Country: Skåne, Sweden
Formation: longways progressive set
Formation: any number of couples in 2 lines, M to R, W to L as seen from the music. Numbered 1-2-3-4 etc. from the music (top of the set).
Steps: walk
Sheet music: Wallin, Sonja & Börje/ Gamla danser i Skååne: engelskor. Helsingborg: s.n., 1976. pp. 20-21.
[tunes from Nils Olsson, Pehr Christiansson, Ola Hansson, Blomgren, C.G. Malmberg, & Per Jönsson, all structured (AABB,A=B=4)]
Recordings:
Skånes Spelmansförbund Skånelåtar för småspelmän track 19
[YouTube];
Skånes Spelmansförbund Skånelåtar för småspelmän track 32
[YouTube];
[or any ecossaise, anglaise or engelsk with (AABB,A=B=4) structure and appropriate tempo]
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| 1-4 | (a) | One-hand star: Couples 1 and 2 form R-hand star, M1 holding hands with W2 and M2 holding hands with W1. Circle CW, 8 walking steps. |
| 1-4 | Repeat (a) in L-hand star, circling CCW, 8 walking steps. | |
| 5-8 | (b) | Promenade: M2 with W1 followed by M1 with W2, holding inside (ML/WR) hands, lead down the set, 8 walking steps.
At the bottom of the set couples turn, and M1 and M2 exchange partners and hold inside (MR/WL) hands with own partner. [Ie couple 2 leads up the set.] |
| 5-8 | M2 with W2, followed by M1 with W1 lead up the set, 8 walking steps.
[Finish on own side in order 2-1-3.] | |
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[When the dance repeats (from (a)), couple 1 dances with couple 3, while couple 2 rests. When couple 1 dances with
couple 5, while couples 2 dances with couple 3.
If there are many couples in the lines, every 3rd couple may start.]
Repeat from (a) until all couples have danced together, and couple 1 has returned to original place at the top of the set. |
Provenance: actually an ecossaise. Originally published in Ungdomens bok (1879). The accompanying sheet music
was taken from the notebook of Nils Olsson, Höganäs, Luggude Härad.
Source: Wallin, Sonja & Börje/ Gamla danser i Skåne: engelskor. Helsingborg: s.n., 1976. pp. 20-21.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2021-11-12.
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