Country: Odsherred, Sjælland, 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 to the right of couple 1, and couple 4 faces couple 3. W stands to R of M.
Steps: hurretrin (buzz step),
totrin (pivot),
hoptrin (step-hop), walk
Sheet music: (1) 358:524,
(2) Holmstrup firetur, Egerup-Slagelse.
Recordings:
Den Fynske Spillemandskvartet (DFS1) track B7;
Haugaard & Høirup Lys track 10 [YouTube];
Hjerter tre Vestsjællansk spillemandsmusik track A2;
Skævingekvartetten Gamle danse fra Sjælland II track 16;
Veinholt, Ida & Aage N. Pedersen [YouTube];
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | Circle: All couples form closed circle, and dance CW 16 step-hops. |
| 9-16 | (b) | Heads & sides pivot: Head couples take closed waist-shoulder hold and dance CCW around each other and return to place, 8 pivot steps. |
| 9-16 | Side couples repeat (b). | |
| |:17-24:| | (c) | Chain: All dance R-hand chain once round the set, 16 walking steps. |
| |:25-32:| | (d) | All pivot: All take closed waist-shoulder hold with partner and dance 16 pivot steps around the set.
[Alternatively, dance 4 walking steps, 4 pivot steps, 4 walking steps, 4 pivot steps.] |
| Parts (b), (c) and (d) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Swing: Swing partner on the spot. 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | Swing: Swing partner on the spot. 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | Swing: Swing partner on the spot. 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | W R-hand star: All W take R-hand star and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | M R-hand star: All M take R-hand star and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | W 2-hand star: All W take 2-hand star and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 8 (a) | M 2-hand star: All M take 2-hand star and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 9 (a) | W back basket: All W take back basket hold, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 10 (a) | M back basket: All M take back basket hold, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 11 (a) | Circle: All couples form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | Swing: The dance finishes with all 4 couples in waltz hold, swinging partner on the spot, 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. 61-62.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2019-10-31, rev. 2023-02-17.
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