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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000930413-11-001651
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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ALPINE TOTAL DYNAMIC DIVIDEND FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001379400
		IRS NUMBER:				205785181
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2500 WESTCHESTER AVE., SUITE 215
		CITY:			PURCHASE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10577
		BUSINESS PHONE:		303-623-2577

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ALPS MUTUAL FUND SERVICES, INC.
		STREET 2:		1625 BRAODWAY, SUITE 2200
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80202
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<P STYLE="margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Alpine Global Dynamic Dividend Fund</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Alpine Total Dynamic Dividend Fund</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Alpine Global Premier Properties Fund</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">2500 Westchester Avenue, Suite 215</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Purchase, NY 10577-2540</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">March 4, 2011</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Ms. Laura Hatch</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Securities and Exchange Commission</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Division of Investment Management</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">100 &ldquo;F&rdquo; Street, N.E.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Washington, DC 20549</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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    <td width="4%"><font size="2"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Re:</p></td>
    <td width="90%"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Alpine
    Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (File nos. 333-152901, 811-21901)</p></td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Alpine
        Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (File nos. 333-152580, 811-21980) and<BR>
      Alpine
      Global Premier Properties Fund (File nos. 333-140770, 881-22016)(collectively
  the &ldquo;Closed-End Trusts&rdquo;)
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 72pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -36pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Dear Ms. Hatch:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This correspondence is
being filed in response to the oral comments given to State Street Corporation via telephone conference on February 24, 2011 regarding
a Sarbanes-Oxley review of the Closed-End Trusts&rsquo; most recent annual reports, each dated October 31, 2010 and filed on Form
N-CSR with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) on January 7, 2011, in addition to other filings made
throughout the Closed-End Funds&rsquo; fiscal year ended October 31, 2010.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">For your convenience, the
SEC Staff&rsquo;s comments have been reproduced in bold typeface immediately followed by the Closed-End Trusts&rsquo; responses.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B><U>All Closed-End Trusts &ndash; 40-17G
Fidelity Bond Filings</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>

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<LI STYLE="text-align: justify; margin: 0; font-size: 10pt"><B>The 40-17G Fidelity Bond filing for each Closed-End Trust disclosed
only the coverage amount attributable to the joint insureds and did not specify the coverage amount attributable to the individual
insureds. Future 40-17G Fidelity Bond filings should specify the amount of coverage attributable to each insured.</B></LI>

</OL>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><I>Response</I>: The Closed-End Trusts respond
by stating that future 40-17G Fidelity Bond filings will specify the coverage amount attributable to each insured.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 54pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B><U>All Closed-End Trusts &ndash; Annual
Reports</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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<LI STYLE="text-align: justify; margin: 0; font-size: 10pt"><B>Although Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP was listed as the Independent
Registered Public Accounting firm elsewhere in the Annual Reports, the Reports of the Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm were signed simply as &ldquo;Milwaukee, WI, December 30, 2010&rdquo; and did not include the full name and/or signature of
Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP. Future filings and reports should include the full name and/or signature of the Independent Registered
Public Accounting firm.</B></LI>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><I>Response</I>: The Closed-End Trusts respond
by stating that future filings and reports will include the full name and/or signature of the Independent Registered Public Accounting
firm.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B><U>Alpine Total Dynamic Dividend Fund &ndash;
Annual Report </U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<OL START="3" TYPE="1" STYLE="margin-top: 0pt">

<LI STYLE="text-align: justify; margin: 0; font-size: 10pt"><B>In its Statement of Assets and Liabilities, the Alpine Total Dynamic
Dividend Fund reported Receivables for total return swap contracts of $119,082, and Payables for total return swap contracts of
$876,243. However, the Notes to Financial Statements stated &ldquo;The Fund did not hold total return swaps as of October 31, 2010.&rdquo;
These statements seem inconsistent. Please explain.</B></LI>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><I>Response</I>: The Alpine Total Dynamic Dividend
Fund responds by stating that while the Fund did invest in total return swap
agreements during the year, the Fund did not hold total return swaps as of October 31, 2010. Those agreements were either settled
or terminated on or before October 31, 2010. Due to the timing of termination or settlement (which left amounts to be settled after
the transaction was terminated), $199,082 and $876,243 represented the amounts due to (owed by) the Fund at October 31, 2010.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">If you have any questions regarding the Closed-End
Trusts&rsquo; responses, please do not hesitate to contact Jon-Luc Dupuy of State Street Corporation at (617) 662-1744.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Very truly yours,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><U>/s/ Ronald G. Palmer Jr.</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Ronald G. Palmer, Jr.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Chief Financial Officer</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Alpine Global Dynamic Dividend
Fund </FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Alpine Total Dynamic Dividend
Fund </FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">Alpine
Global Premier Properties Fund</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
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