Country: Nordfyn, Denmark
Type: longways progressive set
Formation: any number of couples in a longways set, M to the R, W to the L as seen from the music. Couples are numbered 1, 2, 3, etc from the top of the set.
Steps: chassé (change step),
skotsktrin, walk
Sheet music: 358:103.
A variant of Rits-rats.
Recordings:
Fernandos Orkester Gamle folkedanse potpurri [Internet Archive];
Gellin & Borgstrøms Nyheds Kvintet [Internet Archive];
Gunnar Nyborg-Jensen med piger og drenge & Mogens Kildes Spillemænd [Internet Archive];
Henry Hansens Spillemandskvartet Les Lanciers track B6;
Henry Hansens Spillemandskvartet [Internet Archive];
Henry Hansens Spillemandsorkester Vild med gammeldaws dans vol 2,
Jacobsen, Finn & Peter Hougaard Kom! Lad os danse tracks 04, 07;
Lars Stryg Band Børnenes sangskat - sanglege track 07 [YouTube];
Pelimannikilta Seuratansseja 2 track 12,
Puls track 16,
Råbergs Spillemandskvartet Gammeldavsaften track B5;
Tivolis Promenadorkester Gamle folkedanse. 1 Del.
[Internet Archive].
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | Change on own side: M1 and M2, and simultaneously W1 and W2, give R-in-R hand, and starting with L foot, change places with 1 chassé step followed by 2 walking steps.
Repeat to return to place, but giving L-in-L hand. |
| 5-8 | Repeat (a). | |
| 1-8 | (b) | Change with partner: Repeat across the set, ie M1 with W1, and M2 with W2.
Finish in front-cross hold with partner. |
| 9-12 | (c) | Promenade: In front-cross hold with partner, dance 1 skotsktrin down the set, followed by 1 skotsktrin up the set. |
| 13-16 | Repeat (c). | |
| 9-16 | (d) | Chain: Couples 1 and 2 dance R-hand chain 1-3/4 times round.
Finish with couple 1 below couple 2, having progressed 1 position. |
| |:1-8:|,|:9-16:| | Repeat from (a) as desired.
At first repeat, couple 1 dances with couple 3, and couple 1 stands over. At third repeat, couple 1 dances with couple 5, and couple 2 dances with couple 3, and couple 4 stands over etc. |
See video from KØST2017
Source:
Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Fyn og øerne. 4:e opl. København; Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1984, pp. 34-35.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-05-25, rev. 2022-03-26.
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