Halv tolv, Vrøgum

Country: Vrøgum, Sydvestjylland, Denmark
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in open circle, waltz hold, M facing out of circle, W facing in.
Steps: polka, totrin (pivot)
Sheet music: after the Tinus brothers, Oksbøl. A variant of the same music as Hopgesvejs and Æ skudstrupper/Galopin fra Rødding
Recordings: Lendal, Poul [YouTube]; Trio Tinus track 06.

Bars Part Dance progression;
|:1-4:| (a) Polka: Couples dance polka, turning CW or CCW, moving in LOD.
5-6 (b) Pivot: Couples take closed waist-shoulder hold, and dance 4 pivot steps, moving in LOD.
7-8   Polka: Couples dance 2 polka steps, moving in LOD.
5-8   Repeat (b).
    Repeat from (a) as desired.

See YouTube video with Trio Tinus

Source: Folkemusikkens Fælles Sekretariat/ Folkemusik på film - 1970'erne: traditionel dans i Vrøgum (DVD) Århus: FFS, 1979.
See also: Aabech, Tage "1/2-12" in: Liv i lauget 83, April 1994.
Description based on DVD: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2020-07-14, rev. 2022-02-01.


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