Country: Sønderjylland, Denmark
Type: set dance/mixer
Formation: 7 couples in open circle with open waist-shoulder hold. [While the description specifies 7 couples, it can be danced by any number of couples, in which case it becomes a mixer.]
Steps: walk, waltz
Sheet music: 358:372
Recordings:
Holstebro Folkedanserforening Dansk og skandinavisk folkedans med Arne Bech track 10;
Osterholtz, Renate mm Liflig sang cd 2 track 14 [Dancilla.com];
Ramsø Spillemandslaug Med saft og brynde track 15.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | All dance in LOD, 8 walking steps. On the last step W moves to ML side while turning a full turn CCW to face in LOD, and the couple resumes open waist-shoulder hold. |
| 5-8 | All continue in LOD, 8 walking steps. [Finish facing partner.] | |
| 9-16 | (b) | All give R-hand to partner and dance R-hand chain to first meeting with partner [if there are 7 couples in the circle, otherwise to 8th person]. 16 walking steps. |
| 17-24 | (c) | All take waltz hold and dance turning waltz, moving in LOD, 16 waltz steps. |
| Repeat from (a) as desired. |
See videos from KØST2017 and Dancilla.
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra forskellige egne. 3:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1998, pp. 69-70.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2019-11-29, rev. 2021-09-19.
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