In October, 2002, Dodee Davis (LnDancer@aol.com) took over the survey. After the first couple of months, there was a change in criteria. Previously, if one teacher taught more than one class in the same city, it was only counted as one teach. Currently, it is counted by the number of different classes to which the same dance is taught.

The results along with past surveys are displayed on the following web sites: (click above for the list on this site)

http://www.triode.net.au/~dragon/wdi/
http://www.dancewithwolfs/wwdis.htm
http://www.kickit.to

Thanks to Kathy Sharpe-Arrant, Dave in Australia, Jenifer Wolf in Vancouver, BC, Canada & Peter Blowski, for hosting the results.

Survey compiled by Dodee Davis

FAQ

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.LnDancer@aol.com

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

Judy McDonald (Canada)----------- judy@danceline.ca
Jim Potter (CA )-------------------------cwdancefun@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) ---------------Carole@greatlakes.net
Bonnie (NC)----------------------------- linedancequeen@nc.rr.com
Netty (AZ)-------------------------------- DancinNetty@aol.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 or province abbreviation-# of times taught, if more than one. Please do not put 1, if it has only been taught once.

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

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