Country: Skotland (?)
Type: set dance
Formation: 2 couple sets, facing.
Steps:
vals (waltz)
Sheet music:
(1) Folkets Hus Spillefolk The shepherds wife
(1) Duovisti,dk The shepherd's wife - engelsk
(2) Traditional Tune Archive The shepherd's wife
(3) Gow, Niel & Nathaniel/ Fourth collection of Niel Gow's reels. s.l.: s.n., 1800. p.22.
Recordings:
Graefe, Michael Desert blues [YouTube];
Jespersen, Erik R. [YouTube];
Kaiser Family Band [YouTube]
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-2 | (a) | Advance & retire: Couples hold MR-in-WL hands with opposite, and dance 1 waltz step toward opposite, and retire ditto. |
| 3-4 | Lift joined hands, W turns 3/4 turn CCW under joined hands as dancers change places, 2 waltz steps. Meanwhile, M dances 2 waltz steps outside opposite.
Ie W progress CCW around set.
Finish facing partner. |
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| 5-8 | Repeat (a) with partner.
Finish facing opposite. |
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| 1-8 | Repeat (a).
Alternatively, hold ML-in-WR with partner and then opposite; W turn CW under joined hands, and W progress CW around the set. Finish in R-hand star. |
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| 9-16 | (b) | R-hand star & waltz: In R-hand star, all circle CW, 4 waltz steps. Ditto CCW in L-hand star, 4 waltz steps. |
| 9-16 | Couples take waltz hold with partner and dance turning waltz moving in LOD, 8 waltz steps. E.g. dance around opposite couple, then out around LOD to find a new couple to dance with.
Repeat from (a) as desired, switching to a new couple with each repeat. |
See videos from/with Brøndby Spillemandslaug og Dansere & Vestegnens Harmonikaklub 2016 Herlev Gamle Danse 2022 DuoVisti, Linderød Folkedansforening & Greve Folkedanse Forening 2022
Provenance: unknown at time of writing. Possibly a Danish choreography set to a Scottish waltz tune.
Source: video Herlev Gamle Danse 2022
Description: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2023-08-18.
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