Country: Vejle Vesteregn, Denmark
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in open circle, waltz hold, facing LOD..
Steps:
hæl og tå (heel-toe),
polka,
totrin (pivot)
Sheet music:
(1) Folkets Hus Spillefolk hamborg skotsk, efter Otto Trads
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Vejle Vesteregn. 5:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1997, p. 12.
(3) Can also be danced to similar tune 358:531
'spids hamborger, Vendsyssel'
Recordings:
Den Fynske Spillemandskvartet track A6;
Rebild Spillemændene gruppe 1 [YOuTube];
Spillemandslauget Fandango Bal med Spillemandslauget Fandango track 07.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| 1 | (a) | Polka & heel-toe: All turn half-way round CW, moving in LOD, 1 polka step. |
| 2 | All dance one heel-toe step with inside (MR/WL) foot. | |
| 3 | All turn half-way round CW, 1 polka step. | |
| 4 | All dance one heel-toe step with outside (ML/WR) foot. | |
| 5-8 | Repeat (a). | |
| 9 | (b) | Polka & pivot: All turn half-way round CW, 1 polka step. |
| 10 | Couples turn once round with 2 pivot steps, moving in LOD. | |
| 11-16 | Repeat (b) 3 times.
Repeat from (a) as desired. |
See videos from/with Tingluti 2011; KØST2017 showing demonstration and 3 repetitions; Herlev Gamle Danse 1, 2 2022.
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Vejle Vesteregn. 5:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1997, p. 12.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-09-22, rev. 2023-08-11.
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