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| Ⓛ | Aland Island Contra | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Allynn's No Mountain Reel | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓛ | America the Beautiful | Don Armstrong | Sicilian Circle | ||
| Ⓛ | Angus Campbell | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Anniversary Contra | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓛ | Arkansas Lady | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Balance and Duck | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Balance and Duck {alternate} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Balance in the Barn | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓥ | Balance in the Barn {alternate} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Balance in the Barn {American Squares variant} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Balancing Billy | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Balancing Billy {alternate} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Balancing B's | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | Betty's Favorite | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Betty's Favorite {Glen Nickerson variant} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Big John | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Big Lake | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Big Lake {alternate} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | Big Lake {Hans Krackau variant} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Bitter Creek | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| The Black Forest | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Boone Tavern Reel | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Proper | |||
| Ⓛ | Boone Tavern Reel {Lloyd Shaw interpretation} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓛ | Boxwood Billie | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Broken Sixpence | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Broken Sixpence {chain version} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Buddy's Becket | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Becket | |||
| Ⓛ | Buffalo Gals | Don Armstrong | Circle of Threesomes | ||
| Caledonian Lady | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Callison Hall Jig | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓛ | Calvin Crest Contra | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Canyon Contra | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓛ | Caribbean Contra | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Casting Pretoria | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓛ | Casting Sixpence | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Cayman Island Contra | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | ||
| Cayman Island, Revisited | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | |||
| Cedar House | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Charming Betsy | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | The Clansman's Circle | Don Armstrong | Sicilian Circle | ||
| The Clansmen's Dance | Don Armstrong | Sicilian Circle | |||
| Ⓛ | The Connecticut Contra | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | ||
| Ⓛ | Contrarotation | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Contrarotation {Sicilian version} | Don Armstrong | Sicilian Circle | ||
| Ⓛ | Contry Cousins | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Contry Cousins {Callerlab variant} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓛ | Copecrest Contra | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | The Corsair Balance | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Cotee River Reel | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | Cotee River Reel {1960 version} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Damian's Dance | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Denmark in July | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Diversity Hey | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Diversity Hey {alternate} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Docey Three | Don Armstrong | Three Facing Three | |||
| Ⓛ | Don Tremaine's Reel | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Don's Mescolanza | Don Armstrong | Four Facing Four | ||
| Don't Forget Us {Don Armstrong variant} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Becket | |||
| Ⓛ | E-Z Duz It | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Elk Hunt Reel | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | ||
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Eric's Reel | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓛ | EZ-1 | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Flying Scotsmen Hornpipe | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓛ | Formation Flight | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Four Corners Trio Mixer | Don Armstrong | Three Facing Three | |||
| Ⓛ | Frank's Birthday | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Goodnight Waltz Mixer | Don Armstrong | Circle Mixer | |||
| Ⓛ | Grapevine Jig | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓛ | Grapevine Jig {Sets in Order variant} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓛ | Hand Warmer Mixer | Don Armstrong | Circle Mixer | ||
| Ⓛ | Hank's Dance | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | ||
| Harriers' Reel | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | |||
| Ⓛ | Heart of the Rockies | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | High Country Mixer | Don Armstrong | Circle Mixer | |
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Homosassa Hornpipe | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Homosassa Hornpipe {Sicilian circle version} | Don Armstrong | Sicilian Circle | |||
| Ⓛ | Hurricane Hornpipe | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Ignore the Next | Don Armstrong | Sicilian Circle | ||
| Ⓛ | Indian School Circle | Don Armstrong | Sicilian Circle | ||
| Indian School Circle {alternate} | Don Armstrong | Sicilian Circle | |||
| Ⓛ | Ingrid's Lament {Don Armstrong variant} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | January Seventh Jig | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓛ | Jubilee Triplet | Don Armstrong | Triplet | ||
| Juniper Jig | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Kadie's Contra | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Kadie's Kontra | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Kansas City Reel | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓛ | Kathy's Kontra | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Kathy's Kontra {alternate 1 & 2} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Kathy's Kontra {alternate 1} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Kathy's Kontra {alternate 2} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Kittyhawk Hornpipe | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓛ | La Semilla Hornpipe | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | ||
| Ⓛ | Lads of Kildare {Don Armstrong variant, duple minor} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓛ | Lads of Kildare {Don Armstrong variant, triple minor} | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | ||
| Lannigan's Ball | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | Long Valley | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | ||
| Ⓛ | Long Valley {Ted Sannella variant} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓛ | Long Valley {variant} | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | ||
| Ⓛ | Marching to Pretoria {Don Armstrong version} | Don Armstrong | Sicilian Circle | ||
| Ⓛ | Marie's Favorite | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | McQuillen's Squeezebox | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | ||
| Ⓛ | The Meanwhile Mescolanza | Don Armstrong | Four Facing Four | ||
| Ⓛ | The Meanwhile Mescolanza {Sicilian version} | Don Armstrong | Four Facing Four | ||
| Ⓛ | Melody and Motion | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓛ | Mirroline Contra | Don Armstrong | Longways for 5 couples | ||
| Ⓛ | Mirroline Contra {alternate} | Don Armstrong | Longways for 5 couples | ||
| Mirror, Mirror, in the Hall | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Mirror, Mirror, in the Hall {alternate} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Monday's Dance | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | Monterey Special | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Monterey Special {Sicilian circle version} | Don Armstrong | Sicilian Circle | |||
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Mountain Ranger | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| New Faces | Don Armstrong | Four Facing Four | |||
| New Faces {alternate, Sicilian} | Don Armstrong | Four Facing Four | |||
| Ⓛ | New Faces {alternate} | Don Armstrong | Four Facing Four | ||
| New Faces {Sicilian} | Don Armstrong | Four Facing Four | |||
| Ⓛ | Newlywed's Reel {Don Armstrong variant} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓛ | Old Century Reel | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓛ | Old Raccoon | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Old Raccoon {alternate} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| The One-Extra Jig | Don Armstrong | Set dance for 4 couples + 1 | |||
| Ⓛ | Orlando Hornpipe | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Ottawa Special | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | ||
| Ⓛ | Oyster Shucker's Jig | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ozark Saturday Nite | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Paddy on the Turnpike | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Proper | |||
| Ⓛ | Paddy on the Turnpike {alternate} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Paddy on the Turnpike {triple minor version} | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | ||
| Ⓛ | Piano Reel | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Port Richey Reel | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Raccoon Ramble | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| The Racetrack Contra | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | Rachel | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Rambling Rover | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Really Richard's | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | |
| Ⓛ | Reichenau Ramble | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Reichenau Ramble {alternate} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Riff Raff | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | Riley's Reel | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Road to Phoenix | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | |||
| Ⓛ | Road to Phoenix {variant} | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | ||
| Ⓛ | Roadrunner | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Rondo | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | Roundelay Contra | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Roundelay Contra {alternate 1} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Roundelay Contra {alternate 2} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Rusty's Reel | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | Saratoga Wave | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Sash-Hey | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Saturday's Dance | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | Siesta Reel | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Slant Mescolanza | Don Armstrong | Four Facing Four | ||
| Ⓛ | Slant Mescolanza {alternate} | Don Armstrong | Four Facing Four | ||
| Ⓛ | Slant Mescolanza {Sicilian version} | Don Armstrong | Four Facing Four | ||
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Slant Pretoria | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| The Southpaw Circle | Don Armstrong | Sicilian Circle | |||
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Spitfire Swing | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | |
| Ⓛ | Spread Your Wings | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Spring Creek Swing | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | Squareheads Reel | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | St. Vrain Creek | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Stroll and Twirl | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Sunday Sampler | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Proper | |||
| Ⓛ | The Super Corsair | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Swing-a-Doodle | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | Swiss Miss | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Swiss Miss {alternate} | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | T.G.I.F. | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | T.L.C. Special | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | ||
| Ⓛ | Terry Lynn's Jig | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Terry Lynn's Jig {Sicilian circle version} | Don Armstrong | Sicilian Circle | |||
| Ⓛ | Three's a Crowd | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | ||
| Threes Lead Down | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | |||
| Thursday's Child | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Becket | |||
| Traffic on the Turnpike | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | |||
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Travel Air Triple | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | |
| Trip to Mesa | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | Trista's Dance | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Tuesday's Dance | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | Unwind the Clock | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Up Jumped the Devil | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Virginia Darlin' | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | A Waltz for Terry | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Wandering Waltz | Don Armstrong | Scatter Mixer | |||
| Ⓛ | Wednesday's Dance | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Westwind Waltz | Don Armstrong | Sicilian Circle | ||
| Ⓛ | Wheelbarrow Reel | Don Armstrong | Quadruplet | ||
| Ⓛ | Whispering | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓛ | Who's Who? | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | ||
| The Wingman | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | |||
| Ⓛ | Winter in the Woods | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Yorktown Angels | Don Armstrong | Triple Minor | |||
| Ⓛ | Yucca Jig | Don Armstrong | Duple Minor - Improper |
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