Country: Samsø, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: any number of couples in closed circle.
Steps: hopsa, step-hop
Music: 358:53;
sheet music
Recordings: Spillemandslauget Tramp Opkald track A3.
| Dance progression: | ||
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | In closed circle, all dance CW, 8 step-hops. Ditto CCW, 8 step-hops. |
| 9-16 | (b) | Couples take side-cross hold, turn to face in LOD, and, beginning with outside foot (ML/WR) dance 8 step-hops moving in LOD. |
| 9-16 | Couples take waltz hold, and dance hopsa, moving in LOD. 8 hopsa steps. | |
| Part (b) is the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Couples take R-hand in R-hand, and dance 8 step-hops turning CW on the spot. Ditto CCW with L-hand in L hand. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | Couples take two-hand hold, and dance 8 step-hops turning CW on the spot. Ditto CCW, 8-step-hops. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | Couples back cross hold, and dance 8 step-hops turning CW on the spot. Ditto CCW, 8-step-hops. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | All M form R-hand star, and dance 16 step-hops moving CW. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | All W form R-hand star, and dance 16 step-hops moving CW. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | All M form two-hand star (front-basket), and dance 16 step-hops moving CW. |
| |:1-8:| | 8 (a) | All W form two-hand star (front-basket), and dance 16 step-hops moving CW. |
| |:1-8:| | 9 (a) | All M form closed circle, and dance 16 step-hops moving CW. |
| |:1-8:| | 10 (a) | All W form closed circle, and dance 16 step-hops moving CW. |
| |:1-8:| | 11 (a) | The dance finishes with all couples in closed circle, moving CW with 16 step-hops. |
See video from KØST2017
Source:
Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Hefte III. 5th ed. København; Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1983, p. 23.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2019-05-20.
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