Country: Lynæs, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples (couples 1 and 2) respectively 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. W stands to R of M.
Steps: buzz, chassé, walk
Music: 358:297; sheet music
Recordings:
De Ullbjerg Spillemænd De Ullbjerg Spillemænd,
Den Fynske Spillemandskvartet Den Fynske Spillemandskvartet,
Nakskovdrengene Fynbokvartetten og Nakskovdrengene track A9,
Rannok Gammelt, nyt, lånt og blåt track 12,
Skævingekvartetten Gamle danse fra Sjælland II.
| Dance progression | ||
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | All couples in closed circle dance CW once round the set, 16 walking steps. |
| 9-16 | (b) | Couples 1 and 2 take waltz hold with partner and swing, 8 buzz steps. Finish with both W in the centre of the set back to back.
Meanwhile couples 3 and 4, in waltz hold, dance CW outside couples 1 and 2, to opposite place, and finish with W3 and W4 back to back in centre. 4 chassé steps. |
| 9-16 | Couples 1 and 2, in waltz hold, dance CW outside couples 3 and 4, to opposite place, and finish with W1 and W2 back to back in centre. 4 chassé steps. | |
| 17-24 | (c) | All M dance CW outside the W, back to original place, 3 small stamping running steps, followed by 2 walking steps (no stamp).
Take waltz hold with opposite W (in original place) and swing 1-1/2 round, 4 buzz steps. Finish with M with backs to each other in the centre. |
| 17-24 | All W dance CW outside the M, back to original place, 4 walking steps.
Take waltz hold with partner (in original place) and swing, 4 buzz steps. |
|
| |:25-32:| | (d) | All dance R-hand chain once round the set. 16 walking steps. |
| Parts (b), (c) and (d) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | All swing partner, waltz hold, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | All swing partner, waltz hold, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | All swing partner, waltz hold, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | All W form back basket, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | All M form back basket, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | All W form back basket, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 8 (a) | All M form back basket, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 9 (a) | All W form back basket, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 10 (a) | All M form back basket, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 11 (a) | All couples form back basket, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 12 (a) | The dance finishes with all 4 couples in waltz hold, swinging partner on the spot, with 16 buzz steps. |
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/Gamle danse fra Sjælland. 4:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1998, p. 52.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-02-29, rev. 2021-05-25
See also: Sørensen, Per "Hanegal del 1" in: Dansens og musikkens rødder nr 4, April 1996. [in Danish]
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