Rasmus i enden, Sjælland

Country: Slagelse-Næstved, Sjælland, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples respectively have backs to or face the music. Side couple stand to R of head couples, facing opposite couple.
Steps: chassé trin (change-step), hurretrin (buzz), totrin (pivot), step-hop
Sheet music: 358:517
Recordings: Ramsø Spillemandslaug Med saft og brynde track 13; Skævingekvarteten Gamle danse fra Sjælland II track 01.

    Dance progression:
|:1-8:| 1 (a) All form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps.
9-12   (b) Head couples turn to face partner, stamp 3 times (9-10), then clap hands 3 times (11-12).
13-16   Head couples take waltz hold with partner and swing on the spot, 4 hurretrin.
9-16   Side couples repeat (b).
17-24   (c) All couples take front side-crossed hold with partner and dance CCW around the set, 4 chassé steps.
17-24   Without dropping hold all turn (M over R shoulder, W over L shoulder) to face CW, and dance back to place, 4 chassé steps.
|:25-32:|   (d) All dance R-hand chain once round the set, 16 step-hops.
|:33-40:|   (e) All take closed waist-shoulder hold with partner and dance once round the set CCW, finishing in place, 16 totrin.
    Parts (b), (c), (d) and (e) are the same in all sequences.
|:1-8:| 2 (a) Swing partner on the spot CW, waltz hold, 16 buzz steps.
|:1-8:| 3 (a) All W form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps.
|:1-8:| 4 (a) All M form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps.
|:1-8:| 5 (a) All W form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps.
|:1-8:| 6 (a) All M form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps.
|:1-8:| 7 (a) All W form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps.
|:1-8:| 8 (a) All M form closed circle, and dance CW, 16 buzz steps.

Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/Gamle danse fra Sjælland. 4 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1998, pp. 31, 33.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-11-23.


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