Country: Nord- og Vestjylland, Denmark
Type: longways progressive set dance
Formation: any number of couples in longways set, M to R, W to L as seen from the front. Couples are numbered 1, 2, 3, etc.
Steps: waltz
Music: 358:252; sheet music
Recordings: De Nordiske Spillemænd 2 (CBS 80474, 1974) track A8.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| 1-8 | (a) | Couples 1 and 2 form closed circle and move CW, 8 waltz steps. |
| 1-4 | (b) | Beginning with L foot, M1 and W2 (and similarly M2 and W1), half-chain, 4 waltz steps [sic]. |
| 5-8 | Couples 1 and 2 form closed circle and move CW half-way round to return to place. 4 waltz steps. | |
| |;9-16:| | (c) | Couples 1 and 2 form take waltz hold with partner, and dance 2-1/2 times around each other, 16 waltz steps.
Couplea 1 and 2 finish in original lines, having switched places. |
| Repeat from (a) as desired.
At the first repeat, couple 1 dances with couple 4 [sic] and couple 3 with couple 5 [sic], while couple 2 stands over. [Ie all couples have begun dancing from the start, in sets of 2 couples, couple 1 with 2, couple 3 with 4, etc.] |
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme/Legestuen. 5:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1983, pp. 45-46.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-05-15.
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