Country: Väike Pakri/Lilla Rågö, Estonia
Type: couple dance
Formation: couples in open circle, waltz hold, M facing out of circle, W facing in.
Steps: pas-de-bas, polka, side step, side-cross step, walk, waltz
Music:
| Dance progression | ||
| 1-2 | (a) | Starting with outside foot (ML/WR), all dance 2 side-close steps moving in LOD (CCW in circle) (1-2). |
| 3-4 | All dance one side-cross step (M: L to the side, step R across in front of L, L to the side, close R to L; W: opposite footwork). | |
| 1-4 | Repeat (a) moving in LOD. | |
| |:5-8:| | Repeat (a), but moving in RLOD, and with opposite footwork, ie beginning MR/WL. | |
| 1-2 | (b) | Facing in LOD, holding inside hands, and beginning with outside foot (ML/WR), dance 2 pas-de-bas steps. |
| 3-4 | M dances two additional pas-de-bas steps, while W turns CW under lifted inside hands, 4 walking steps or 2 polka steps. | |
| 1-4 | Repeat (b). | |
| 5-6 | (c) | Facing in LOD, holding inside hands, and beginning with outside foot (ML/WR), 3 walking steps forward in LOD, plus a stamp on the last beat. |
| 7-8 | Turn to face RLOD, still holding inside hands (MR/WL), and beginning with inside foot (MR/WL), 3 walking steps in RLOD, plus a stamp on the last beat. | |
| 5-8 | Take waltz hold with partner, and dance turning polka, moving in LOD. | |
| Repeat from beginning as desired. |
See YouTube videos 1 (at 2:46) and 2
Source: taught by Sigrid Öström from Rågö in Vancouver about 1980-1981.
Original description: Anna-Stina (Kjellström) Erickson , Vancouver, 198?
Translation and revised description: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2015-09-14
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