Worldwide Dance Instruction Survey

Dance	Teaches	Dance	Teaches
Cool Whip - Judy McDonald	156	Weak in the Knees - Kathy Hunyadi	74
Come Dance With Me - Jo Thompson	147	Wanna Be Me - Ed Lawton	71
D.H.S.S. - Gaye Teather	130	Romantasy - Peter Metelnick & Alison Biggs	71
Badda Boom! Badda Bang! - Karen Hunn	122	Guilty - Masters In Line	64
Another Quickie - Joanne Brady	119	One Mississippi - Barry Amato	60
Beer for my Horses - Christine Bass	116	Don't Stop (Doin It) - Jo Thompson	59
Trickle Trickle - Michael Barr & Michele Burton	105	A Little Bit of Nothing - Peter Metelnick	57
Southern Delight - Rossella Corsi-Lord & Fred Lord	104	Nasdravia - Laura & Becky Michaels	56
Bye Bye - Kate Sala	103	Bidness - Scott Blevins	54
Sweet Sweet Smile - Fi Scott & Johnny Two-Step	102	Just A Kiss Robbie - McGowan Hickie	52
Swing Your Chains - Dee Soares & Shaun Maguire	98	Juke Joint Jive - Charlotte Williams	52
Shakatak - Kate Sala	87	And They Danced - Peter Metelnick	52
Everywhere - Peter Metelnick & Alison Biggs	86	Yeeeee Haaaaa!!!!! - Simon Ward	51
Brokenheartsville - Peter Metelnick	78	Wave On Wave - Alan Birchall	51
Irresistible! - Peter Metelnick & Alison Biggs	76	Splish Splash - Jo Thompson	51
Chihuahua - Yvonne Anderson	75

  

Results from Previous Years

(Results for months in black type were not surveyed and/or are not available)

Survey Results for 2009

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Survey Results for 2008

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Survey Results for 2007

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Survey Results for 2006

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Survey Results for 2005

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Survey Results for 2004

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Survey Results for 2003

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Survey Results for 2002

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Survey Results for 2001

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Survey Results for 2000

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Survey Results for 1999

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Survey Results for 1998

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November	December

  

Frequently Asked Questions

Who can contribute to the survey?

Anyone who has a list of dances taught during a specific month can send in the dances, either to a person who compiles a regional list or directly to Dodee Davis at LnDancer@aol.com.

The addresses of people who compile regional lists are as follows:

• Judy McDonald (Canada) judy@danceline.ca.
• Jim Potter (Sthn CA) cwdancefun@aol.com.
• Gary Clayton (Nthn CA) TheDJDuke@aol.com.
• Jim Courville (AL and LA) honkytonkstomper@yahoo.com.
• Sue Gordon (NY, NJ, PA, CT) DJboots5678@hotmail.com.
• Jo Miller (WA, OR, ID, MT) Josdancin@aol.com.
• Martha Ogasawara (Japan) martha@blk.mmtr.or.jp.
• Linda Harris (Upstate SC) DanceHarris@aol.com.
• Carole Daugherty (MI, OH, IL) Carole@greatlakes.net.
• Bonnie (NC) linedancequeen@nc.rr.com.
• Christine Bass (FL) Dgirlylinedancer@yahoo.com.
• Netty (AZ) DancinNetty@aol.com.
• Charles Archer (TX, NM) carcher@cablelynx.com.
• George Kiesewetter (Germany) georg.kiesewetter@bootscooters.de.
• Dave Powell (Australia, NZ & SE Asia) roots-boots@hotmail.com.

The accuracy and importance of the survey is magnified by the number of areas and teachers represented. If only a few teachers submit their lists, the results are easily skewed.

Can I submit my own dances?

Yes, if you are teaching them, you can submit them using the criteria above.

My instructor doesn't have a computer. Can I send in dances, even if I'm not an instructor?

Yes, if you determine that no one else is submitting those teaches, feel free to do it yourself.

Do I count a review when I really re-teach the dance?

No, if you are doing a re-teach to a class, it is only counted once in a month.

Can I get the results sent directly to my email address?

Yes, just email your address to LnDancer@aol.com and ask to be on the WDI Survey mailing list.

Is there a deadline?

Yes, the deadline is the 15th of the month. It has been moved from the 12th to allow the Canadian and Japanese lists to be completed and submitted to the World list. So the deadline for submitting July dances taught is August 15th.

Is there a preferred format for submitting dances?

Yes, they are copied into a text file, which is then imported by Excel. A semi-colon is the delimiter for each column. So the final text file looks like this:

       Name of dance;choreographer;state, country/province abbreviation-# of times taught (if more than once)

Please do not put 1, if it has only been taught once.

Examples:
Electric Slide;unknown;CA
Dizzy;Jo Thompson;MN-2
Jose Cuervo;Max Perry;MN-2, CA

Most of the time spent in compiling the list is in reformatting the entries.

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