Country: Mýrdalur, Suðurland, Iceland
Type: couple dance
Formation: couples, open circle, facing LOD, front crossed hold.
Steps: chassé (change-step), walk
Sheet music: <http://www.nordlek.dk/skottis_island_noder.pdf>
or any schottis with appropriate structure and tempo
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| 1-2 | (a) | Facing LOD, couples dance 2 chassé steps forward in LOD. |
| 3-4 | Right hand hold with partner. 4 walking steps half way round CW on the spot. M starts with L foot, W with R. | |
| 5-6 | (b) | Left hand hold with partner. 4 walking steps half way round CCW on the spot. M starts with L foot, W with R. |
| 7-8 | Waltz hold, 2 chassé steps turning once round and moving in LOD. | |
| Repeat from (a) as desired.
[Can easily be turned into a mixer, by, on 5-6 giving L hand not to partner but to next person (W moving CCW, M moving CW).] |
This was one of the combined dances at Nordlek 2012 in Steinkjer.
Source: translated from a Danish translation prepared for Nordlek 2012.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2012-01-08, rev. 2021-06-17.
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