Country: Vejle Vesteregn, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 3 couple sets, in closed circles.
Steps: svingtrin (buzz steps),
hoptrin (step-hop), walk
Music:
358:329
Recordings:
de Fries & D. Beck På livets vej Tutl 2009, track 14 [YouTube].
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | All circle CW, 8 walking steps (1-8); ditto CCW, 8 walking steps (1-8). |
| 9-16 | (b) | All M take waltz hold with corner, and swing on the spot, 8 buzz steps.
As each M moves on to next W, each W turns once round CW (around R shoulder) on the spot before taking waltz hold with next oncoming M. |
| 9-16 | All M take waltz hold with next W (moving CW around the set), and swing on the spot, 8 buzz steps. | |
| 9-16 | All M take waltz hold with partner, and swing on the spot, 8 buzz steps. | |
| Part (b) is the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | All form R-hand star and circle CW, 16 step-hops. Ditto CCW in L-hand star, 16 step-hops. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | All form 2-hand star and circle CW, 16 step-hops. Ditto CCW, 16 step-hops. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | All form Back basket and circle CW, 16 step-hops. Ditto CCW, 16 step-hops. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | All W form Back basket and circle CW, 16 step-hops. Ditto CCW, 16 step-hops. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | All M form Back basket and circle CW, 16 step-hops. Ditto CCW, 16 step-hops. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | All form closed circle, and circle CW, 16 walking steps. Ditto CCW, 16 walking steps. |
| The dance finishes with a tyrolervals as 'dessert'. |
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Vejle Vesteregn. 5th ed. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1997, pp. 24-25.
See also:
-- Nørgaard, Kjeld
Om Berggreens danse, del 1. in: Dansens og musikkens rødder, nr 56, Jan. 2001.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2021-07-05, rev. 2021-09-21.
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