Gammel sekstur, Vestjylland

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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