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12th Night _____ by Bob Green ______ (duple improper) 3601
50/50 _____ by Bob Isaacs _____ (Becket) 3361
A Perfect Tin _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket, double progression) 3263
Aback_____by John Coffman_____(duple improper) 11375
Al's Safeway Produce _____by Robert Cromartie _____(duple improper) 9715
Alberta Street Contra _____ by Rich Goss _____(duple improper) 6595
Alexander's Swing Time _____ by Chris Page _____ (duple improper) 3211
All You Can Eat______ by Ted Crane_____(duple improper) 6450
Allison Wonderland _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 3558
Alternating Current _____by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 7013
Amy's Harmonium _____ by Cary Ravitz _____ (CCW Becket) 6779
An Arm and a Leg _____ by John Coffman _____(duple Becket) 5830
Another Cure for the Claps _____by Rich Goss and Bob Isaacs _____(duple improper) 16653
Another Flirty Attempt _____by Marian Hepburn _____(duple improper) 6707
Another Nice Combination _____ by Tom Hinds _______ (duple improper) 6013
Another Orbit for Liz _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 5682
B & B _____by Robert Cromartie _____(duple improper) 7285
Back on the Interstate _____Chrystal Gallacci Jones _____(duple improper) 5526
Back Road to Ayer _____ by Lisa Greenleaf _____ (duple improper) 2590
Baker's Square _____ by Sarah Kaiser _____ (Becket) 2732
Banana Bread _____by Bill Pope ____ (Becket) 6250
Beauty and the Bees _____by John Coffman _____(duple improper) 6930
Becketize the Baby _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) 4756
Bee in Her Bonnet _____ by John Coffmann _____duple improper 5005
Beneficial Tradition _____by Dan Pearl _____(Becket) 12054
Birds of a Feather _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 5444
Blackbird Pie _____Joseph Pimentel _____(duple improper) 7165
Bloomingfoods Reel Food _____ by Bob Green ______ (duple improper) 2508
Bob's High Quality Bologna _____by John Coffman _____(duple improper) 5608
Bob's Valentine _____ by Chris Ricciotti _____ (duple improper) 2234
Box the Gnat Contra _____ by Becky Hill _____(duple improper) 7876
Boys From Urbana _____ by John Coffman _____ (becket) 3505
Broken Sixpence _____Don Armstrong _____(duple Improper) 9639
Burning the Bacon _____ by Steve Zakon-Anderson _____ (duple improper) 3216
Butter _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (Becket) 8820
Bye Bye Baltimore _____ by Bob Dalsemer _____ (duple improper) 2652
California Twirlin' _____by Janet Levatin _____(duple improper) 7457
Caped Crusader _____by Bob Green ______(2 couple mixer) 5586
Captain Kirk’s Halibut _____by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 5240
Carpet Vectors _____ by Robert Cromartie _____ (duple improper) 6467
Caveman _____by Jim Hemphill _____(Becket) 6025
Chain the Hey _____ by Becky Hill _____ (duple improper) 5507
Chama River Reel _____ by Merri Rudd _____ (duple improper) 5400
Chasing Butterflies _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 5409
Cheat Lake Twirl _____ by Perry Shafran _____ (duple improper) 3074
Cherokee Shuffle _____ by David Kaynor _____(duple improper) 6646
Chicken on a Leash _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 5594
Circle of Love _____ by Susan Kevra _____ (duple inproper) 2398
Coriolus Effect_____ by Melanie Axel-Lute_____ (duple improper) 5810
Crystal Eyes for You _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket) 2826
Dance of the Honeybee _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) 7101
David's Triplet #5 _____ by David Smukler _____ (proper triplet) 5866
Delphiniums and Daisies _____ by Tanya Rotenberg _____ (duple improper) 7631
Diamond Jubilee _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 2163
Diamond Jubilee in Mansfield _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 2036
Dip and Dive _____ by Tom Hinds _____ (duple improper) 6726
Dog Branch Reel _____ by Bob Dalsemer _____ (duple improper) 6353
Dolphiniums & Daisies ______ by Bob Green ______ (improper) 2755
Double Dip ______ by Ted Steele _______ (duple improper) 4479
Double Play _____ by John Coffman ______ (duple Becket) 4593
DownStream _____ by John Coffman_____ (duple improper) 7303
Drama in Middle School _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 4975
Du Quoin Races_____by Orace Johnson _____(Becket) 7482
Duck Soup_____by David Kirchner _____(duple improper) 5470
E6 _____ by Robert Cromartie _____ (duple improper) 5256
Eleanor's Reel _____ by Bill Olson _____ (duple improper, triple progression) 5811
Evanesce _____by Sarah Kaiser _____(Duple Improper) 1796
Family Contra in the Castle _____ by Seth Tepfer _____ (duple improper) 3585
Fast Hands _____ by Diane Silver _____ (duple improper) 5998
Fast Living _____ by David Kirchner _____ (four facing four) 5960
First Star _____by Ted Steele _____ (duple improper) 3901
Fly Around, My Pretty Little Miss _____ by Dale Wilson _____ (duple improper) 6272
Friday Night Fever_____ by_____Tony Parkes _____ (duple improper) 2288
Galena _____ by Jo Mortland _____(improper reverse progression) 5777
Gene's Valentine _____ by Dean Snipes _____ (becket) 2148
Get Me Going _____ by Lisa Greenleaf _____(duple improper) 6764
Girls of St. Louis _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) 6622
Good Friday ____ by Kirston Koths _____ (duple Improper) 4797
Goosebumps _____ by Bob Isaacs _____ (duple improper) 2033
Got Nice Neighbors _____ by Billy Boyer _____ (Becket) 4467
Grand Square Contra _____ by Jacob Bloom _____ 4X4 3247
Groundhog Daze _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 5704
Gypsy in the Hey _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Duple improper) 4243
Hand to Hand _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 3786
Happy as a Cold Pig in Warm Mud _____ by Mike Boerschig _____ (duple improper) 6181
Happy Hare _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 3864
Happy Wife Happy Life _____ by John Coffman _____(duple improper) 2377
Hay in the Barn _____ by Chart Guthrie _____ (duple improper) 5943
Heartbeat Contra _____ by Don Flaherty _____ (duple improper) 9704
Hey with Benefits _____by Bob Green _____(duple proper) 1896
Heyllamande _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 4079
Hinton's Circle of Love _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 3988
Homeward Bound _____ by Andrea Nettleton _____(Becket) 5499
Ice Cream in the Sink _____by Kathy Hirsh _____ (circle mixer) 7214
Invertro Flirtilization_____ by Jim Hemphill _____(duple improper) 5134
Ionia Breakout _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 4197
Josephine _____ by Sarah Kaiser _____ (Becket) 2173
Jubilation Variation _____ by Cary Ravitz _____ (duple improper) 2690
Judy's Joy _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 3741
Karen's Kool Kurls _____ by John Coffman _____(duple improper) 4496
Labor of Love _____ by Kathy Anderson _____ (duple improper) 9080
Lauren's Lagniappe _____ by John Coffman _____ (CCW Becket) 4391
Lavender and Lilac _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 5251
Linda's Lovely Smile _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 4904
Louisville Slugger _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 2627
Luke, You're Not My Father _____ by Bob Green _____ 4X4 4145
Mae's Maze _____ by John Coffman_____ (duple improper) 4282
Maple & Cedar Swing _____ by Bob Green _____ (proper, ladies traded) 3390
March Fours _____by Bob Green_____ (four facing four) 4659
Martha and the Steel Penny _____ by Bob Green _____(diamond, Gent1 top center) 2496
Martha's Hot & Spicy _____ by John Coffman_____ (duple improper) 4408
Men in the Middle _____ by Cammy Kaynor ____ (duple improper) 4601
Missionary Men _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (proper Becket) 5183
MMISL (Missile) Memory _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 2350
Momma Loo's Reel _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (duple improper) 4828
Monday _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 5332
Monsters in Music City _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple indecent) 2093
Mountain Men _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple proper) 1830
Mountain Ridge _____ by Billy Boyer _____ (duple improper) 4300
Mover and Shaker _____ by Rick Mohr _____(Becket) 2432
Mr. Darcy's FolkMads Kolo Contra & Waltz Medley _____by Bob Green _____(duple improper) 2821
Nectar of Ladue _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple Becket) 4141
NEFFA in My Wildest Dreams _____ by Bob Green _____ ( Becket) 4448
New Elixir _____ by Charlie Harvey _____ (duple Improper) 2139
November Nightts _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 1824
Parkay: Ode to a Dance Floor _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (ccw Becket) 2484
Paula's Promenade _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 10034
Plucking Daisy Petals _____ by Andrea Nettleton _____ (Becket) 5095
Proctor's Reel ____ by Joe Felsen _____ (duple improper) 4125
Quick Spin _____ by Carol Ormand _____ (four facing four) 4499
Reddie to Roll ______ by Cary Ravitz ______(Becket) 2904
Reel Macho _____ by John Coffman_____ (ccw Becket)) 4181
Reel Macho Revisited _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple becket) 4008
Reflection _____ by Don Flaherty ______ (improper) 2127
Renewal _____ by Gene Hubert _____(duple improper) 4743
Rick O'Shay Broke My Hey ______ by Jim Hemphill ______ (duple improper) 3852
Rick O'Shay's Hey _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 5352
Rockin' Robin _____ by Rick Mohr _____ (duple improper) 5329
Roll in the Hey _____ by Roger Diggle _____ (duple improper) 6746
Rollin' and Tumblin' _____by Cis Hinkle _____ (duple improper) 5539
Rollin' to the Grey Eagle _____ by Hank Morris _____ (duple improper) 4989
Rollin' with Rohde _____ by Jim Hemphill ____ (duple improper) 3692
Rolling in the Dough _____ by John Coffman_____ (duple improper) 4759
Rory O'Less _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple Becket) 1937
Sailing in Fair Harbor _____ by Andrea Nettleton _____ (duple improper) 4932
Salmon Chanted Evening _____ by Steve Zakon-Anderson _____ (duple improper) 6420
Sama Ana Hannah _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 4634
Sasha _____ traditional _____ (circle mixer) 28694
Scout House Reel _____ by Ted Sannella _____ (duple improper) 5473
Seesaw Surfer _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 5024
Shaker Buddha _____ by Bob Green & Norm Stewart _____ (Becket) 5162
Shaking Out the Bees _____by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 4439
Sharon of the Green Contra _____ by Jane Ewing _____(duple improper) 5336
Shaw's Garden ______ by Bob Green ______ (duple improper) 1932
Slapping the Wood _____ by Don Flaherty _____ (duple improper) 7614
Sleeping with the Hounds ______ by John Coffman ______ (duple Becket) 4196
Small Potatoes _____ by Jim Kitch _____ (duple improper) 7179
Snakes _____ by Dorothea Nettleton _____ (duple improper) 4813
Spring Fever _____ by Tony Parkes _____ (duple improper) 5999
Star Hey Night _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket) 5075
Starry Starry Night _____ by Judy Bass _____ (Becket) 4581
Stimulus Package _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple Becket) 3787
String of Swings _____ by Rick Mohr & Bob Isaacs ______ (improper) 2341
Sunday Swing _____ by Sarah Kaiser _____ (duple improper) 2553
Sweet Music for Guys _____ by Becky Hill _____ (duple improper) 3505
Sweet Potato Pie _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 2084
Swingshot ______ by Seth Tepfer _____ (duple improper) 4544
Ted's Triplet #7 _____ by Ted Sannella _____ (triplet) 8277
The Amazing Sarah Wilcox _____ by Tom Hinds _____ (progressed improper) 2562
The Amethyst Pear _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket) 2390
The Baby Rose _____ by David Kaynor _____ (duple improper) 8666
The Big Bicep _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 5092
The Big Chit Chat _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) 4893
The Big Easy _____ by Becky Hill _____ (duple improper) 4362
The Birthday Dance _____by Gene Hubert _____ (duple improper) 1879
The Carousel _____ by Tom Hinds _____ (duple improper) 9254
The Connectrix _____ by Rick Mohr _____ (duple improper) 4445
The Dance Gypsy _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (Becket) 7595
The Devil's Backbone _____ by William Watson _____ (four facing four) 8300
The Dog's Breakfast _____ by David Kaynor _____ (Becket) 4426
The Dorsett Exchange _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 4432
The Edgy Knitter ______ by John Coffman _____(duple improper) 6653
The Eggbeater _____ by Bill Olson _____ (duple improper) 6743
The Elegant Trogon _____ by Kathy Anderson _____ duple improper 4730
The Eyes Have It _____ by Becky Hill _____ (Becket) 5365
The Nice Combination _____by Gene Hubert_____(duple improper) 8777
The Social Butterfly _____ by John Coffman ______ (Becket) 4193
The Square English Contra _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple proper) 4407
The Third Time's the Charm ____ by Roger Diggle _____ (Becket) 4772
The Turning Point _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (duple improper) 2628
Three Thirty Three _____ by Steve Zakon-Anderson _____ (duple improper) 5930
Time to Play ____ by Tom Senior _____ (duple improper) 4573
Top Spin _____by Kathy Anderson _____ (duple improper) 4064
Triassic Poetry ______ by Lindsey Dono _____ (duple improper) 2826
Trip to Tbilisi _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple proper) 2194
Trip to Wilson _____ by Will Mentor _____ (Becket) 4099
Tutti Fruiti _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 3600
United We Dance _____ by Bob Isaacs _____ (duple improper) 9080
Venus and Mars _____ by Martin Sirk _____ (duple improper) 5774
Viviana's Chainsaw Massacre _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket) 2939
Wave Goodby to Winter _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (duple improper) 2003
Weave Well Enough Alone _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (4X4) 2292
Wes Side Story _____ by Bob Green _____ (Becket Mixer) 5880
Wild Blue Yonder _____ by John Coffman _____ (Becket) 2175
Wild Hemp _____ by Jim Hemphill _____ (Becket) 4152
Willow Ware _____by Bob Green _____ (Becket) 4739
Wizard's Walk _____ by Ruthie Unger _____ (duple improper) 10068
Working Stiff _____ by John Coffman _____ (duple improper) 4514
XYZ _____ by Bob Green _____ (duple improper) 8249
You Can't Get There From Here _____ by Carol Ormond _____ (duple improper) 5559
Zombies of Sugar Hill _____ by Gene Hubert _____ (duple improper) 2950