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| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | 40 Years of Penguin Pam | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | 40 Years of Penguin Pam {32-bar version} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | 40 Years of Penguin Pam {original} (deprecated) | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | 4am | Seth Tepfer | Four Facing Four |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | 6E Pie Time | Claire Takemori | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Apples and Caramel | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Aw Shoot | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Back down | Seth Tepfer | Singlet | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Bagpipes and Barbershops 2020 | Seth Tepfer | Singlet | |
| Ⓕ | Be the Friend | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Bend and Slip | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Bi-TriskaDeka-thon .2 Reel | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Black Beards of Vernals | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Black Lake Inlet of Dr. Joe Rush | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Blackberry Cobbler Quadrille | Seth Tepfer | Four Facing Four |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Blue Moon Clover | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Bodacious Babe and her Fabulous Femmes | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | The BonBon-Vivant | Seth Tepfer | Singlet | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Bottom of the Ninth | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Bouncing Off the Walls | Seth Tepfer | Singlet | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Broken Dollar | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Broken Dollar {early version} (deprecated) | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Broken Hey | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Bursting into Lines | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Carole and Bill Get a Toaster | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Celebrate Everyone | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Celebrate Everyone {B2 alternate 1} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Celebrate Everyone {B2 alternate 2} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Celebrate Everyone {B2 alternate 3} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Celebrate Everyone {Meghan Mella variant} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Challakbab | Seth Tepfer | Singlet | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Cheese Grits with Jalapeno | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Color Outside the Lines | Seth Tepfer | Four Facing Four | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | ContraQuad | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | ContraQuad {zestier version} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Dahlonega Chase | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Dahlonega ContraFlow(tm) and Weave | Seth Tepfer | Sicilian Circle | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Dahlonega Warm up | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Dance Well and Prosper | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Dance, Dot, Dance | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | De-icing fluid | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Progressed improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Dennis' 50 Years of Entrancement | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Diaper Blues | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Diaper Blues {32-bar version} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | A Different Way Forward | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | A Different Way Forward {original version} (deprecated) | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Dip and Dive Variant | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Dissent | Seth Tepfer | Singlet | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Dolphin Yay! | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Dot, Dot, Dance | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Dot, Dot, Dance {alternate} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Double Duo-Si-Duo | Seth Tepfer | Singlet | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Double Expediency of Love | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Double Robin Crossing | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Double Think | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Dragonfly View Reel | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Dressing the Stuffing | Seth Tepfer | Singlet | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Easy for you to say {doublet variant} | Seth Tepfer | Doublet | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Endless Summer {1.5} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Endless Summer {original version} (deprecated) | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Family Contra in the Castle | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Family Contra in the Castle {ones swing version} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Fireworks for Janet | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Fireworks for Janet {original version} (deprecated) | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Flirting with Bobbie Jo | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | FloorPlay New Years Eve 2003 | Seth Tepfer | Circle Mixer | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | FloorPlay New Years Eve 2003 {32-bar version} | Seth Tepfer | Circle Mixer | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Friday at the Boogie! | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | A glittering, sparkly 40th | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Granny Smith Apple | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Gypsies in the Fields | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Reverse progression improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Gypsy Road | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Hey of Light | Seth Tepfer | Four Facing Four | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Irked Turkey | Seth Tepfer | Doublet | |
| Ⓕ | Jane's Green Tea | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Jefferson and Lincoln | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Joyous Rose {Seth Tepfer variant} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Julian Reel | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Karen's Right By Us | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Kelsey Hartman's Footloose and Fancy Free | Seth Tepfer | Sicilian Circle | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Komorebi | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Cross | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Komorebi {alternating version} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Cross | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Lalah's TriskadekaMania | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Last Minute Contra {original version} (deprecated) | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Last Minute Contra {revised version} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Law Firm of Rob and Sue | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Law Firm of Rob and Sue {alternate 1} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Law Firm of Rob and Sue {alternate 2} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Leather Jacket Hut | Seth Tepfer | Triplet | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Leave em Standing | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Reverse progression improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Levi Jackson JetLag | Seth Tepfer | Triple Minor | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Look for the Hat | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Love Thy Neighbor | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Lydia's Questions | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Lydia's Questions {variant 1} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Lydia's Questions {variant 2} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Lydia's Questions {variant 3} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Lydia's Questions 2020 | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Magicien Marcher | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Major Hey {48-bar version} | Erik Hoffman | Four Facing Four |
| Ⓛ | Masala Chai | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Meg's a Dancing Fool | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Meteor Shower | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Mockingjay Basket | Seth Tepfer | Circle Mixer |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Mockingjay Petronella | Seth Tepfer | Sicilian Circle |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Musky Intentions | Seth Tepfer | Triple Minor | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Musky Intentions {alternate} | Seth Tepfer | Triple Minor | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Nancy, Cynda's, and Jamey's birthday | Seth Tepfer | Singlet | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | New Neural Pathways | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | No More Worth-less Swings | Seth Tepfer | Four Facing Four |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Not Camera Shy | Seth Tepfer | Singlet | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Not the Same as Shame on Shane | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Reverse progression improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Nothing More | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | NYE for Mark | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Old World Festival Jig | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Other Side | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Pam's Clock-wise Valentine {2.5} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Pam's Ultra-New Super-Improved Snake Oil Formula #9 | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Pass the Potatoes | Seth Tepfer | Doublet | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Pecan Triangle | Seth Tepfer | Non-longways for 3 couples | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Penguin Quits! | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Perforated Corners | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Petronella Turbulence | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Cross | |
| Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Pigtown Poussette | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Playful Gordons | Seth Tepfer | Circle Mixer |
| Ⓕ | A Pocketful of Pumpernickel | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Porch Swing | Seth Tepfer | Singlet | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Pride of Charlottesville | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Psithurism | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Rainbows over Sky (Camp) | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Retrouvaille | Seth Tepfer | Triple Minor |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Rotated Rotary | Seth Tepfer | Doublet | |
| Ⓕ | Rotated Rotary {original version} (deprecated) | Seth Tepfer | Doublet | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Sadly, we just left Rhode Island | Seth Tepfer | Circle Mixer | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Sadly, we just left Rhode Island {simpler version} | Seth Tepfer | Circle Mixer | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Sailing in Troubled Waters | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Sandi and Marti | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Sanitizer Sashay | Seth Tepfer | Singlet | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Sarah and Bill and Nancy and Drake tie the knot | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Sarah and Bill and Nancy and Drake tie the knot {alternate} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Scatter the Wave | Seth Tepfer | Solo | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Schnapsidee | Seth Tepfer | Non-longways for 6 couples | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Seth's Triplet #1: B and B (Bagpipes and Barbershops) | Seth Tepfer | Triplet | |
| Ⓕ | Skating on Thin Ice | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Snowball Shimmy | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | So Long, Salmonchanted Sarasota | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Sobremesa | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Sobremesa {double progression variant} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Solids and Stripes v 1.5 | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Southern Grits | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Spacewalk | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Spacewalk Untethered | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | A Spare Roll or Two | Seth Tepfer | Singlet | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Spin the Top Contra | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Spin the Top contra {variant} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Spiral Starflow | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓛ | Split Tree Flutterwheel | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Supersonic Boom | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Supersonic Byway | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Supersonic Diamond Interchange | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Swingin' On a Star | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Swingshot v1 | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Swingshot v1.5 | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Swingshot v2 | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Tallahassee Settlement Twirl | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Thank you, Barry (for a fabulous Vernals) | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Thanks to the kolRALBi | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Think Spin | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Three-Body Problem | Seth Tepfer | Circle of Threesomes | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Three-Body Problem {B2 circles variant} | Seth Tepfer | Circle of Threesomes | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Tickety-boo | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Tico-Deka-mania | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Time To Linger, for Jeanie Martai | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | To be named | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Toban and Jerry's Time to Unwind | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Trade Winds | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Trade Winds {advanced version} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Transgression | Seth Tepfer | Grid Contra | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Trip to the Trolley Barn | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓛ | Tristan's Revenge | Tristan Dennis | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Trolley Petronella | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Two for Tea | Seth Tepfer | Four Facing Four |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Two for Tea {original version} (deprecated) | Seth Tepfer | Four Facing Four | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Untitled | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Untitled Blues Dances {#1} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Untitled Blues Dances {#2} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Untitled Double Swing Thru Dance | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | untitled riff off of Dancing Sailors | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | untitled Right Hand High/Left Hand Low dance | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Untitled Sicilian | Seth Tepfer | Sicilian Circle | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | untitled star weave dance | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Untitled Vicious Circle Dance | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | We're pregnant! | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Wild and Precious | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Will You Dance With Me | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Will You Live with Me | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Will You Marry Me? | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Yuán fèn | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Yuán fèn {challenging version} | Seth Tepfer | Duple Minor - Becket |
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