Country: Gadbjerg, Roskilde, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 2 couples in closed circle
Steps: chassé (change step),
gangtrin (walk),
hurretrin (svingtrin) (buzz step),
polka.
Music:
(1) 358:457;
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Legestuen.
5 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1983, p.38.
Recordings: [any firtur in 2/4-time and AABBAABB or AABBCCDD structure not specific to another firtur, such as]
Donslunds Danseorkester Af hjertens lyst track A8;
Gangspil Gangspil 2 cd 2 track 10;
Jydsk på Næsen Vintermusik track 08;
Ostinat Expressen Vals til en prinsesse track 05;
Ribe Danse og Spillemandslaug Morild track 09, 2nd tune.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-4:| | 1 (a) | Circle: In closed circle, all circle CW, 8 walking steps. Ditto CCW, 8 walking steps. |
| 5-6 | (b) | Cross-overs: Beginning with R foot, the 2 W change places, passing CW [passing R-shoulders], 1 chassé followed by 2 walking steps, and turning CW. |
| 7-8 | Beginning with L foot, the 2 M change places, passing CCW [passing L-shoulders], 1 chassé followed by 2 walking steps, meanwhile turning CCW. | |
| 5-8 | Repeat (b). | |
| |:1-4:| | (c) | Back basket: All take back basket hold, and circle CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:5-8:| | (d) | Polka: All take waltz hold and dance 8 polka steps [CCW] around the opposite couple. |
| Parts (b), (c) and (d) are the same in all sequences.] | ||
| |:1-4:| | 2 (a) | W 2-hand hold: Both W take 2-hand hold and turn CW [on the spot], 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-4:| | 3 (a) | M 2-hand hold: Both M take 2-hand hold and turn CW [on the spot], 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-4:| | 4 (a) | W front-crossed hold: Both W take front crossed hold and turn CW [on the spot], 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-4:| | 5 (a) | M front-crossed hold: Both M take front crossed hold and turn CW [on the spot], 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-4:| | 6 (a) | Two-hand star: All form two-hand star and turn CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-4:| | 7 (a) | Two-hand star: All form two-hand star and turn CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-4:| | 8 (a) | Circle: All form closed circle and circle CW, 8 walking steps. Ditto CCW, 8 walking steps.
The dance finishes with sequence (8 (d)). |
See video from KØST2017 and YouTube video from Folkedanserbal in Roskilde 2016
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Legestuen.
5 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1983, p.38.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2022-09-04.
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