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12th Night _____ by Bob Green ______ (duple improper) 3556
50/50 _____ by Bob Isaacs _____ (Becket) 3307
A Perfect Tin _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket, double progression) 3220
Aback_____by John Coffman_____(duple improper) 11327
Al's Safeway Produce _____by Robert Cromartie _____(duple improper) 9661
Alberta Street Contra _____ by Rich Goss _____(duple improper) 6554
Alexander's Swing Time _____ by Chris Page _____ (duple improper) 3172
All You Can Eat______ by Ted Crane_____(duple improper) 6413
Allison Wonderland _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 3508
Alternating Current _____by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 6965
Amy's Harmonium _____ by Cary Ravitz _____ (CCW Becket) 6725
An Arm and a Leg _____ by John Coffman _____(duple Becket) 5788
Another Cure for the Claps _____by Rich Goss and Bob Isaacs _____(duple improper) 16610
Another Flirty Attempt _____by Marian Hepburn _____(duple improper) 6643
Another Nice Combination _____ by Tom Hinds _______ (duple improper) 5978
Another Orbit for Liz _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 5637
B & B _____by Robert Cromartie _____(duple improper) 7247
Back on the Interstate _____Chrystal Gallacci Jones _____(duple improper) 5487
Back Road to Ayer _____ by Lisa Greenleaf _____ (duple improper) 2547
Baker's Square _____ by Sarah Kaiser _____ (Becket) 2695
Banana Bread _____by Bill Pope ____ (Becket) 6211
Beauty and the Bees _____by John Coffman _____(duple improper) 6873
Becketize the Baby _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) 4703
Bee in Her Bonnet _____ by John Coffmann _____duple improper 4966
Beneficial Tradition _____by Dan Pearl _____(Becket) 11977
Birds of a Feather _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 5408
Blackbird Pie _____Joseph Pimentel _____(duple improper) 7122
Bloomingfoods Reel Food _____ by Bob Green ______ (duple improper) 2469
Bob's High Quality Bologna _____by John Coffman _____(duple improper) 5569
Bob's Valentine _____ by Chris Ricciotti _____ (duple improper) 2195
Box the Gnat Contra _____ by Becky Hill _____(duple improper) 7822
Boys From Urbana _____ by John Coffman _____ (becket) 3463
Broken Sixpence _____Don Armstrong _____(duple Improper) 9592
Burning the Bacon _____ by Steve Zakon-Anderson _____ (duple improper) 3179
Butter _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (Becket) 8708
Bye Bye Baltimore _____ by Bob Dalsemer _____ (duple improper) 2616
California Twirlin' _____by Janet Levatin _____(duple improper) 7415
Caped Crusader _____by Bob Green ______(2 couple mixer) 5551
Captain Kirk’s Halibut _____by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 5207
Carpet Vectors _____ by Robert Cromartie _____ (duple improper) 6427
Caveman _____by Jim Hemphill _____(Becket) 5972
Chain the Hey _____ by Becky Hill _____ (duple improper) 5469
Chama River Reel _____ by Merri Rudd _____ (duple improper) 5367
Chasing Butterflies _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 5368
Cheat Lake Twirl _____ by Perry Shafran _____ (duple improper) 3029
Cherokee Shuffle _____ by David Kaynor _____(duple improper) 6606
Chicken on a Leash _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 5559
Circle of Love _____ by Susan Kevra _____ (duple inproper) 2360
Coriolus Effect_____ by Melanie Axel-Lute_____ (duple improper) 5779
Crystal Eyes for You _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket) 2791
Dance of the Honeybee _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) 7045
David's Triplet #5 _____ by David Smukler _____ (proper triplet) 5803
Delphiniums and Daisies _____ by Tanya Rotenberg _____ (duple improper) 7595
Diamond Jubilee _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 2118
Diamond Jubilee in Mansfield _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 1986
Dip and Dive _____ by Tom Hinds _____ (duple improper) 6689
Dog Branch Reel _____ by Bob Dalsemer _____ (duple improper) 6310
Dolphiniums & Daisies ______ by Bob Green ______ (improper) 2700
Double Dip ______ by Ted Steele _______ (duple improper) 4438
Double Play _____ by John Coffman ______ (duple Becket) 4568
DownStream _____ by John Coffman_____ (duple improper) 7267
Drama in Middle School _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 4940
Du Quoin Races_____by Orace Johnson _____(Becket) 7434
Duck Soup_____by David Kirchner _____(duple improper) 5433
E6 _____ by Robert Cromartie _____ (duple improper) 5208
Eleanor's Reel _____ by Bill Olson _____ (duple improper, triple progression) 5774
Evanesce _____by Sarah Kaiser _____(Duple Improper) 1752
Family Contra in the Castle _____ by Seth Tepfer _____ (duple improper) 3552
Fast Hands _____ by Diane Silver _____ (duple improper) 5963
Fast Living _____ by David Kirchner _____ (four facing four) 5920
First Star _____by Ted Steele _____ (duple improper) 3853
Fly Around, My Pretty Little Miss _____ by Dale Wilson _____ (duple improper) 6230
Friday Night Fever_____ by_____Tony Parkes _____ (duple improper) 2255
Galena _____ by Jo Mortland _____(improper reverse progression) 5732
Gene's Valentine _____ by Dean Snipes _____ (becket) 2106
Get Me Going _____ by Lisa Greenleaf _____(duple improper) 6719
Girls of St. Louis _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) 6579
Good Friday ____ by Kirston Koths _____ (duple Improper) 4761
Goosebumps _____ by Bob Isaacs _____ (duple improper) 2000
Got Nice Neighbors _____ by Billy Boyer _____ (Becket) 4429
Grand Square Contra _____ by Jacob Bloom _____ 4X4 3196
Groundhog Daze _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 5661
Gypsy in the Hey _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Duple improper) 4207
Hand to Hand _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 3747
Happy as a Cold Pig in Warm Mud _____ by Mike Boerschig _____ (duple improper) 6137
Happy Hare _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 3818
Happy Wife Happy Life _____ by John Coffman _____(duple improper) 2343
Hay in the Barn _____ by Chart Guthrie _____ (duple improper) 5900
Heartbeat Contra _____ by Don Flaherty _____ (duple improper) 9648
Hey with Benefits _____by Bob Green _____(duple proper) 1856
Heyllamande _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 4045
Hinton's Circle of Love _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 3950
Homeward Bound _____ by Andrea Nettleton _____(Becket) 5459
Ice Cream in the Sink _____by Kathy Hirsh _____ (circle mixer) 7169
Invertro Flirtilization_____ by Jim Hemphill _____(duple improper) 5106
Ionia Breakout _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 4162
Josephine _____ by Sarah Kaiser _____ (Becket) 2135
Jubilation Variation _____ by Cary Ravitz _____ (duple improper) 2642
Judy's Joy _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 3699
Karen's Kool Kurls _____ by John Coffman _____(duple improper) 4457
Labor of Love _____ by Kathy Anderson _____ (duple improper) 9035
Lauren's Lagniappe _____ by John Coffman _____ (CCW Becket) 4353
Lavender and Lilac _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 5207
Linda's Lovely Smile _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 4848
Louisville Slugger _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 2596
Luke, You're Not My Father _____ by Bob Green _____ 4X4 4109
Mae's Maze _____ by John Coffman_____ (duple improper) 4243
Maple & Cedar Swing _____ by Bob Green _____ (proper, ladies traded) 3334
March Fours _____by Bob Green_____ (four facing four) 4616
Martha and the Steel Penny _____ by Bob Green _____(diamond, Gent1 top center) 2461
Martha's Hot & Spicy _____ by John Coffman_____ (duple improper) 4355
Men in the Middle _____ by Cammy Kaynor ____ (duple improper) 4560
Missionary Men _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (proper Becket) 5141
MMISL (Missile) Memory _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 2315
Momma Loo's Reel _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (duple improper) 4782
Monday _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 5298
Monsters in Music City _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple indecent) 2053
Mountain Men _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple proper) 1796
Mountain Ridge _____ by Billy Boyer _____ (duple improper) 4262
Mover and Shaker _____ by Rick Mohr _____(Becket) 2380
Mr. Darcy's FolkMads Kolo Contra & Waltz Medley _____by Bob Green _____(duple improper) 2786
Nectar of Ladue _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple Becket) 4109
NEFFA in My Wildest Dreams _____ by Bob Green _____ ( Becket) 4411
New Elixir _____ by Charlie Harvey _____ (duple Improper) 2104
November Nightts _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 1788
Parkay: Ode to a Dance Floor _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (ccw Becket) 2436
Paula's Promenade _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 9987
Plucking Daisy Petals _____ by Andrea Nettleton _____ (Becket) 5060
Proctor's Reel ____ by Joe Felsen _____ (duple improper) 4091
Quick Spin _____ by Carol Ormand _____ (four facing four) 4445
Reddie to Roll ______ by Cary Ravitz ______(Becket) 2859
Reel Macho _____ by John Coffman_____ (ccw Becket)) 4146
Reel Macho Revisited _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple becket) 3972
Reflection _____ by Don Flaherty ______ (improper) 2093
Renewal _____ by Gene Hubert _____(duple improper) 4698
Rick O'Shay Broke My Hey ______ by Jim Hemphill ______ (duple improper) 3819
Rick O'Shay's Hey _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 5308
Rockin' Robin _____ by Rick Mohr _____ (duple improper) 5286
Roll in the Hey _____ by Roger Diggle _____ (duple improper) 6700
Rollin' and Tumblin' _____by Cis Hinkle _____ (duple improper) 5500
Rollin' to the Grey Eagle _____ by Hank Morris _____ (duple improper) 4930
Rollin' with Rohde _____ by Jim Hemphill ____ (duple improper) 3656
Rolling in the Dough _____ by John Coffman_____ (duple improper) 4720
Rory O'Less _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple Becket) 1902
Sailing in Fair Harbor _____ by Andrea Nettleton _____ (duple improper) 4896
Salmon Chanted Evening _____ by Steve Zakon-Anderson _____ (duple improper) 6380
Sama Ana Hannah _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 4593
Sasha _____ traditional _____ (circle mixer) 28528
Scout House Reel _____ by Ted Sannella _____ (duple improper) 5440
Seesaw Surfer _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 4988
Shaker Buddha _____ by Bob Green & Norm Stewart _____ (Becket) 5131
Shaking Out the Bees _____by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 4409
Sharon of the Green Contra _____ by Jane Ewing _____(duple improper) 5156
Shaw's Garden ______ by Bob Green ______ (duple improper) 1901
Slapping the Wood _____ by Don Flaherty _____ (duple improper) 7569
Sleeping with the Hounds ______ by John Coffman ______ (duple Becket) 4167
Small Potatoes _____ by Jim Kitch _____ (duple improper) 7130
Snakes _____ by Dorothea Nettleton _____ (duple improper) 4777
Spring Fever _____ by Tony Parkes _____ (duple improper) 5948
Star Hey Night _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket) 5041
Starry Starry Night _____ by Judy Bass _____ (Becket) 4538
Stimulus Package _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple Becket) 3756
String of Swings _____ by Rick Mohr & Bob Isaacs ______ (improper) 2298
Sunday Swing _____ by Sarah Kaiser _____ (duple improper) 2518
Sweet Music for Guys _____ by Becky Hill _____ (duple improper) 3472
Sweet Potato Pie _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 2047
Swingshot ______ by Seth Tepfer _____ (duple improper) 4505
Ted's Triplet #7 _____ by Ted Sannella _____ (triplet) 8217
The Amazing Sarah Wilcox _____ by Tom Hinds _____ (progressed improper) 2520
The Amethyst Pear _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket) 2355
The Baby Rose _____ by David Kaynor _____ (duple improper) 8606
The Big Bicep _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 5052
The Big Chit Chat _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) 4851
The Big Easy _____ by Becky Hill _____ (duple improper) 4324
The Birthday Dance _____by Gene Hubert _____ (duple improper) 1845
The Carousel _____ by Tom Hinds _____ (duple improper) 9207
The Connectrix _____ by Rick Mohr _____ (duple improper) 4400
The Dance Gypsy _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (Becket) 7551
The Devil's Backbone _____ by William Watson _____ (four facing four) 8257
The Dog's Breakfast _____ by David Kaynor _____ (Becket) 4391
The Dorsett Exchange _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 4390
The Edgy Knitter ______ by John Coffman _____(duple improper) 6620
The Eggbeater _____ by Bill Olson _____ (duple improper) 6696
The Elegant Trogon _____ by Kathy Anderson _____ duple improper 4693
The Eyes Have It _____ by Becky Hill _____ (Becket) 5311
The Nice Combination _____by Gene Hubert_____(duple improper) 8707
The Social Butterfly _____ by John Coffman ______ (Becket) 4148
The Square English Contra _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple proper) 4372
The Third Time's the Charm ____ by Roger Diggle _____ (Becket) 4739
The Turning Point _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (duple improper) 2591
Three Thirty Three _____ by Steve Zakon-Anderson _____ (duple improper) 5896
Time to Play ____ by Tom Senior _____ (duple improper) 4524
Top Spin _____by Kathy Anderson _____ (duple improper) 4032
Triassic Poetry ______ by Lindsey Dono _____ (duple improper) 2793
Trip to Tbilisi _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple proper) 2161
Trip to Wilson _____ by Will Mentor _____ (Becket) 4049
Tutti Fruiti _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 3558
United We Dance _____ by Bob Isaacs _____ (duple improper) 9032
Venus and Mars _____ by Martin Sirk _____ (duple improper) 5734
Viviana's Chainsaw Massacre _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket) 2894
Wave Goodby to Winter _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 1972
Weave Well Enough Alone _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (4X4) 2249
Wes Side Story _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket Mixer) 5848
Wild Blue Yonder _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) 2139
Wild Hemp _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 4120
Willow Ware _____by Bob Green _____ (Becket) 4696
Wizard's Walk _____ by Ruthie Unger _____ (duple improper) 10011
Working Stiff _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 4476
XYZ _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 8203
You Can't Get There From Here _____ by Carol Ormond _____ (duple improper) 5515
Zombies of Sugar Hill _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (duple improper) 2909