Country: Ebeltoftegnen, Randers, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille, head couples face or have backs to music, side couples stand to right of head couples.
Steps: chassé, sidesteps, pivot, walk
Music: 358:238; sheet music;
(CDS) Hedebo Spillemændene track 3, Fynbokvartetten Folkedans for begyndere track 10.
| 1-8 | 1 (a) | All 4 couples form closed circle, dance CW once round the set, 16 walking steps. |
| 9-12 | (b) | Head couples, holding inside hands, advance with 1 chassé step (9), take R elbow hook with opposite and turn a half turn CW on the spot with 2 walking steps (10). Head couples retire, turning out to place with 4 walking steps (11-12). |
| 13-16 | Side couples repeat (b). | |
| 17-24 | (c) | All 4 couples dance R-hand chain, beginning with a stamp on beat (17:1), once around the set. 16 walking steps. |
| Parts (b) and (c) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| 1-8 | 2 (a) | All 4 couples link R arm with partner, and take crossed back hold, such that M and W are facing in opposite directions. Turn CW on the spot with glissade-like steps: step forward on R (beat 1:1), close L to R foot (beat 1:3). NB: these are NOT buzz steps. |
| 1-8 | 3 (a) | All 4 couples repeat (2 (a)). |
| 1-8 | 4 (a) | All 4 couples repeat (2 (a)). |
| 1-8 | 5 (a) | All 4 W form R-hand star, free hand at waist, and turn CW on the spot, 16 walking steps. |
| 1-8 | 6 (a) | All 4 W form R-hand star, free hand at waist, and turn CW on the spot, 16 walking steps. |
| 1-8 | 7 (a) | All 4 W form 2-hand star (front basket), turn CW on the spot, 16 sidesteps. |
| 1-8 | 8 (a) | All 4 W form 2-hand star (front basket), turn CW on the spot, 16 sidesteps. |
| 1-8 | 9 (a) | All 4 W chase (gåsegang), CW aroung the set, 16 walking steps, clapping on each step. |
| 1-8 | 10 (a) | All 4 W chase (gåsegang), CW aroung the set, 16 walking steps, clapping on each step. |
| 1-8 | 11 (a) | All 4 W take back basket hold, dance CW 16 sidesteps. |
| 1-8 | 12 (a) | All 4 W take back basket hold, dance CW 16 sidesteps. |
| 1-8 | 13 (a) | All 8 dancers chase (gåsegang) CW once around the set, clapping hands, 16 walking steps. |
| 1-8 | 14 (a) | All form closed circle, and dance once around the set, 16 sidesteps. |
| 17-24 | (c) | All couples take closed waist-shoulder hold and dance pivot steps in LOD around the floor. |
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/Gamle danse fra Randersegnen. 4 opl. København:Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF), 1997, pp. 15-16.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2018-05-11
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