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12th Night _____ by Bob Green ______ (duple improper) 3579
50/50 _____ by Bob Isaacs _____ (Becket) 3325
A Perfect Tin _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket, double progression) 3239
Aback_____by John Coffman_____(duple improper) 11343
Al's Safeway Produce _____by Robert Cromartie _____(duple improper) 9677
Alberta Street Contra _____ by Rich Goss _____(duple improper) 6570
Alexander's Swing Time _____ by Chris Page _____ (duple improper) 3191
All You Can Eat______ by Ted Crane_____(duple improper) 6432
Allison Wonderland _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 3524
Alternating Current _____by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 6988
Amy's Harmonium _____ by Cary Ravitz _____ (CCW Becket) 6746
An Arm and a Leg _____ by John Coffman _____(duple Becket) 5808
Another Cure for the Claps _____by Rich Goss and Bob Isaacs _____(duple improper) 16630
Another Flirty Attempt _____by Marian Hepburn _____(duple improper) 6674
Another Nice Combination _____ by Tom Hinds _______ (duple improper) 6000
Another Orbit for Liz _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 5657
B & B _____by Robert Cromartie _____(duple improper) 7266
Back on the Interstate _____Chrystal Gallacci Jones _____(duple improper) 5501
Back Road to Ayer _____ by Lisa Greenleaf _____ (duple improper) 2566
Baker's Square _____ by Sarah Kaiser _____ (Becket) 2713
Banana Bread _____by Bill Pope ____ (Becket) 6231
Beauty and the Bees _____by John Coffman _____(duple improper) 6896
Becketize the Baby _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) 4725
Bee in Her Bonnet _____ by John Coffmann _____duple improper 4983
Beneficial Tradition _____by Dan Pearl _____(Becket) 12008
Birds of a Feather _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 5427
Blackbird Pie _____Joseph Pimentel _____(duple improper) 7142
Bloomingfoods Reel Food _____ by Bob Green ______ (duple improper) 2489
Bob's High Quality Bologna _____by John Coffman _____(duple improper) 5590
Bob's Valentine _____ by Chris Ricciotti _____ (duple improper) 2212
Box the Gnat Contra _____ by Becky Hill _____(duple improper) 7845
Boys From Urbana _____ by John Coffman _____ (becket) 3480
Broken Sixpence _____Don Armstrong _____(duple Improper) 9615
Burning the Bacon _____ by Steve Zakon-Anderson _____ (duple improper) 3199
Butter _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (Becket) 8746
Bye Bye Baltimore _____ by Bob Dalsemer _____ (duple improper) 2633
California Twirlin' _____by Janet Levatin _____(duple improper) 7436
Caped Crusader _____by Bob Green ______(2 couple mixer) 5569
Captain Kirk’s Halibut _____by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 5224
Carpet Vectors _____ by Robert Cromartie _____ (duple improper) 6446
Caveman _____by Jim Hemphill _____(Becket) 5995
Chain the Hey _____ by Becky Hill _____ (duple improper) 5490
Chama River Reel _____ by Merri Rudd _____ (duple improper) 5381
Chasing Butterflies _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 5387
Cheat Lake Twirl _____ by Perry Shafran _____ (duple improper) 3041
Cherokee Shuffle _____ by David Kaynor _____(duple improper) 6626
Chicken on a Leash _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 5574
Circle of Love _____ by Susan Kevra _____ (duple inproper) 2377
Coriolus Effect_____ by Melanie Axel-Lute_____ (duple improper) 5798
Crystal Eyes for You _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket) 2808
Dance of the Honeybee _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) 7067
David's Triplet #5 _____ by David Smukler _____ (proper triplet) 5828
Delphiniums and Daisies _____ by Tanya Rotenberg _____ (duple improper) 7608
Diamond Jubilee _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 2140
Diamond Jubilee in Mansfield _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 2008
Dip and Dive _____ by Tom Hinds _____ (duple improper) 6708
Dog Branch Reel _____ by Bob Dalsemer _____ (duple improper) 6329
Dolphiniums & Daisies ______ by Bob Green ______ (improper) 2725
Double Dip ______ by Ted Steele _______ (duple improper) 4455
Double Play _____ by John Coffman ______ (duple Becket) 4582
DownStream _____ by John Coffman_____ (duple improper) 7283
Drama in Middle School _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 4958
Du Quoin Races_____by Orace Johnson _____(Becket) 7454
Duck Soup_____by David Kirchner _____(duple improper) 5453
E6 _____ by Robert Cromartie _____ (duple improper) 5233
Eleanor's Reel _____ by Bill Olson _____ (duple improper, triple progression) 5790
Evanesce _____by Sarah Kaiser _____(Duple Improper) 1769
Family Contra in the Castle _____ by Seth Tepfer _____ (duple improper) 3567
Fast Hands _____ by Diane Silver _____ (duple improper) 5979
Fast Living _____ by David Kirchner _____ (four facing four) 5942
First Star _____by Ted Steele _____ (duple improper) 3874
Fly Around, My Pretty Little Miss _____ by Dale Wilson _____ (duple improper) 6247
Friday Night Fever_____ by_____Tony Parkes _____ (duple improper) 2270
Galena _____ by Jo Mortland _____(improper reverse progression) 5750
Gene's Valentine _____ by Dean Snipes _____ (becket) 2128
Get Me Going _____ by Lisa Greenleaf _____(duple improper) 6736
Girls of St. Louis _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) 6597
Good Friday ____ by Kirston Koths _____ (duple Improper) 4778
Goosebumps _____ by Bob Isaacs _____ (duple improper) 2016
Got Nice Neighbors _____ by Billy Boyer _____ (Becket) 4446
Grand Square Contra _____ by Jacob Bloom _____ 4X4 3216
Groundhog Daze _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 5681
Gypsy in the Hey _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Duple improper) 4224
Hand to Hand _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 3764
Happy as a Cold Pig in Warm Mud _____ by Mike Boerschig _____ (duple improper) 6162
Happy Hare _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 3839
Happy Wife Happy Life _____ by John Coffman _____(duple improper) 2357
Hay in the Barn _____ by Chart Guthrie _____ (duple improper) 5920
Heartbeat Contra _____ by Don Flaherty _____ (duple improper) 9672
Hey with Benefits _____by Bob Green _____(duple proper) 1874
Heyllamande _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 4060
Hinton's Circle of Love _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 3964
Homeward Bound _____ by Andrea Nettleton _____(Becket) 5478
Ice Cream in the Sink _____by Kathy Hirsh _____ (circle mixer) 7188
Invertro Flirtilization_____ by Jim Hemphill _____(duple improper) 5119
Ionia Breakout _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 4178
Josephine _____ by Sarah Kaiser _____ (Becket) 2153
Jubilation Variation _____ by Cary Ravitz _____ (duple improper) 2666
Judy's Joy _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 3716
Karen's Kool Kurls _____ by John Coffman _____(duple improper) 4477
Labor of Love _____ by Kathy Anderson _____ (duple improper) 9059
Lauren's Lagniappe _____ by John Coffman _____ (CCW Becket) 4370
Lavender and Lilac _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 5223
Linda's Lovely Smile _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 4877
Louisville Slugger _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 2609
Luke, You're Not My Father _____ by Bob Green _____ 4X4 4125
Mae's Maze _____ by John Coffman_____ (duple improper) 4260
Maple & Cedar Swing _____ by Bob Green _____ (proper, ladies traded) 3358
March Fours _____by Bob Green_____ (four facing four) 4637
Martha and the Steel Penny _____ by Bob Green _____(diamond, Gent1 top center) 2479
Martha's Hot & Spicy _____ by John Coffman_____ (duple improper) 4377
Men in the Middle _____ by Cammy Kaynor ____ (duple improper) 4579
Missionary Men _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (proper Becket) 5161
MMISL (Missile) Memory _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 2334
Momma Loo's Reel _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (duple improper) 4801
Monday _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 5313
Monsters in Music City _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple indecent) 2069
Mountain Men _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple proper) 1809
Mountain Ridge _____ by Billy Boyer _____ (duple improper) 4276
Mover and Shaker _____ by Rick Mohr _____(Becket) 2403
Mr. Darcy's FolkMads Kolo Contra & Waltz Medley _____by Bob Green _____(duple improper) 2800
Nectar of Ladue _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple Becket) 4127
NEFFA in My Wildest Dreams _____ by Bob Green _____ ( Becket) 4425
New Elixir _____ by Charlie Harvey _____ (duple Improper) 2121
November Nightts _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 1805
Parkay: Ode to a Dance Floor _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (ccw Becket) 2454
Paula's Promenade _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 10005
Plucking Daisy Petals _____ by Andrea Nettleton _____ (Becket) 5074
Proctor's Reel ____ by Joe Felsen _____ (duple improper) 4107
Quick Spin _____ by Carol Ormand _____ (four facing four) 4466
Reddie to Roll ______ by Cary Ravitz ______(Becket) 2879
Reel Macho _____ by John Coffman_____ (ccw Becket)) 4161
Reel Macho Revisited _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple becket) 3992
Reflection _____ by Don Flaherty ______ (improper) 2105
Renewal _____ by Gene Hubert _____(duple improper) 4717
Rick O'Shay Broke My Hey ______ by Jim Hemphill ______ (duple improper) 3834
Rick O'Shay's Hey _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 5327
Rockin' Robin _____ by Rick Mohr _____ (duple improper) 5307
Roll in the Hey _____ by Roger Diggle _____ (duple improper) 6720
Rollin' and Tumblin' _____by Cis Hinkle _____ (duple improper) 5516
Rollin' to the Grey Eagle _____ by Hank Morris _____ (duple improper) 4947
Rollin' with Rohde _____ by Jim Hemphill ____ (duple improper) 3673
Rolling in the Dough _____ by John Coffman_____ (duple improper) 4740
Rory O'Less _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple Becket) 1917
Sailing in Fair Harbor _____ by Andrea Nettleton _____ (duple improper) 4910
Salmon Chanted Evening _____ by Steve Zakon-Anderson _____ (duple improper) 6399
Sama Ana Hannah _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 4610
Sasha _____ traditional _____ (circle mixer) 28611
Scout House Reel _____ by Ted Sannella _____ (duple improper) 5455
Seesaw Surfer _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 5002
Shaker Buddha _____ by Bob Green & Norm Stewart _____ (Becket) 5142
Shaking Out the Bees _____by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 4422
Sharon of the Green Contra _____ by Jane Ewing _____(duple improper) 5213
Shaw's Garden ______ by Bob Green ______ (duple improper) 1919
Slapping the Wood _____ by Don Flaherty _____ (duple improper) 7586
Sleeping with the Hounds ______ by John Coffman ______ (duple Becket) 4180
Small Potatoes _____ by Jim Kitch _____ (duple improper) 7151
Snakes _____ by Dorothea Nettleton _____ (duple improper) 4791
Spring Fever _____ by Tony Parkes _____ (duple improper) 5974
Star Hey Night _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket) 5057
Starry Starry Night _____ by Judy Bass _____ (Becket) 4554
Stimulus Package _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple Becket) 3770
String of Swings _____ by Rick Mohr & Bob Isaacs ______ (improper) 2321
Sunday Swing _____ by Sarah Kaiser _____ (duple improper) 2535
Sweet Music for Guys _____ by Becky Hill _____ (duple improper) 3486
Sweet Potato Pie _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 2068
Swingshot ______ by Seth Tepfer _____ (duple improper) 4521
Ted's Triplet #7 _____ by Ted Sannella _____ (triplet) 8235
The Amazing Sarah Wilcox _____ by Tom Hinds _____ (progressed improper) 2537
The Amethyst Pear _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket) 2370
The Baby Rose _____ by David Kaynor _____ (duple improper) 8633
The Big Bicep _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 5068
The Big Chit Chat _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) 4874
The Big Easy _____ by Becky Hill _____ (duple improper) 4342
The Birthday Dance _____by Gene Hubert _____ (duple improper) 1862
The Carousel _____ by Tom Hinds _____ (duple improper) 9226
The Connectrix _____ by Rick Mohr _____ (duple improper) 4418
The Dance Gypsy _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (Becket) 7568
The Devil's Backbone _____ by William Watson _____ (four facing four) 8277
The Dog's Breakfast _____ by David Kaynor _____ (Becket) 4408
The Dorsett Exchange _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 4411
The Edgy Knitter ______ by John Coffman _____(duple improper) 6633
The Eggbeater _____ by Bill Olson _____ (duple improper) 6715
The Elegant Trogon _____ by Kathy Anderson _____ duple improper 4708
The Eyes Have It _____ by Becky Hill _____ (Becket) 5335
The Nice Combination _____by Gene Hubert_____(duple improper) 8735
The Social Butterfly _____ by John Coffman ______ (Becket) 4170
The Square English Contra _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple proper) 4387
The Third Time's the Charm ____ by Roger Diggle _____ (Becket) 4754
The Turning Point _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (duple improper) 2609
Three Thirty Three _____ by Steve Zakon-Anderson _____ (duple improper) 5909
Time to Play ____ by Tom Senior _____ (duple improper) 4546
Top Spin _____by Kathy Anderson _____ (duple improper) 4050
Triassic Poetry ______ by Lindsey Dono _____ (duple improper) 2808
Trip to Tbilisi _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple proper) 2177
Trip to Wilson _____ by Will Mentor _____ (Becket) 4069
Tutti Fruiti _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 3585
United We Dance _____ by Bob Isaacs _____ (duple improper) 9050
Venus and Mars _____ by Martin Sirk _____ (duple improper) 5752
Viviana's Chainsaw Massacre _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket) 2911
Wave Goodby to Winter _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 1988
Weave Well Enough Alone _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (4X4) 2269
Wes Side Story _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket Mixer) 5860
Wild Blue Yonder _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) 2155
Wild Hemp _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 4135
Willow Ware _____by Bob Green _____ (Becket) 4716
Wizard's Walk _____ by Ruthie Unger _____ (duple improper) 10033
Working Stiff _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 4494
XYZ _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 8219
You Can't Get There From Here _____ by Carol Ormond _____ (duple improper) 5537
Zombies of Sugar Hill _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (duple improper) 2929