Country: Hinnerjoki, Finland
Type: couple dance
Formation: open circle of couples, waltz hold. M facing CCW, W facing CW.
Steps:
hoppavalssi (version I),
sottiisi (schottis, old style),
keinuva kävelyaskele (slow walk, 1 step per bar),
vanha valssi (old-time waltz)
Sheet music:
(1) Hukkanen, Timo/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. p.20.
(2) Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 1998. p.15.
(3) Hok-valssi [jpg and pdf].
Recordings:
Komulainen, Jari & Panu Helke Halihiljaa track 09.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-8 | (a) | Valssi-osa (waltz): [Per Ilpo Salonen, beginning with inside (MR/WL) foot] All dance a few [eg 4] slow walking steps, M forward in LOD, W backward (1-4). Followed by vanha valssi steps turning CW in LOD. [Per Ilpo Salonen, begin vanha valssi on inside (MR/WL) foot, M stepping forward on R, W stepping backward on L.] |
| 1-8 | Repeat (a). | |
| 9-12 | (b) | Sottiisi-osa (schottische): Holding inside hands, couples dance 2 schottis steps, beginning with outside foot (ML/WR), followed by |
| 13-16 | 4 hoppavalssi steps turning CW. | |
| 9-16 | Repeat (b).
Repeat from (a) as desired. |
See video from/with: OamkoTanssi, 2019 and off-line DVD Suomalaisen_kansantanssin_askelikot_osa_3 with Ilpo Salonen (at 10:05).
Provenance: The dance was taught and played by siblings Edith Tuomi (née Lindfors) and Arvo Lindfors born in Pomarku in 1907 and 1904 respectively. They had learned the dance from their father Frans Vihtori Lindfors (born 1870), who had learned it at a wedding in Hinnerjoki in 1920. It was documented by Aino Pokkisen in a note and a recording by Pirkko-Liisa & Esko Rausmaa (1976).
Source: Rausmaa, Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suomen perinnetanssit. 3rd ed. [Helsinki]: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 2012. p.95.
See also:
-- Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suuri suomalainen kansantanssikirja. Porvoo: Werner Söderström, 1977. p.72.
-- Hok-valssi [jpg and pdf]
Translation: L. Ruus, Oakville, 2019-05-21, rev. 2023-04-19.
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