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| Ⓕ | Adios | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Adios {single progression version} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Alice's Rest | Tom Hinds | Sicilian Circle | ||
| Ⓕ | Alice's Rest {alternate A} | Tom Hinds | Sicilian Circle | ||
| Ⓕ | Alice's Rest {alternate B} | Tom Hinds | Sicilian Circle | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Amazing Becky Cohen | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Progressed improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | The Amazing Michelle Perry | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Amazing Sarah Wilcox | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Progressed improper |
| Ⓕ | Ann and John's Delight | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Annapolitan Mixer {Tom Hinds variant} | Tom Hinds | Circle Mixer | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Another Nice Combination | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Another Nice Slice | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Another Silly Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Any Kind of Settlement | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Any Kind of Settlement {variant} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | April and Jerry's Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Bad Hair Decade | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Balance the Line | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Bale the Hay | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Bale the Hay II | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Basket Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Basket Contra II | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Bat in the Window | Tom Hinds | Four Facing Four | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Batja's Breakdown | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Batja's Breakdown {David Kaynor variant} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Batja's Breakdown {Give-and-Take variant} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Becky and Rick's Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Black Mountain Reel | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Bluemont Special | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Boat House Reel | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Bored of Apples | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Buffalo Stampede | Tom Hinds | Sicilian Circle |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Burke Lake | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Indecent | |
| Ⓕ | Camp Wannadance | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Carol's Delight | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Carousel | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Cherokee Shuffle {3-part tune version} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Cherokee Shuffle {Tom Hinds dance} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Chinese Burritos | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Cold Turkey | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓕ | Cousin Gizmo's Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓕ | Cousin Sally Brown | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Progressed improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Crazy Eights | Tom Hinds | Four Facing Four | ||
| Ⓕ | Crystal Pool | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Indecent | ||
| Ⓕ | Curly Haired Girl | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Curly Haired Girl {alternating version} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Dance of the Ice Worms | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Danish Delights | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Danish Delights {simpler version} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | The Day After | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | The Day Before | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Denise's Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Desert Stomp | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Desert Stomp {single progression variant} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Devil's Nightmare | Tom Hinds | Sicilian Circle | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Dip and Dive | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Don't Know Where I'm Going | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Double Take | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Early Evening Jig | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | The Eighth of April | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Equal Turn | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Equal Twirl | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | First Turn in May | Tom Hinds | Circle Mixer |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Fisher's Jig | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Five, Fifty-Five, Fifty-Five | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Forbidden Treasures | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Four, Forty-four, Forty-four | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Frederick Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Frederick Reel | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | The Friends Reel | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Frolic Four | Tom Hinds | Four Facing Four | |
| Ⓕ | Gaye Fifer's Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | General Eric | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | General Eric {variant} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Ginter Park Stroll | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | The Gold Chain | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Gypsy Around Two | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Gypsy O'More | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Gypsy O'More {alternate} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Hagerstown Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Half and Half | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Hangman's Reel | Tom Hinds | Sicilian Circle | ||
| Ⓕ | Hard Cider Boys | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Haste to the Divorce | Tom Hinds | Three Facing Three |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Haste to the Divorce {Karen Dunnam variant} | Tom Hinds | Three Facing Three | |
| Ⓕ | Hell Broke Loose in Georgia | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Here's to Fred | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Hexitation | Tom Hinds | Non-longways for 6 couples | |
| Ⓕ | Hey in the Middle | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Hey There | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Honor Among Dancers | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | The Host | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Hot Turkey | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Hull's Fantasy | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Hull's Surprise | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | The Hybrid | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Isle of Palms Roll Away | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Indecent | ||
| Ⓕ | Jane's Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Jerry's Swing Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Jerry's Swing Contra {variant} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | John O'Neal's Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Kate's Departure | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | The King's Reel | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | The Knights Who Say Nee | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Lakeside | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Laura Suzanne's Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Lefty Reel | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Linda's Delight | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Lisa's Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Lisa's Contra {variant} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Lost and Found | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Lost in the Stars | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓕ | Lost Treasures | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Lucky Allemande | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Lunch With Jean | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Lunch With Jean {alternate} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Middletown Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Miss Deedle's Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | The Mixing Bowl | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Moving Violations | Tom Hinds | Circle Mixer | ||
| Ⓕ | The Necessity | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | The Necessity {alternate} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The Necessity {Becket version} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Nelson Reel | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Indecent | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Never Too Early | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Never Too Late | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | The New Combination | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Nice Easy Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | No Hands | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Not So Fast! | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Nothing | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Olympic Dream | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Other Mary Kay's Reel | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ova's Dance | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Pass the Lake | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Pass the Sea | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Paul's Advice | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Pedal Pusher II | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Penn's Night Out | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Penn's Night Out {Carol Ormand variant} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Phrase Crosser | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Pilgrim's Progression | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓕ | The Pride of Baltimore | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | The Pride of Baltimore {variant} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Python Reel | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Reality or Nothing | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Progressed improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Reston Reel | Tom Hinds | Circle Mixer | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Revolution Reel | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Rhy Straw | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Richfield Riches | Tom Hinds | Four Facing Four |
| Ⓕ | Rita's Reel | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Road to Capon Bridge | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓕ | Rob's Request | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Roll Two | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Rolls of Harmony | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | |
| Ⓕ | Rough Ride | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Rush | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Salute to Stan Fowler | Tom Hinds | Four Facing Four | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Scooter | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket |
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | The Seventh Plane | Tom Hinds | Four Facing Four | |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Sicilian Circle Number One | Tom Hinds | Sicilian Circle |
| Ⓕ | Sicilian Circle Number Two | Tom Hinds | Sicilian Circle | ||
| Ⓕ | Sicilian Circle Number Two {contra version} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Single Circle | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Sling Shot | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Snake in the Grass | Tom Hinds | Sicilian Circle | ||
| Ⓕ | Spacey Acey | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Spin Your Top | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Spinner's Delight | Tom Hinds | Circle Mixer | |
| Ⓕ | Spring Teaser | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Indecent | ||
| Ⓕ | Star Gazer | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Staunton Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Steve's Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Stretching the Limits | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Stretching the Truth | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Swedish Cowboy Clog Dance | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Sweet and Sour | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Progressed improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Swisher's Hornpipe | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Indecent | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Tease | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | The Tempeh | Tom Hinds | Four Facing Four | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Thanks to the Gene | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | The Third of July | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Three Hats | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Three Rights | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Through the Grapevine | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Indecent | ||
| Ⓕ | Through the Looking Glass | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Indecent | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | Timberlake Jig | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | To Fill a Need | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Tom's Sixer Number Two | Tom Hinds | Non-longways for 6 couples | ||
| Ⓕ | Trillium Roll Away | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓕ | Trip to Denmark | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Trip to Faber | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | |
| Ⓕ | Trip to the Store | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | The Tryout | Tom Hinds | Circle Mixer | ||
| Ⓕ | Turkish Delights | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | Twenty-Eighth of February | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Proper | |
| Ⓕ | Twiddledee | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Twiddledum | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Two, Twenty-two, Twenty-two | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Uncle John's Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Uncle Steve's Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | Up a Pickle | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Vagn's Dance | Vagn Jensen | Sicilian Circle | |||
| Ⓕ | Valley Forge | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Reverse progression improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Vortex | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Walk Along John to Kansas | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Wave Maker | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Wave Maker {variant} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓥ | West End Hay | Tom Hinds | Four Facing Four | |
| Ⓕ | What Will the Neighbors Think? | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Becket | ||
| Ⓕ | What's Left? | Tom Hinds | Four Facing Four | ||
| Ⓕ | Ⓛ | Ⓥ | The Whip | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper |
| Ⓕ | Who's My Partner? | Tom Hinds | Sicilian Circle | ||
| Ⓕ | Worth the Wait | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Proper | ||
| Ⓕ | Yet Another Silly Contra | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Yet Another Silly Contra {variant} | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper | ||
| Ⓕ | Your Choice | Tom Hinds | Duple Minor - Improper |
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