Country: Vejle Vesteregn, Denmark
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in open circle facing in LOD, holding inside hands.
Steps:
hopsa,
tyrolervals,
vals (waltz)
Sheet music: 358:444
Note:
The waltz tune is played any number of times, followed without pause by the hopsa tune.
The hopsa tune is normally played only once and finishes the dance.
Recordings:
Mikkelsen, Verner Village folk dances track 11,
Ramsø Spillemandslaug Med saft og brynde track 09.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| 1-2 | (a) | Tyrolervals with clap: With a clap on the first step M and W dance 2 tyrolervals steps forward in LOD. Hands are held up high in the clap. |
| 3-4 | Couples take waltz hold, and dance turning CW with 2 waltz steps. | |
| 5-16 | Repeat (a) 3 times. | |
| Repeat (a) as many times as the music plays the waltz tune. | ||
| 1-4 | (b) | Tyrolerhopsa with clap: all dance 4 tyrolertrin, with a clap on steps 1 and 3. |
| 5-8 | Couples take waltz hold, and dance turning CW with 4 hopsa steps. | |
| 1-8,|:9-16:| | Repeat (b) 3 times. |
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Legestuen. 5:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1983, pp. 19-20.
Translation: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2020-06-24, rev. 2022-11-06.
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