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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