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Names and joking names for different kinds of dancing parties:

SQUARE DANCES 529
PROMS 291
HOPS 203
BALL 177
BARN DANCES 176
SHINDIGS 157
HOEDOWN 134
ROUND DANCES 100
NR 69
SOCK HOPS 52
DANCES 41
FORMALS 17
SCHOOL DANCES 14
BREAKDOWN 13
RECORD HOPS 11
BLOCK DANCES 9
COUNTRY DANCES 9
TEEN DANCES 9
TEEN-AGE DANCES 8
DINNER DANCES 7
COTILLION 6
ROCK AND ROLL 6
STREET DANCES 6
DRAGS 5
FOLK DANCES 5
GET-TOGETHERS 5
NH 5
PLAY PARTIES 5
FROLIC 4
HOG WRESTLE 4
MIXERS 4
SOCIAL 4
TEA DANCES 4
BEBOP 3
BRAWLS 3
CHURCH DANCES 3
COME-AS-YOU-ARE PARTIES 3
GIG 3
GO-GO PARTIES 3
JITTERBUG PARTIES 3
SADIE HAWKINS DANCES 3
SET DANCE 3
STAG DANCES 3
TWIST PARTY 3
ASSEMBLIES 2
BALLROOM DANCING 2
BELLY RUB 2
BELLY RUBBING 2
BLOW-OUTS 2
CAKEWALKS 2
CLUB DANCES 2
COMMUNITY DANCE 2
COSTUME BALL 2
DANCE PARTIES 2
DANCING 2
FAIS-DODO 2
FIREMAN’S BALL 2
FLING 2
FOLK DANCING 2
FORMAL DANCES 2
GERMANS 2
GOING JUKING 2
HOMECOMING 2
HOOTENANNY 2
HOUSE PARTIES 2
JAM SESSION 2
JAMBOREE 2
JUMPS 2
JUNIOR PROM 2
KITCHEN DANCE 2
KITCHEN SWEATS 2
KNOCK-DOWN-DRAG-OUT 2
MASQUERADE 2
MASQUERADE BALL 2
PAJAMA PARTIES 2
PLATFORM DANCES 2
POLKA DANCES 2
POLKAS 2
PUBLIC DANCES 2
QUADRILLES 2
ROCK AND ROLL PARTIES 2
SATURDAY NIGHT DANCES 2
SHAKEDOWN 2
SOIREES 2
SQUARE DANCING 2
SUPPER DANCES 2
TEEN HOP 2
VIRGINIA REELS 2
WEDDING DANCES 2
WING-DING 2
YOUNG PEOPLE’S DANCE 2
YOUTH DANCES 2
A.K.P.U. HOP 1
ARMY HOP 1
BACK DANCE 1
BACKWARD DANCE 1
BAILE 1
BALLROOM DANCING PARTIES 1
BANQUET 1
BARNYARD SHUFFLE 1
BARYNARD DANCE 1
BASHES 1
BASQUE DANCE 1
BEACH PARTIES 1
BEANBAKES 1
BEAT THE DUST OUT OF THE CRACKS 1
BEES 1
BENEFIT BALLS 1
BENEFIT DANCE 1
BICYCLE PARADES 1
BIG APPLE PARTY 1
BIG DANCE 1
BIG GAME DANCE 1
BLAST 1
BLOCK PARTIES 1
BOWERY DANCES 1
BREAKFAST PARTY 1
BUNNY HOP 1
BUTTONS ‘N BOWS 1
CALATHUMP 1
CALICO HOP 1
CANADIAN CAT TWIST 1
CANDLE-LIGHT BALL 1
CANTEEN 1
CARD DANCE 1
CASUAL DANCE 1
CELEBRATION 1
CHARITY BALL 1
CHIVAREE 1
CHRISTMAS BALLS 1
CHRISTMAS DANCES 1
CHRISTMAS FORMAL 1
CIRCLE DANCE 1
CLOG DANCE 1
CLOGGING 1
COSTUME DANCES 1
COSTUME DANCING 1
COTILLION BALL 1
COTTON-PICKIN’ PARTY 1
COUNTRY CLUB DANCES 1
COUNTRY HOEDOWN 1
COUPLE AFFAIR 1
D.S.A. 1
DAME DANCE 1
DANCE CONTESTS 1
DANCING CLUBS 1
DANCING CONTESTS 1
DANCING SOCIAL 1
DEBUTANTE BALLS 1
DEBUTS 1
DRAG 1
DRAG-NETS 1
DRESS-DOWN 1
DRESS-UP 1
EASTER DANCE 1
FESTIVAL 1
FLEA HOPS 1
FORMAL AFFAIRS 1
FREE-FOR-ALL 1
FRESHMAN FROLIC 1
FRESHMAN RECEPTION 1
FRESHMAN’S RECEPTION 1
FROG-HOPPERS DANCE 1
FUNKY BALLS 1
GEORGIA BREAKDOWN 1
GINGHAM APRON PARTY 1
GOLD AND GREEN BALL 1
GRAND BALL 1
GRANGE DANCES 1
GREEN AND GOLD BALL 1
GRIND 1
GRUB DANCE 1
HALF-AND-HALF 1
HALLOWEEN DANCES 1
HARD TIMES DANCE 1
HEEL AND TOE PARTIES 1
HEN PARTY 1
HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI BANQUETS 1
HIGH SCHOOL PROM 1
HI-JINX 1
HIPPIE PARTY 1
HOBO HOP 1
HOBO JUNCTION 1
HOG STOMP 1
HOG WRASSLE 1
HOMECOMING DANCE 1
HOOPTY-DOS 1
HOP PARTIES 1
HOPSCOTCH PARTY 1
HORSESHOW BALL 1
HOUSE DANCE 1
HOUSE HOPS 1
HOUSE PARTY 1
HOUSEWARMING 1
HUGGING PARTIES 1
HUMDINGER 1
IMPROMPTU 1
INFORMAL DANCE 1
INVITATIONAL DANCE 1
JABBERWOCK 1
JAM 1
JAZZ PARTIES 1
JEAN DANCES 1
JEANS-AND-JAMES PARTY 1
J-HOP 1
JIG PARTIES 1
JITNEY DANCE 1
JITTERBUG 1
JITTERBUG CONTEST 1
JUKING 1
JUMPING FROG JUBILEE 1
JUNIOR DANCING PARTIES 1
JUNIOR HOP 1
JUNIOR RING DANCE 1
JUNIPER HOP 1
KITCHEN DIGS 1
KITCHEN HOP 1
LANCERS 1
LAUREL BALL 1
LEFT-FOOT DANCE 1
LEGION DANCE 1
LODGE DANCES 1
LOG-ROLLING 1
LOOT PARTIES 1
LOVING PARTIES 1
MARIENDA BALL 1
MASQUERADE DANCES 1
MATINEE DANCES 1
MAY BALL 1
MINISKIRT DANCE 1
MOCK PROM 1
MOD DANCE 1
MODERN DANCING 1
MOONLIGHT DANCE 1
NEIGHBORHOOD DANCE 1
NEW YEAR’S EVE DANCES 1
OLD VIRGINIA REEL 1
OLD-TIME DANCE 1
OLD-TIME DANCING 1
OPEN-HOUSE DANCE 1
ORGANIZATION DANCE 1
PATIO PARTIES 1
POLACK HOPS 1
POLKA PARTIES 1
POP 1
PRE-LENTEN DANCES 1
PROM PARTIES 1
PUDDLE-JUMPERS DANCE 1
PUG NUCKLE 1
RAIL-SPLITTINGS 1
RASSLE 1
RECEPTION 1
RECEPTION DANCE 1
RECORD PARTY 1
RECORD RALLY 1
RHUMBA CLUB 1
RING HOP 1
RIOT 1
ROUND AND SQUARE DANCE 1
ROUND DANCING 1
RUG CUTTIN’ 1
RUN THE BLACKSNAKE 1
SACK HOPS 1
SAINT CECILIA BALL 1
SCHOOL PROMS 1
SENIOR BALL 1
SENIOR PROMS 1
SHAKE 1
SHAMAREEKERS 1
SHAMROCK CLUB GROUP 1
SHING-DANNY 1
SHIN-KICKERS 1
SHIPWRECK 1
SHUFFLE 1
SILL SETTLIN’ 1
SILO DANCES 1
SNOW BALL 1
SOCIABLE DANCE 1
SOCIABLES 1
SOCIAL DANCE 1
SOPHOMORE HOPS 1
SPARKPLUG 1
SPLASH HOP 1
SPORT DANCE 1
SPRING DANCE 1
SPRING FORMALS 1
SQUARE AND CIRCLE 1
SQUARE DANCE PARTIES 1
STAG OR DRAG 1
STAG PARTY 1
STANLEY PARTIES 1
STEALING PARTNERS 1
STOMP 1
STOMP-DOWN 1
STRUGGLE 1
SWEATER HOPS 1
SWEETHEART DANCE 1
SWEETHEARTS BALL 1
SWINGAROO 1
SWING-‘EM-AROUNDS 1
SWINGER 1
TAP DANCE 1
TEEN NIGHT 1
TEEN PARTIES 1
TEEN-AGE 1
TEENERS’ HOP 1
TEEN-TOWN 1
TENNIS DANCE 1
TRIP AND TROT 1
TWIRL 1
TWIST 1
U.S.O. DANCES FOR SOLDIERS 1
VALENTINE BALL 1
VIRGINIA REEL PARTIES 1
W.C.T.U. TEMPERANCE PARTY 1
WAISTLINE PARTIES 1
WALTZES 1
WAR DANCE 1
WESTERN DANCE PARTY 1
WHINDIG 1
WHING-DING 1

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