Country: Finland
Type: set dance
Formation: 6 couples in open circle facing in LOD, numbered CW from couple 1. Holding inside hands.
Steps: pas-de-bas, running waltz, masurka, walk
Music: any masurka tune with appropriate length
| Dance progression | ||
| 1-8 | 1 (a) | All dance 8 slow walking steps moving in LOD.
Finish with couples facing, M with back to centre, W on outside facing into circle. |
| 1-8 | (b) | Both dance pas-de-bas steps on the spot, leaning alternately to L and R. 4 pas-de-bas steps.
Clap hands on (5:1), take two-hand hold with partner and turn with running waltz steps CW on the spot (5-8). |
| 9-16 | Repeat (1 b), this time turning CCW on the spot on the last 4 measures. | |
| 9-16 | 2 (a) | Holding inside hands, all dance 8 masurka steps moving in LOD, and turning alternately towards/away from partner, swinging arms back/forwards with motion of steps. |
| |:1-8:| | (b) | Repeat (1 b). |
| 9-16 | 3 (a) | Couples 1-5 form arches with two-hand hold. Couple 6 runs CCW under the circle of arches, to return to place. 8 running waltz steps. |
| 9-16,1-8 | (b) | Repeat (1 b). |
| 1-8 | Couples 1-4, and 6 form arches with two-hand hold. Couple 5 runs CCW under the circle of arches. 8 running waltz steps. | |
| |:9-16:| | Repeat (1 b). | |
| |:1-8:||:9-16:| | Repeat (3 a) and (3 b) until all couples have run under the arches. | |
| 1-8 | 4 (a) | Couples 1-5 crouch down. Couple 6 make arch with inside hands and runs around circle of couples to return to place. 8 running waltz steps. |
| 1-8,9-16 | (b) | Repeat (1 b). |
| 9-16 | Couples 1-4, and 6 crouch down. Couple 5 runs CCW passing over the circle of couples. | |
| |:1-8:| | Repeat (1 b). | |
| |:9-16:||:1-8:||:9-16:| | Repeat (4 a) and (4 b) until all couples have circled the crouching couples. | |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | Dance R-hand chain to meet partner in place, 16 running waltz steps. |
| |:9-16:| | Repeat (1 b). |
Source: taught to L Ruus by ? some time in the early 1970s.
Description: Laine Ruus, Vancouver, 197?
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2013-02-05, rev. 2019-03-01
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