Country: southwest Fyn, Denmark
Type: progressive longways set for 3 couples in a set of as many as will.
Formation: longways set, M to the R (as seen from the front), W to the left. Couples are numbered 1, 2, 3, etc from the top of the set (closest to the music).
Step: pas de menuet à deux mouvements
Sheet music: De Fynske Bondedans Årslev: De Fynske, 1990. p. 27.
Recordings: menuet with appropriate number of bars and structure (AABB,A=B=8).
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | Couples 1 and 2 advance and retire with 1 menuet step on the spot (1-2).
Couple 1 casts down, turning once round (M turning CCW, W CW), and finishing between couples 2 and 3, on own side. Meanwhile couple 2 steps up. 1 menuet step (3-4). |
| 5-8 | Couples 1 and 3 advance and retire with 1 menuet step on the spot (5-6).
Couple 1 casts down, turning once round (M turning CCW, W CW), and finishing below couple 3, on own side. Meanwhile couple 3 steps up. 1 menuet step (7-8). |
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| 1-4 | Couple 1 crosses (1-2) with 1 menuet step, and casts up around couple 3 (3-4), finishing between couples 2 and 3 on opposite side. Meanwhile, couple 3 steps down, 1 menuet step (3-4). | |
| 5-8 | Couple 1 takes R-in-R hold with partner, and turns 1-1/2 time round CW finishing on own side, 2 menuet steps. | |
| 9-16 | (b) | Couple 2 and W1 form closed circle and circle CW. Meanwhile, couple 3 and M1 do the same. 4 menuet steps. |
| 9-16 | Couple 2 and M1 form closed circle and circle CW. Meanwhile, couple 3 and W1 do the same. 4 menuet steps. | |
| Repeat from (a) as desired.
At the next repeat, couple 1 dances with couple 3 and 4 while couple 2 stands over, etc. |
Provenance: [Note: my best attempt at a description based on the occasionally enigmatic original.]
Source: [Jensen, Poul Skårup & Gertrud Weensgård]/ De Fynske Bondedans. Årslev: De Fynske, June 1990. p. 27.
Description: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-10-15, rev. 2023-04-10.
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