Country: Roskildeegnen, Sjælland, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples (couples 1 and 2) respectively have their backs to or face the music.
Side couples (couple 3 and 4) stand respectively to the right of couples 1 and 2. W stands to R of M.
Steps: hurretrin (buzz step), walk
Sheet music: (1) 358:282,
(2) after Poul Bjergager Christensen,
(3) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Sjælland. 4:e opl.
København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1998, pp. 14-15.
Recordings:
Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen & Poul Bjerager Christiansen Danmarks Rigsspillemænds festkoncert 2015 [YouTube];
Knud og Svend Erik Kredsen rundt cd number 1, track 21;
Skævingekvarteten Gamle danse fra Sjælland I track 08;
Tramp Og så videre track A6..
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | Circle: All form closed circle and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| 9-12 | (b) | Promenade & change: All couples take waltz hold and walk CCW around the set, 4 walking steps. |
| 13-16 | Couples drop hold. All M continue CCW around the set, passing outside oncoming W, and meeting
opposite W in her original place, 4 walking steps.
Meanwhile all W move CW, passing inside next oncoming M, to meet opposite M in his original place, 4 walking steps. |
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| 9-12 | All take waltz hold with opposite and walk CCW around the set 4 walking steps. | |
| 13-16 | Couples drop hold. All M continue CCW around the set, passing outside oncoming W, and meeting partner in original place, 4 walking steps.
Meanwhile all W move CW, passing inside next oncoming M, to meet partner in original place, 4 walking steps. |
|
| |:17-24:| | (c) | Promenade: All take waltz hold with partner, and dance CCW once around the set, 16 walking steps. |
| 25-28 | (d) | Promenade, change & swing: All take front side-crossed hold with partner and dance CCW around the set, 4 walking steps. |
| 29-32 | Without dropping hold, M turn over R shoulder, W over L shoulder, and dance CW to original place, 4 walking steps. | |
| 33-40 | All take waltz hold with corner [M moving CW, W moving CCW] and turn on the spot, 8 buzz steps. | |
| 25-28 | All take front side-crossed hold with corner and dance CW around the set (M on the outside), 4 walking steps. | |
| 29-32 | Without dropping hold, M turn over R shoulder, W over L shoulder, and dance CCW around the set, 4 walking steps. | |
| 33-40 | Take waltz hold with partner [M moving CCW, W moving CW], and swing in original place. 8 buzz steps. | |
| Parts (b), (c) and (d) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Swing: Couples swing partner on the spot. 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | W back basket: All W form back basket, and circle CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | M back basket: All M form back basket, and circle CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | W back basket: All W form back basket, and circle CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | M back basket: All M form back basket, and circle CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | W back basket: All W form back basket, and circle CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 8 (a) | M back basket: All M form back basket, and circle CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | All back basket: The dance finishes with all forming back basket and circling CW, 16 buzz steps. |
See video from KØST2017.
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Sjælland. 4:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1998, pp. 14-17.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-11-19, rev. 2022-03-24.
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