Country: Skåne, Sweden
Type: set dance
Formation: open circle of couples, holding inside hands, facing in LOD
Steps:
chassé (two-step),
polka,
sidsteg (side-gallop steps)
Sheet music: Gunnesbopolka, av Daniel Gullström
Recordings:
Fladstrand Spillemændene Spillemandsmusik med liv & sjæl track 05;
Trunderup Spillemændene Dansk spillemandsmusik 2 track 16;
YouTube - musicians not specified.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| 1-8 | 1 | In open circle and beginning with outside (ML/WR) foot, all dance forward in LOD, 8 polka steps. |
| 9-16 | Couples take waltz hold, and dance turning polka, moving in LOD, 8 polka steps. | |
| 1-16 | Repeat (1). | |
| 17-18 | 2 | Still in waltz hold, couples dance 4 side-gallop steps towards centre of circle. |
| 19-20 | Couples dance 4 side-gallop steps away from centre of circle. | |
| 21-24 | Couples dance turning polka, moving in LOD, 4 polka steps. | |
| 25-32 | Repeat (2).
Finish facing RLOD, W on inside, M with R arm around partner's waist, WR hand on shoulder of W in front. |
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| 17-24 | All circle CW [in RLOD], 8 polka steps.
Finish, all turning solo, W turning over L shoulder (CCW), M turning over R shoulder (CW), to face in LOD, ML arm around partner's waist, WL hand on shoulder of W in front. |
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| 25-32 | All circle CCW [in LOD], 8 polka steps. | |
| 1-8 | 3 | All form closed circle and dance to L (CW), 16 side-gallop steps. |
| 9-16 | All M go down on 1 knee, facing centre of circle. W dance figure 8 around corner and partner, first dancing CW around corner, then CCW around partner and finishing behind partner, 8 chassé steps.
On last bar, M stand up, turn to face partner. |
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| 1-16 | Couples take waltz hold, and dance turning polka moving in LOD, 16 polka steps. | |
| 17-24 | 4 | All form closed circle and dance to L (CW), 16 side-gallop steps. |
| 25-32 | All W go down on 1 knee, facing centre of circle. M dance figure 8 around partner and corner, first dancing CCW around partner, then CW around corner and finishing in front of partner, 8 chassé steps.
On last bar, W stand up. |
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| 17-32 | Couples take waltz hold, and dance turning polka moving in LOD, 16 polka steps. | |
| Repeat from (1) as desired. |
Provenance: a polka variant devised by Henning Fjällman, Uddevalla, who together with Kjerstin Johansson, for many years both led and mislead the Skaftö Folkdansare. According to information received, he wove together the figures while bedridden with an undisclosed illness, and having trouble making the time pass. The dance is named after the old school, now closed, in which the folk dance group members exercised their more or less athletic pursuits. The description was refined at sessions in 1988 and 1989 with folkdance teachers from the Göteborg area. The original dance was intended for 8 couples with the two 'mills' being danced respectively as a women's R-hand star [repeat of bars 17-24 in part 2] and a men's L-hand star [repeat of bars 25-32 of part 2].
Sources:
- description in Swedish
- description in Danish
Translation by L Ruus, Oakville 2020-08-05
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