Country: Slagelseegnen, Sjælland, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: sets of 2 couples. Couple 1 stands with back to music, couple 2 faces music (couple 1).
Steps:
hurretrin (buzz step), walk
Sheet music: (1) 358:303
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Tolv danske folkedanse: et udvalg ved Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme.
Kolding: Konrad Jørgensens Bogtrykkeri, 1920. p.13.
(3) Eliasen, John/ Sving egen! - 40 danske folkedanse 1:st (English version). s.l.: Danske Folkdansere,
Danske Folkdanseres Spillemandskreds, Danske Gymnastik- og Ungdomsforeningar, 1993. pp. 71-72.
Recordings:
Baltinget Sving egen 2004 ed, vol. 2, track 7;
Danske Folkedanseres Spillemandskreds Folkedans for begyndere track B4;
Holstebro Folkedanserforning Folkedans med Arne Bech track 13;
Mikkelsen, Verner Village folk dances (Folk Fun 95861 V.M.) track A8;
Råbergs Spillemandskvartet Gammeldavs aften med ... track 11;
Spillemandslauget Tramp Opkald (SLP1713);
Tingluti Danske folkesange og folkedanse track A8 [YouTube];
Trunderup Spillemændene Dansk spillemandsmusik II (CSCD 45062) track 04
[YouTube].
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| |:1-4:| | 1 (a) | All circle CW, 16 buzz steps.
Finish facing opposite couple. Couple 1 stands with back to music. M holds W's L hand in his R [ie holding inside hands]. |
| 5-6 | (b) | Arches: The couples change places by couple 2 (facing music) making an arch under which couple 1 passes. 4 walking steps. |
| 7-8 | Once through the arch, couple 1 makes an arch, and both couple dance backwards to original places,
couple 2 passing under the arch.
M2 with 2 walking steps and 3 stamps, remaining dancers with 4 walking steps. |
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| 9-12 | (c) | R-hand chain, once around, 8 walking steps. |
| 5-12 | Repeat (b) and (c). Couple 1 makes the first arch. | |
| Parts (b) and (c) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-4:| | 2 (a) | Swing partner, waltz hold, CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-4:| | 3 (a) | Swing partner, waltz hold, CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-4:| | 4 (a) | Back basket CW [Women's arms on men's shoulders], 16 buzz steps.
Sometimes, in the back basket, the women are made to 'fly'. If so, hold should be changed so that M1 holds both women about the waist, while M2 grasps M1's elbows. |
| |:1-4:| | 5 (a) | Back basket CW [Women's arms on men's shoulders], 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-4:| | Dance finishes with swing partner, 16 buzz steps.
Source:
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| [John Madsen's version]
Steps: chassé (change step), hurretrin (buzz step), walk Sheet music: Bryans, Helen L. and John Madsen Scandinavian dances. Book II. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co. Ltd., 1942. p. 29. |
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| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| |:1-4:| | 1 (a) | Buzz steps CW in ring formation [closed circle] (16 steps.
Finish with couples facing and partners' inside hands joined. |
| 5-6 | (b) | Couples move forward and pass with 1 two-step [change step]and 3 light stamps, couple 1 passing under the arch formed by couple 2. |
| 7-8 | Repeat (b), moving backward to position, couple 2 passing under the arch formed by couple 1. | |
| 9-12 | (c) | Grand chain once around (4 changes), walking step. |
| 5-12 | Repeat (b) and (c). The second couple passing under the arch first. | |
| Parts (b) and (c) are repeated after each part (a). | ||
| |:1-4:| | 2 (a) | Partners turn in swing position [waltz hold] with buzz steps. |
| [Handwritten note by Frank Grose (?): Circle CW clapping in 2 [unreadable] formation.] | ||
| |:1-4:| | 3 (a) | Family circle with waist grasp [back basket] CW with buzz steps. |
| |:1-4:| | 4 (a) | Repeat 2 (a).
Source: Bryans, Helen L. and John Madsen Scandinavian dances. Book II. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co. Ltd., 1942. p. 29. |
See video from Varde 2019 and YouTube from/with/for Dansefestival Bornholm 2018, Onsdagsdansen 2015, Brøndby Spillemandslaug og Dansere.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville ON, 2017-07-24, rev. 2022-02-14.
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