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Of 16430 dances in the db, your query matches 184.
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| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Almond Joy | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | And Away We Go | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Arcadian Fling | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Assembly Line | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Back in Circulation | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Backsliding | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Beaver Slide Glide | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | A Becket Full of Butterflies | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Beneath the Stars | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Big Bicep | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Bothersome Bug Becket | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Boxer's Rebellion | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Breaking Trail | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Bug Breakdown | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Butterflies Gone Wild | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Butterfly Bonanza | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Cabin Fever Contra Cure | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Cape Girardeau Jive | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Catch Me if you Can | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Catch the Contra Bug | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Caveman | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Cavewoman #8 | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Celestial Butterfly | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Chance Dance Contra | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Chance Dance Scrambled Eggs | Committee Group | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Chased by Butterflies | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Chasin Around th Basin | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Chasin Around th Basin {alternate} | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Chasing Butterflies | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Chasing Chickens | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Chocolate Smoothie | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | A Circular Affair | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Coffee Grinder | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Cosmic Contra | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Counter Revolution | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Crashing Waves | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Cross Eyed | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Cross | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Cupid's Hey | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Cupid's Hey {original version} | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Dalliance | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Dalliance in the Deli | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Dance All Day | Jim Hemphill | Four Facing Four | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Dancing Rabbits | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Diamond Jubilee | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Don of the Dance | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Dorsett Exchange | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Early Exit | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Earthshine Reel | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Easily Led Lad | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Everybody Dance | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Everybody Dance {alternate} | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | A Fond Farewell | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Freebird | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Indecent | |
| Ⓕ | Girls of Greenfield | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Going My Way? | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Going Our Opposite Waves | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Greenfield Frolic | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Groundhog Daze | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Gypsy in the Hey | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Gypsyland | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Gyrations | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Hand to Hand | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Hard Turn | John Coffman | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Hazelnut | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Hello Goodby Butterfly | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Here There and Yonder | Jim Hemphill | Four Facing Four | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Hey Breaker | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Hey man, Chain | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Hey, How are you? | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Hey-ja Vu | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Heyllamande | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Infinity Continued | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Inversion Reel | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Invertro Flirtilization | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Itchy Bug Reel | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | I've Got Your Shadow Cornered | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | John's Joy Ride | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Kimmswick Reunion | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | La Poussette Peculiar | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | A Last Goodbye | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Lavender and Gold | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Left Out Star | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Long and Short of It | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Macadamia Nut | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Macho Man | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Indecent | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Mad About You | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Mad Robin Migration | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Mad Robin Migration II | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Mad Robin's Happy Ending | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Magic Box | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Martyred Monk | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | May the 5th Be With You | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Meet for a Swing | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Midnight Moo | John Coffman | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Mini Grand Swing | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Missionary Men | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | MMISL (Missile) Memory | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Monday | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Monsters in Music City | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Indecent |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Mountain Men | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | My Hungarian Gypsy Star | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | November Nights | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Office Mayhem | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Orbiting Gypsies | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Over the River Falls | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Indecent |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Parkay: Ode to a Dance Floor | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Partner Push | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Partner Push {alternate} | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Passing Peggy | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Patterson Promenade | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Paul's Peregrinations | Tavi Merrill | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Pecan Pie | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Playground | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Polka Dots on Parade | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Polka Dots on Parade II | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Indecent | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Promenade with Everyone | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Proper in Passing | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Proper Swingfest I | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Proper Swingfest II | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Proper Zest | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Pulling Together | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Push Me Pull You | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Push Me Pull You Two | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Rain Dance | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Rainbow Connection | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Red Admiral | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Rick O'Shay Broke my Hey | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Rick O'Shay's Hay | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Rick O'shay's Proper Hey | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Rollercoaster Ride | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Rollin With Rohde | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Rolling Along | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Rolling in Catnip | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Rounding the Corners | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Run Rooster Run | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Sadie Hawkins Swap Meet | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Scrambler | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The See Saw Slider | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The See Saw Surfer | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | SEMO Do Si Do | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Shiver Me Timbers | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Silver Linings | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Sister Swing | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Solstice Swing | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Special Delivery | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Spin Blend | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Spin til you Grin | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Square English Contra Dance | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Starlight Reunion | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Stars and Stripes Forever | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Indecent | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Stars of Fredericktown | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Steam Train | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Indecent | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Step in Time | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Strolling with the Neighbor | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Sugar Hill Express | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Superbowl Monday | Jim Hemphill | Three Facing Three | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Swallowtail Chase | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Sweet Melody | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Swingin and Slingin | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Sylvan Picnic | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Teaser | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Teaser {alternate} | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Theera Free Spirit | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Third Base | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Tornado | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Total Eclipse | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Trainride with a Pterodactyl | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Trip Through the Stars | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Twirling Girls | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Two + Two Makes Three | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Two Faces | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Indecent | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Under the Stars | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Untitled | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Up and Down and Around and Around | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Wave Goodby | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Wave Goodby to Winter | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Wave to your Neighbor | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Wavyliscious | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | We Eight (or Ate) at Sugar Hill | Jim Hemphill | Other Longways | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Weave Well Enough Alone | Jim Hemphill | Four Facing Four |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Weaving Wyandottes | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Where's Duke | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Whoever is Right is Right | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Wild Hemp | Jim Hemphill | Duple Minor - Becket |
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