Country: Roskilde, Sjælland, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples respectively have backs to or face the music. Side couple stand to R of head couples, facing opposite couple.
Steps:
chassé trin (change-step),
hurretrin (buzz), walk, waltz
Sheet music: 358:517
Recordings: Ramsø Spillemandslaug Med saft og brynde track 13;
Skævingekvarteten Gamle danse fra Sjælland II track 01.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | All form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| 9-16 | (b) | Head couples, beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, advance (9-12) with 1 chassé step and 2 walking steps, and retire (13-16) ditto. |
| 9-16 | Side couples repeat (b). | |
| 17-20 | (c) | Head couples dance half-chain (begin with R hand to opposite) to opposite place, 2 chassé steps (the first quite long). |
| 21-24 | Side couples dance half-chain (begin with R hand to opposite) to opposite place, 2 chassé steps (the first quite long). | |
| 17-20 | Head couples dance half-chain to return to place, 2 chassé steps. | |
| 21-24 | Side couples dance half-chain to return to place, 2 chassé steps. | |
| |:25-32:| | (d) | All take front side-crossed hold with partner and dance once round the set CCW, finishing in place. 16 walking steps. |
| |:33-40:| | (e) | All take waltz hold with partner and dance once round the set CCW, finishing in place, 16 waltz steps.
Meanwhile singing: :Rasmus, Rasmus, tra-la-la-la Rasmus, Rasmus, du er min ven.: |
| Parts (b), (c), (d) and (e) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Swing partner on the spot, waltz hold, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | All W form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | All M form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | All W form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | All M form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | All W form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 8 (a) | All M form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
See video from KØST2017.
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Sjælland. 4 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1998, pp. 31-32.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-11-23.
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