin _____ by Rick Mohr _____ (duple improper) 5396
Roll in the Hey _____ by Roger Diggle _____ (duple improper) 6837
Rollin' and Tumblin' _____by Cis Hinkle _____ (duple improper) 5605
Rollin' to the Grey Eagle _____ by Hank Morris _____ (duple improper) 5090
Rollin' with Rohde _____ by Jim Hemphill ____ (duple improper) 3750
Rolling in the Dough _____ by John Coffman_____ (duple improper) 4815
Rory O'Less _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple Becket) 1988
Sailing in Fair Harbor _____ by Andrea Nettleton _____ (duple improper) 4994
Salmon Chanted Evening _____ by Steve Zakon-Anderson _____ (duple improper) 6479
Sama Ana Hannah _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 4692
Sasha _____ traditional _____ (circle mixer) 28881
Scout House Reel _____ by Ted Sannella _____ (duple improper) 5532
Seesaw Surfer _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 5087
Shaker Buddha _____ by Bob Green & Norm Stewart _____ (Becket) 5224
Shaking Out the Bees _____by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 4497
Sharon of the Green Contra _____ by Jane Ewing _____(duple improper) 5609
Shaw's Garden ______ by Bob Green ______ (duple improper) 1986
Slapping the Wood _____ by Don Flaherty _____ (duple improper) 7680
Sleeping with the Hounds ______ by John Coffman ______ (duple Becket) 4254
Small Potatoes _____ by Jim Kitch _____ (duple improper) 7272
Snakes _____ by Dorothea Nettleton _____ (duple improper) 4875
Spring Fever _____ by Tony Parkes _____ (duple improper) 6064
Star Hey Night _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket) 5140
Starry Starry Night _____ by Judy Bass _____ (Becket) 4652
Stimulus Package _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple Becket) 3843
String of Swings _____ by Rick Mohr & Bob Isaacs ______ (improper) 2407
Sunday Swing _____ by Sarah Kaiser _____ (duple improper) 2601
Sweet Music for Guys _____ by Becky Hill _____ (duple improper) 3565
Sweet Potato Pie _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 2139
Swingshot ______ by Seth Tepfer _____ (duple improper) 4612
Ted's Triplet #7 _____ by Ted Sannella _____ (triplet) 8377
The Amazing Sarah Wilcox _____ by Tom Hinds _____ (progressed improper) 2638
The Amethyst Pear _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket) 2456
The Baby Rose _____ by David Kaynor _____ (duple improper) 8772
The Big Bicep _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 5149
The Big Chit Chat _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) 4955
The Big Easy _____ by Becky Hill _____ (duple improper) 4426
The Birthday Dance _____by Gene Hubert _____ (duple improper) 1939
The Carousel _____ by Tom Hinds _____ (duple improper) 9341
The Connectrix _____ by Rick Mohr _____ (duple improper) 4507
The Dance Gypsy _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (Becket) 7683
The Devil's Backbone _____ by William Watson _____ (four facing four) 8386
The Dog's Breakfast _____ by David Kaynor _____ (Becket) 4490
The Dorsett Exchange _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 4501
The Edgy Knitter ______ by John Coffman _____(duple improper) 6713
The Eggbeater _____ by Bill Olson _____ (duple improper) 6813
The Elegant Trogon _____ by Kathy Anderson _____ duple improper 4786
The Eyes Have It _____ by Becky Hill _____ (Becket) 5457
The Nice Combination _____by Gene Hubert_____(duple improper) 8889
The Social Butterfly _____ by John Coffman ______ (Becket) 4251
The Square English Contra _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple proper) 4473
The Third Time's the Charm ____ by Roger Diggle _____ (Becket) 4827
The Turning Point _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (duple improper) 2686
Three Thirty Three _____ by Steve Zakon-Anderson _____ (duple improper) 5990
Time to Play ____ by Tom Senior _____ (duple improper) 4635
Top Spin _____by Kathy Anderson _____ (duple improper) 4128
Triassic Poetry ______ by Lindsey Dono _____ (duple improper) 2890
Trip to Tbilisi _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple proper) 2256
Trip to Wilson _____ by Will Mentor _____ (Becket) 4189
Tutti Fruiti _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 3662
United We Dance _____ by Bob Isaacs _____ (duple improper) 9147
Venus and Mars _____ by Martin Sirk _____ (duple improper) 5854
Viviana's Chainsaw Massacre _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket) 3013
Wave Goodby to Winter _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 2066
Weave Well Enough Alone _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (4X4) 2344
Wes Side Story _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket Mixer) 5944
Wild Blue Yonder _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) 2241
Wild Hemp _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 4202
Willow Ware _____by Bob Green _____ (Becket) 4799
Wizard's Walk _____ by Ruthie Unger _____ (duple improper) 10193
Working Stiff _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 4591
XYZ _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 8297
You Can't Get There From Here _____ by Carol Ormond _____ (duple improper) 5619
Zombies of Sugar Hill _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (duple improper) 3008