Country: Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples (couples 1 and 2) have their backs to or face the music. Couple 3 stands on the side to the right of couple 1, and couple 4 faces couple 3.
Steps:
chassé (change-step),
svingtrin (buzz step),
totrin (pivot step), walk.
Music: 358:330; sheet music.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | All couples form closed circle and dance CW (1-8), 8 walking steps. Ditto CCW 8 walking steps (1-8). |
| 9-12 | (b) | Couples 1 and 2, beginning with R foot, advance taking R-in-R hold with opposite, pass opposite CW with 1 chassé step and 1 walking step (L foot) while turning over R shoulder. Close R foot to L, and curtsey/bow to opposite. |
| 13-16 | Couples 1 and 2 half repeat (b), with L-in-L hold and beginning with L foot, to finish in place. | |
| 9-16 | Couples 3 and 4 repeat (b). | |
| |:1-8:| | (c) | All dance R-hand chain, 16 walking steps. |
| |:9-16:| | (d) | All take waltz hold with partner and dance once round the set, 16 pivot steps. |
| Parts (b), (c) and (d) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Couples take back crossed hold, and turn CW, 16 svingtrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | Women's front basket. 16 svingtrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | Men's front basket, 16 svingtrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | Women's circle, back basket hold. 16 svingtrin. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | Men's circle, back basket hold, 16 svingtrin. |
| The dance finishes with (6 (d)). |
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/Gamle danse fra Vejle Vesteregn. 5th ed. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1997, pp. 25-26.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-10-13
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