Country: Vrøgum, Sydvestjylland, Denmark
Type: couple dance
Formation: any number of couples in circle, facing LOD, holding inside hands or waltz hold.
Steps: chassé (two-step), hop
Music: 358:631, sheet music
Recordings:
Ribe danse- og spillemandslaug Så kom vi så vidt track 16;
Æ Tinuser Gammel dansemusik cd I track 27;
Æ Tinuser Gammel dans og knågstykker cd A track 04.
Bars | Dance progression | |
1 | [Beginning with outside foot (ML/WR)] One chassé forward in LOD. | |
2 | Step forward on inside (MR/WL) foot (1:1), while swinging outside foot forward. Hop on inside foot (1:3) swinging outside foot back. | |
3-4 | Repeat with opposite footwork. | |
1-4, |:5-8:| | Repeat twice. Movement is in LOD. | |
|:5-8:| | Repeat four times. Movement is in LOD.
[Alternatively, couples may turn with polka steps. |
See YouTube video
Source: Folkemusikkens Fælles Sekretariat/ Folkemusik på film - 1970'erne: traditionel dans i Vrøgum (DVD) Århus: FFS, 1979.
Printed source: Nielsen, Bent Chr. m.fl./ Vesteregnens gamle danse. s.l.: Skjern-Egvad Museumsforening, 1982 p.20
Description based on DVD and YouTube video: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2020-07-14
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