Country: Lestrup, Præstø, Denmark
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples (couples 1 and 2) stand with backs to or facing the music.
Side couples (couples 3 and 4) stand to the R respectively of couples 1 and 2.
Steps: hurretrin (buzz step),
chassé (change step), walk
Sheet music:
(1) 358:221,
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Præstø Amt. 3 opl.
København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1979, pp. 38-39.,
(3) Eliasen, John/ Sving egen! - 40 danske folkedanse 1:st (English version). s.l.: Danske Folkdansere,
Danske Folkdanseres Spillemandskreds, Danske Gymnastik- og Ungdomsforeninger, 1993. pp. 73-74.
Recordings:
Baltinget Sving egen (2004) cd 2 track 8;
Gjern Spillemænd Skovsøen track A4;
Jacobsen, Finn & Peter Hougaard Kom! lad os danse track 19;
Thy Spillemandslaug 2 track A7.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-8 | 1 (a) | Circle: All couples form closed circle and dance once round CW 16 walking steps. |
| 9-10 | (b) | Advance & retire: Head couples, holding inside (MR/WL) hands and beginning with outside foot (ML/WR), advance with 1 chassé, walk and close with a nod to opposite. |
| 11-12 | Head couples turn towards partner (M turn CW, W turn CCW), take new inside (ML/WR) hands, and return to place with same steps but opposite footwork. | |
| 13-16 | Side couples repeat (b). | |
| 17-24 | (c) | Chain: All dance R-hand chain, 16 walking steps. |
| 25 | (d) | Lift partner: With a clap on the first step, all dance 2 walking steps towards partner. |
| 26 | All M lift partner, while turning 1/4 turn CW. | |
| 27-32 | (e) | Swing: All take waltz hold with partner, and dance 12 buzz steps on the spot. |
| Parts (b), (c), (d) and (e) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| 1-8 | 2 (a) | W circle: W [form closed circle, and circle CW], 16 buzz steps. |
| 1-8 | 3 (a) | M circle: M [form closed circle, and circle CW], 16 buzz steps. |
| 1-8 | Circle: The dance finishes with all forming closed circle, and dancing CW, 16 walking steps. |
See videos from Varde 2019 and YouTube with Bugge & Eget, Bugge, Eget & Maack Davis på Frøbel 2011, Bugge, Eget & Maack Davis på Frøbel 2011, Bastard Kvintet, Jensen & Bugge & Os fra Stevns (at 4:41).
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Præstø Amt. 3 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1979, pp. 38-39.
See also:
-- Eliasen, John/ Sving egen! - 40 danske folkedanse 1:st (English version). s.l.: Danske Folkdansere,
Danske Folkdanseres Spillemandskreds, Danske Gymnastik- og Ungdomsforeninger, 1993. pp. 73-74.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2017-12-08, rev. 2022-02-03.
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