Country: Salling, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples (couples 1 and 2) respectively have their backs to or face the music.
Side couples (couples 3 and 4) stand respectively to R of couples 1 and 2. W stands to R of M.
Steps:
hurretrin (buzz step),
totrin (pivot step),
gangtrin (walk)
Sheet music: (1) 358:269;
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle Salling-danse. 4:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1980, p. 26.
Recordings:
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | Circle: All couples form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| 9-12 | (b) | Figuré: Couples 1 and 2 walk 2 steps towards opposite couple (9-10), and stamp 3 times (11-12). |
| 13-16 | Couples 1 and 2 retire with 2 walking steps (13-14), and stamp 3 times (15-16). | |
| 9-16 | Couples 1 and 2 dance dos-á-dos CW around opposite dancer and retire to place. 8 walking steps. | |
| |:17-24:| | Couples 3 and 4 repeat (b). | |
| 25-32 | (c) | Promenade & pivot: All take open waist-shoulder hold with partner and, beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, promenade CCW around the set to opposite couple's place. 8 walking steps. |
| 33-40 | All take closed waist-shoulder hold with partner and continue CCW around the set to return to place, 8 pivot steps. | |
| Parts (b) and (c) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Swing: Swing partner on the spot. 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | W 1-hand star: All W take R-hand star and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | M 1-hand star: All M take R-hand star and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | W 2-hand star: All W take 2-hand star and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | M 2-hand star: All M take 2-hand star and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | W back basket: All W take back basket hold, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 8 (a) | M back basket: All M take back basket hold, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 9 (a) | All back basket: All couples form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | Swing: The dance finishes with all 4 couples in waltz hold, swinging partner on the spot, 16 buzz steps. |
See video from KØST2017
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle Salling-danse. 4:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1980, pp. 26-27.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2019-10-31, rev. 2023-02-07.
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