Country: Thy, Denmark
Formation: set dance
Formation: 2 couples, in a 4 person square set, as many sets as will. NB each pair of couples stays together throughout the dance.
Steps: walk
Sheet music: 358:483 (efter Viggo Gade, Thy)
or suite efter Jens P. Thorsteds nodebog (nr 23) in: Jacobsen, Jack & Gitte Thofte Thybal - en spillemandsbog (Folkemusikhus 23). s.l.: Folkekulturværkstedet Broby
gamle Skole, 2007/2008. pp.98-99.
Recordings:
Bugge, Kristian De små sorte, efter Karl Skaarup Dæily June tune nr. 21, 2020 [YouTube];
Dansk Folkemindesamling Gammeldans på Snedsted Kro:
Skær i havre,
Thetop,
Pe' Thomsens kæde,
Viborg totur [YouTube];
Foreningen Højbystævnet Høbystævnet 2009 (GO1110) cd 2 track 05;
Kvasir Nye sko track 09;
Lang Linken, de små sorte efter Svend Madsbøll Kærlighedstræet track B4;
Skaarup, Karl et al Karl Skaarup - musiker track 13 [YouTube];
Svøbsk Kvartet Bjergtaget (GO0413) track 08.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| |:1-4:| | 1 (a) | Circle: All 4 dancers form closed circle and dance CW, 16 walking steps. |
| 5-6 | (b) | W change: The 2 W change places, [e.g. passing on the L (R shoulders) and turning CW into place,] 4 walking steps |
| 7-8 | M change: The 2 M change places, e.g. passing on the R (L shoulders) and turning CCW into place,] 4 walking steps | |
| 5-8 | (c) | Chain: All dance R-hand chain, 8 walking steps. |
| Parts (b) and (c) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-4:| | 2 (a) | Swing: Each couple takes waltz or polska hold and dance turning on the spot, 16 walking steps. |
| |:1-4:| | 3 (a) | Swing: Each couple takes waltz or polska hold and dance turning on the spot, 16 walking steps. |
| |:1-4:| | 4 (a) | Swing: All 4 dancers take R-hand star [with thumb hold] and circle CW, 16 walking steps. |
| |:1-4:| | 5 (a) | Front basket: All 4 dancers take front basket and circle CW, 16 walking steps. |
| |:1-4:| | 6 (a) | Back basket: All 4 dancers take back basket [M have arms around W's waists, W have hands on M's shoulders] and circle CW, 16 walking steps. |
| |:1-4:| | 7 (a) | Circle: All 4 dancers form closed circle and circle CW, 16 walking steps. |
| |:1-4:| | Swing: The dance finishes with couples in waltz or polska hold turning on the spot, 16 walking steps. | |
| Skære havre is the first of four dances in a suite known as De små sorte and is traditionally followed by Tetop. |
See YouTube videos Krak, Beck og Bugge at Højby 2018, Karl Skaarup Four and Bugge, Krak, Beck & Wolf (at 2:50)
Notes:
-- The names of the individual dances which make up the suite show dialectical differences. Versions may also differ in the steps with which they are danced,
and the music to which they are danced in different recordings.
-- A slightly different version Tre små sorte was collected
in Thy in 1933, by W. Bøgh Christensen, office manager, and Svend Clemmensen, master carpenter, at the behest of Foreningen til Forlkedansens Fremme
(F.F.F.). In the third and later editions of the F.F.F. pamphlet Gamle danse fra Mors og Thy, dance descriptions were revised and standardized with
the collaboration of Arne Bech.
Sources:
-- Jacobsen, Jack & Gitte Thofte Thybal - en spillemandsbog (Folkemusikhus 23). s.l.: Folkekulturværkstedet Broby gamle Skole, 2007/2008. pp.97-99.
-- Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Mors og Thy 4:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1985. p. 54.
Translation & description: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2018-01-10, rev. 2021-10-15.
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