Country: Svankær-Bedsted, Thy, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Couple 1 stands with backs to music, couple 2 faces couple 1, couple 3 stands to R of couple 1, couple 4 faces couple 3.
Steps: tyrolervals,
vals (waltz)
Sheet music: (1) Jacobsen, Jack & Gitte Thofte/ Thybal - en spillemandsbog.
s.l.:Folkekulturværkstedet Broby gamle skole, 2008. p.75.
(2) Hamborg, Svend/
Beskrivelser & noder til Thydanse [vol.] II. [Thisted]: Thy Spillemandslaug, 1985. pp. 45-47.
(3) 358:68
(4) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra forskellige egne. 3:e opl.
København; Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1998, pp. 38-39.
Same tune as Den lange firetur, Han Herred.
Recordings:
Løager & Ilsø På vores måde track 11;
Rundt om Viggo Gade track B3.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | Circle: In closed circle, all dance CW, 8 waltz steps. Ditto CCW 8 waltz steps. |
| 9-10 | (b) | Advance, turn & retire: Beginning with outside foot (ML/WR), and holding inside hands, couples 1 and 2 advance with 2 tyrolervals steps. |
| 11-16 | Couples 1 and 2 take waltz hold with opposite dancer, and dance turning 6 turning waltz steps, moving to M's original place. | |
| 9-16 | Couples 1 and 2 repeat (b) to return to place with original partner. 8 waltz steps.
In sequences 2, 4, 6 and 8, couples 3 and 4 dance part (b). |
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| 17-20 | (c) | Circle & chain: All couples form closed circle and dance CW, 4 waltz steps. |
| 21-24 | All R-hand chain to opposite dancer. 4 waltz steps.
Note: M finishes in original place, while W finishes in opposite place. |
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| 17-24 | All repeat (c), to return to place. 8 waltz steps. | |
| |:25-32:| | (d) | Waltz: All couples take waltz hold with partner and dance turning waltz around the set. 16 waltz steps. |
| Parts (b), (c) and (d) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Swing: In waltz hold with partner, all dance CW on the spot 8 waltz steps, followed by 8 waltz steps on the spot CCW. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | M one-hand star: All M form R-hand star, and dance CW, 8 waltz steps. Ditto CCW in L-hand star, 8 waltz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | W one-hand star: All W form R-hand star, and dance CW, 8 waltz steps. Ditto CCW in L-hand star, 8 waltz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | All one-hand star: All form R-hand star, and dance CW, 8 waltz steps. Ditto CCW in L-hand star, 8 waltz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | M circle: All M form closed circle, and dance CW, 8 waltz steps. Ditto CCW, 8 waltz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | W circle: All W form closed circle, and dance CW, 8 waltz steps. Ditto CCW, 8 waltz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 8 (a) | All circle: All couples form closed circle, and dance CW, 8 waltz steps. Ditto CCW 8 waltz steps.
The dance finishes in part (8 (d)). |
Source: Hamborg, Svend/
Beskrivelser & noder til Thydanse [vol.] II. [Thisted]: Thy Spillemandslaug, 1985. pp. 8, 45-47.
See also:
-- Den lange firetur, Han Herred.
-- Jacobsen, Jack & Gitte Thofte/ Thybal - en spillemandsbog.
s.l.:Folkekulturværkstedet Broby gamle skole, 2008. pp.74-75.
-- Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra forskellige egne. 3:e opl. København; Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1998,
pp. 38-39, 41.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-05-19, rev. 2022-09-23.
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