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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