Country: Boeslunde, Sjælland, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couples in a square set. Couples 1 and 2 respectively have backs to and face the music. Couples 3 and 4 stand respectively to R and L of couple 1.
Steps: hurretrin (buzz), waltz
Music: 358:299, sheet music;
Recordings:
De Ullbjerg Spillemænd track 2;
Gjern Spillemænd I Dallerup kirke track 6;
Ramsø Spillemandslaug Så rykker det track 4;
Råbergs Spillemandskvartet Gammeldavsaften track 4;
Skævingekvarteten Gamle danse fra Sjælland track 14;
Spælimenninir Rekaviđur & Hinvegin;
V Poulsens kapel Fander er løs track 18.
|:1-8:| | 1 (a) | In closed circle, all circle CW, 16 waltz steps. |
9-16 | (b) | Couples 1 and 2 advance (9-12) with 4 waltz steps, and retire (13-16) with 4 waltz steps. (NB not tyrolervals) |
9-16 | Couples 3 and 4 repeat (b). | |
17-24 | (c) | Couples 1 and 3, and simultaneously couples 2 and 4, dance once around the other couple CCW with 8 turning waltz steps. |
17-24 | All 4 couples dance CW around the set and back to place, 8 turning waltz steps. | |
25-32 | (d) | All couples dance R-hand chain to first meeting with partner at opposite place, 8 waltz steps. |
33-40 | All 4 couples take waltz hold with partner and continue CW around the set back to place, 8 turning waltz steps. | |
Parts (b), (c) and (d) are the same in all sequences. | ||
|:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Swing partner CW on the spot, waltz hold, 16 buzz steps. |
|:1-8:| | 3 (a) | Swing partner CW on the spot, waltz hold, 16 buzz steps. |
|:1-8:| | 4 (a) | Swing partner CW on the spot, waltz hold, 16 buzz steps. |
|:1-8:| | 5 (a) | Women's R-hand star, CW, 16 buzz steps. |
|:1-8:| | 6 (a) | Men's R-hand star, CW, 16 buzz steps. |
|:1-8:| | 7 (a) | Women's front basket (two-hand star), CW, 16 buzz steps. |
|:1-8:| | 8 (a) | Men's front basket (two-hand star), CW, 16 buzz steps. |
|:1-8:| | 9 (a) | Women's back basket, CW, 16 waltz steps. |
|:1-8:| | 10 (a) | Men's back basket, CW, 16 waltz steps. |
|:1-8:| | 11 (a) | All couples form closed circle, CW, 16 waltz steps. |
|:1-8:| | The dance finishes with swing your partner CW on the spot, 16 buzz steps. |
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/Gamle danse fra Sjælland. 4:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1998, p. 58-59.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2019-11-22
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