Country: Vestjylland, 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 steps),
sideløbstrin (slip steps),
gangtrin (walk)
Sheet music: (1) 358:601;
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme/ Gamle danse fra Hardsyssel. 2 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1998 pp. 28-29.;
(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. 69-70.;
(4) documentation prepared for Nordlek 2009 in Lahti.
Recordings;
Baltinget Sving egen cd II track 06;
Haugaard & Høirup Gæstabud track 13 [YouTube];
Holstebro Folkedanserforening Folkedans med Arne Bech track 08.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-8 | 1 (a) | Closed circle: All couples form closed circle, and circle CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| 9-12 | (b) | Cross over: Head couples take 'butterfly' hold (2-hand hold, arms stretched out to sides) and dance to opposite place, passing W back-to-back,
4 slip steps (9-10).
Return to place, M passing back-to-back, 4 slip steps (11-12).
Meanwhile, side couples in waltz hold swing partner on the spot, 8 buzz steps. |
| 13-16 | Side couples take 'butterfly' hold and dance to opposite place, passing W back-to-back, 4 slip-steps (9-10).
Return to place, M passing back-to-back, 4 slip-steps (11-12).
Meanwhile, head couples in waltz hold swing partner on the spot, 8 buzz steps. |
|
| 17-24 | (c) | Chain: Beginning with a stamp, all dance R-hand chain once around the set, 16 walking steps. |
| Parts (b) and (c) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| 1-8 | 2 (a) | W L-hand star: All W form R-hand star (L hand on neighbour's forearm), and circle CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| 1-8 | 3 (a) | M R-hand star: All M form R-hand star (L hand on neighbour's forearm), and circle CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| 1-8 | 4 (a) | W closed circle: All W form closed circle, and circle CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| 1-8 | 5 (a) | M closed circle: All M form closed circle, and circle CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| 1-8 | 6 (a) | W back basket: All W form back basket, and circle CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| 1-8 | 7 (a) | M back basket: All M form back basket, and circle CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| 1-8 | 7 (a) | All back basket: All couples form back basket, and circle CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| 1-8 | Swing partner: The dance finishes with all couples, in waltz hold, swinging partner on the spot, 16 buzz steps. |
See videos from Varde 2019 and Knågstykker at Roskilde Spillemandsstævne 2015 (danced as a mixer).
Provenance: documented by Arne Bech, Holstebro. This was one of the combined dances at Nordlek 2009 in Lahti.
Printed source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme/ Gamle danse fra Hardsyssel. 2 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1998 pp. 28-29.
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. 69-70.
-- documentation prepared for Nordlek 2009 in Lahti.
Translation: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2021-06-14, rev. 2023-02-08.
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