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database updated: 2025-04-30

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Of 16034 dances in the db, your query matches 207.

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33 for Steve Claire Takemori Singlet
96 Heartbeats JJ Luxe Duple Minor - Improper
Alamo Contra Tom Crisp Duple Minor - Improper
All the Threes John Meechan Duple Minor - Improper
Arkansas Traveller {improper variant of Ralph Page version} Traditional Duple Minor - Improper
Arkansas Traveller {Ralph Page version} Traditional Duple Minor - Proper
Back to Back Isaac Banner Duple Minor - Improper
Balance and....? Tommy Linden Duple Minor - Becket
Balance Bouquet Al Olson Duple Minor - Improper
Balance the Books John Coffman Duple Minor - Improper
Balance-y dance with wave Katherine Kitching Duple Minor - Improper
Balancing Act John Sweeney Duple Minor - Becket
Barbarella Tom Thoreau Duple Minor - Becket
Becket O More Al Green Duple Minor - Becket
Bells Of The Season Don Flaherty Duple Minor - Becket
Bias Contra Luke Donforth Grid Contra
The Birds and the Bees {2015 version} (deprecated) Rick Mohr Grid Square
Bored of Appeals Ann Fallon Duple Minor - Improper
Box the Ocean DeLaura Padovan Duple Minor - Improper
Boxing Day Dan Luecking Duple Minor - Proper
Brain Dead Balance Luke Donforth Duple Minor - Improper
Brainstorm Scott Miller Duple Minor - Improper
Captain Shanks's Revenge Maggie Jo Saylor Duple Minor - Improper
Carla's Stomp Donna Calhoun Duple Minor - Improper
Carosel Contra Unknown person Duple Minor - Improper
The Carousel Bill Wolding Sicilian Circle
Charlie's Free Flowing Elixir Don Veino Duple Minor - Improper
Charlie's Free Flowing Elixir {Becket version} Don Veino Duple Minor - Becket
Circle Waltz Traditional Circle Mixer
Contra Connection Ben Werner Duple Minor - Becket
Contradancers Do It Better Maia McCormick Duple Minor - Becket
The Contrathon Dance Dean Snipes Duple Minor - Improper
Country Doctor's Reel - Var Rich Goss Duple Minor - Improper
Crepes with Ricotta Erik Erhardt Duple Minor - Becket
David's Triplet #6 David Smukler Triplet
De Martelly {RPDLW version} Dudley Laufman Duple Minor - Proper
Diamonds in the Rough Tavi Merrill Duple Minor - Becket
The Digital Divide Jeremy Korr Duple Minor - Improper
Dodecanella Luke Donforth Other Longways
Dodecanella {fixed variant} Luke Donforth Other Longways
Dopeca John Sweeney Duple Minor - Improper
Double Balanced Brain Luke Donforth Duple Minor - Improper
Double Weave Mixer Dena Fresh Sicilian Circle
Dreamland Races Koren Wake Duple Minor - Becket
Dreamland Races {alternate} Koren Wake Duple Minor - Becket
Dressing the Stuffing Seth Tepfer Singlet
Dutch Foursome Paul Peters Sicilian Circle
Easy for you to say {doublet variant} Seth Tepfer Doublet
Easy Waltz Contra Coy Cowan Duple Minor - Improper
Fair Trade Richard Green Duple Minor - Improper

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