Børsmose ottetur aka Gammel sekstur med 4 par

Country: Vesteregnen, Vestjylland, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples (couples 1 and 2) respectively have their backs to or face the music. Side couples (couples 3 and 4) stand respectively to R of couples 1 and 2. W stands to R of M. 

                             Music
                             W1 M1
                          M3       W4
                          W3       M4
                             M2 W2
Steps: totrin (pivot), gangtrin (walk)
Sheet music: (1) after Karl Nielsen, Oksbøl 358:641; (2) 'after Karl Nielsen, Oksbøl' in: Nielsen, Bent Chr. et al/ Vesteregnens gamle danse. s.l.: Skjern-Egvad Museumsforening, 1982 p. 31.; (3) 'after Hans Tinus' in: Danske Folkedanseres Spillemandskreds/ Danse fra Vestkysten. s.l.: Spillemandskredsens Forlag, 2000 p. 42.
Recordings: Lang Linken 'gammel sekstur fra Vrøgum' Liv track 18 [YouTube]; Løager, Anders & Jan Ilsø På vores måde track 02; Ramsø Spillemandslaug Krammelarve track 12; Trio Tinus track 05 [YouTube].

Bars Part Dance progression:
1-8 (a) Pivot: Head couples take closed waist-shoulder hold and dance on the spot, 16 pivot steps.
1-8   Head M advance to opposite W, passing to the R, with 4 walking steps (1-2). Head M with opposite W take closed waist-shoulder hold and dance 12 pivot steps on the spot (3-8).
9-10 (b) Chain: Head M return to place, 4 walking steps.
11-16,9-16   All dance R-hand chain once around the set, 28 small walking steps.
|:1-8:||:9-16:|   Side couples repeat (a) and (b).
    Repeat from (a) as desired.
|:1-8:|   Pivot: The dance finishes with all couples dancing twice around the set, in closed waist-shoulder hold. 32 pivot steps.
[In the Oksbøl area, the dance finishes with all swinging own partner on the spot, 16 pivot steps. The A section is not repeated.]

See YouTube videos with FFF's kvartet, Trio Tinus

Source: Nielsen, Bent Chr. et al/ Vesteregnens gamle danse. s.l.: Skjern-Egvad Museumsforening, 1982. p. 31.
See also:
-- Danske Folkedanseres Spillemandskreds/ Danse fra Vestkysten. s.l.: Spillemandskredsens Forlag, 2000. pp. 42-43.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2013-03-26, rev. 2023-02-08.

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