Trekantet sløjfe, Thy

Country: Thy, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 3 couple sets, in closed circles
Steps: svingtrin (buzz), totrin (pivot), walk
Sheet music: 358:148
Recordings: Bugge, Kristian Karl Skaarup - Musiker track 10 [YouTube]; Dansk Folkemindesamling & Danmarks Radio Gammeldans på Snedsted Kro [YouTube]; De Ullbjerg Spillemænd track 06; Habadekuk Mollevit track 04 [YouTube]; Råbergs Spillemandskvartet Gammeldavsaften track 03; Spillemandslauget Tramp Og saa videre track B5; V Poulsens Kapel Fanden er løs track 04.

Bars Part Dance progression:
|:1-4:| 1 (a) Circle: In closed circle, all dance CW, 8 walking steps. Ditto CCW, 8 walking steps.
|:5-8:|   (b) Chain: All dance R-hand chain around the set, 16 walking steps.
|:9-12:|   (c) Pivot around set: Couples take waltz hold with partner, and dance 16 pivot steps CCW around the set.
    Parts (b) and (c) are the same in all sequences.
|:1-4:| 2 (a) Swing: All swing partner on the spot, 16 buzz steps.
|:1-4:| 3 (a) One-hand star: All form R-hand star, and circle CW, 8 walking steps. Ditto CCW, 8 walking steps.
|:1-4:| 4 (a) Front basket: All form front basket and circle CW, 16 buzz steps.
|:1-4:| 5 (a) Back basket: All form back basket and circle CW, 16 buzz steps.
|:1-4:| 6 (a) Circle: All form closed circle, and circle CW, 8 walking steps. Ditto CCW, 8 walking steps.
    Swing: The dance finishes with swinging partner on the spot, 16 buzz steps.

See YouTube videos with 1Bugge, Eget & Maack Davis, Karl Skaarup Four uden Karl Skaarup (at 7:19)

Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Legestuen. 5:e opl. København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1983, pp. 48-49.
Translation: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2020-02-02, rev. 2021-11-05.


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