Country: Noormarkku, Satakunta, Finland
Type: couple dance
Formation: open circle of couples, waltz hold.
Steps:
vaihtoaskel (change step),
polkka (Finnish polka)
Sheet music:
(1) Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 1998. p.43.
(2) Savilampi, Antti Workshop Toronto-Vancouver 2002 [syllabus]. [p.34].
Recordings:
Lepistö, Markku 'polka medley' [YouTube];
Lepistö, Markku & kumppanit Savilampi workshop 2002 track 14;
Savilampi workshop Toronto-Vancouver 2004 track 24.
Solistiyhtye Suomi Karjalan nuoret korpilammella 1980 (KORPILAMPI KPLLP 1) track A3;
See also Kansantanssisävelmiä midi file.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-2 | (a) | Jalan heilautukset (promenade): In waltz hold, couples swing outside (ML/WR) leg forward, then backward (1), and beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot dance 1 change step forward in LOD [CCW in circle] (2). |
| 3-4 | Couples swing inside (MR/WL) leg forward and backward (3), and beginning with inside (MR/WL) foot dance 1 change step forward in LOD (4). | |
| 1-4 | Repeat (a). | |
| |:5-8:| | (b) | Polkka: Couples dance turning 4 polkka steps turning CW, moving in LOD.
Ditto turning CCW, 4 polkka steps.
[Repeat from (a) as desired.] |
See video from/with Hyvinkään kansantanssijat ry 2023
Provenance: Recorded by Pirkko-Liisa & Esko Rausmaa in 1976. The dance was informed and played by Edith Tuomi (née Lindfors, born 1907) and Arvo Lindfors (born 1904), from Pomarkku. The dance was once taught by Maija Koskinen and she considered it 'nice'. That gave the name to the dance. It has been danced in Noormarkku.
Source: Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakka: suuri suomalainen kansantanssikirja. Porvoo: Werner Söderström, 1977. p.83.
See also:
-- Savilampi, Antti Workshop Toronto-Vancouver 2002 [syllabus]. [p.32]. [in Finnish]
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2023-10-28.
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