I have a book (Sixty-six Years A Country Fiddler, about one George Overlock, old time fiddler from Maine. There are lots of dance programs documented. One of them, (Searsmont High School graduation dance, they did Lady of the Lake four (4) times. Boston Fancy twice. In all the other dance programs, Lady of the Lake was danced at least twice. These programs were from the early 1900s.
Around St Patrick's Day I will do The Siege of Ennis twice. In May, at all dances, contra or ONS I will do the Sweets of May twice. When I do an evening community dance in a place where I have danced with the kids during daytime school hours, I repeat dances. Nobody complains. Kids love it when you do dances they know. At Mistwold Farm at the kitchen junkets there, we always danced a Virginia Reel at least three times.
I did a wedding gig one afternoon in Franklin, NH and that evening a public dance in the same town, and some of the wedding party came to the gig down in the village. Did many of the same dances. Nobody shook a finger at me.
Good Lord, up in Cape Breton all they do is the Mabou Set all night.
I sure am glad I don't have one of them Been There, Done That types looking over my shoulder telling me what I should or shouldn't do.