Country: Keski-Suomi, Finland
Type: set dance
Formation: 4 couple quadrille. Head couples have backs to or face music. Side couples stand to R of respective head couples. All have hands clasped behind backs.
Steps: hyllytystä (waltz balance)
Sheet music:
Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakan sävelmistö. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kansantanssin Ystävät ry, 1998. p.70.
Recordings: Vanhapelto workshop 1985 track 04.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| 1-4 | (a) | Vastuu (advance & retire): Head couples advance with 2 hyllytystä steps (1-2), and retire with 2 hyllytystä steps (3-4). |
| 1-4 | Läpikäynti (pass through): Head couples change places, W passing on inside. At opposite place, W turns 1/2-turn CCW, while M turns 1/2-turn CW moving outside W, to finish with W on R side of M, facing into the set, 4 hyllytystä steps. | |
| 5-8 | (b) | Läpikäynti (pass through): Head couples again change places as above, to return to original place. |
| 5-8 | Piiri (circle): All couples form closed circle, hands at shoulder height, and dance 4 hyllytystä steps, turning CW, so that side couples are now the new head couples. | |
| New head couples repeat from (a).
Repeat from (a) until all couples are in original position at start of the dance. |
Provenance: As taught by Martti Vanhapelto, in Vancouver and Portland, 1985 and 1987..
Source: Rausmaa, Pirkko-Liisa & Esko/ Tanhuvakka. Porvoo: W Söderström, 1977. pp. 218-219.
Description: Laine Ruus, Vancouver, 1985-11.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2012-11-21, rev. 2023-03-21.
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