Country: Järvsö, Hälsingland, Sweden
Type: couple dance
Formation: open circle of couples ("as many as may") facing LOD, free hand at waist.
Steps:
promenade step (försteg): step forward with outside (ML/WR) foot (1:1-2), touch inside (MR/WL) foot to outside foot (1:3) with svikt (lift & dip),
turning toward partner step backwards with inside (MR/WL) foot (2:1-2), touch outside (ML/WR) foot to inside foot (2:3) with svikt (lift & dip);
trestegsvals (waltz, 3 steps per bar);
hambo;
gångsteg (walk).
Sheet music:
(1) Svenska Ungdomsringen. Hälsinglands Distrikt/ 'Låtar till Hälsingedanserna [appendix]' nrs 10-12 in: Danser från Hälsingland.
[Hudiksvall]: Hälsinglands Distrikt av Svenska Ungdomsringen, 2002. [p.50].
(2) Svenska Ungdomsringen. Hälsinglands Distrikt/ Hälsingedanser.
[Hudiksvall]: Hälsinglands Distrikt av Svenska Ungdomsringen, [1979]. p.42.
(3) 'Wigers polska, after Wiger, Järvsö' FolkWiki
(4) 'hambopolska, after Lim-Erik, Hästberg, Järvsö' FolkWiki
(5) 'Grönåsvisan, comp. Joel Markuson, Järvsö' FolkWiki
(6) 'Polska, after Jonas Skoglund, Järvsö' FolkWiki
(7) 'Wigers polska, after Wiger, Järvsö'
documentation for Nordlek 2024
Recordings:
Jonssonlinjen spelar musik till Hälsingedanser track 10;
'Wigers polska, after Wiger, Järvsö' for Nordlek 2024
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| 1-3 | (a) | Promenade: Couples dance promenade steps (1-2), followed by 3 walking steps, beginning with outside foot, forward in LOD (3). |
| 4-8 | (b) | Hambo: Couples [take hambo hold and] dance turning hambo to end of phrase turning CW, moving in LOD].
Finish with M's facing in RLOD, W in LOD. |
| 1 | (c) | Transition to waltz: With M facing in RLOD, W in LOD, dance 1 transition step: M steps L foot sideways to L (1:1), and touches R foot to L (1:2-3). Meanwhile W steps R foot sideways to R (1:1), and touches L foot to R (1:2-3). |
| 2-8 | Waltz CCW: Beginning with MR foot stepping backward and WL foot forward, couple dances 3-step waltz to end of phrase,
turning CCW [moving in LOD].
Finish with M's facing in LOD, W in RLOD. |
|
| 9 | (b) | Transition to hambo: With M facing in LOD, W in RLOD, dance 1 transition step: M steps L foot sideways L (1:1), and touches R foot to L (1:2-3). Meanwhile W steps R foot sideways R (1:1), and touches L foot to R (1:2-3). |
| 10-16 | Hambo: [M dances hambo as usual R-L-both]. Meanwhile, W begins hambo turn by stepping L foot to L, turned somewhat CW (10:1), touches R to L foot while turning 1/2-turn CW on the soles of both feet (10:2), then stepping forward in LOD with R foot between partner's feet (10:3), [then continues dancing hambo as usual: L-both-R]. | |
| 9-16,|:1-8:| | Couples continue alternating between hambo (b) and waltz (c) with each 8-bar phrase, with appropriate transition steps.
Promenade steps are only danced at the beginning of the dance. Hambo hold throughout, once promenade steps are danced. |
See videos from/with Ewa & Tommy Englund 2013; Karin & Thomas Lindblad 2018; Marianne & Ragnar Lökkeberg 2014; Marianne & Ragnar Lökkeberg 2016; Marianne & Ragnar Lökkeberg 2017; qvarnakullens 2017; Margareta & Leif Virtanen 2018; Margareta & Leif Virtanen 2018; (Leif Virtanen) alla 2018; Margareta & Leif Virtanen 2019; Margareta & Leif Virtanen 2019; (Leif Virtanen) alla 2019; for Nordlek 2024.
Provenance: Mr. & Mrs. Gunnar and Dagmar Johansson, Sidskogen, Järvsö. Both were botn in 1905. Documented in Sept. 1979 by
Rolf Westerlund, Järvsö, with Britta and Knuth Lehman, Rogsta.
This will be one of the combined dances at Nordlek 2024 in Arendal, Norway.
Source: Svenska Ungdomsringen. Hälsinglands Distrikt/ 'Danser från Hälsingland. [Hudiksvall]:
Hälsinglands Distrikt av Svenska Ungdomsringen, 2002. p.12.
See also:
-- Svenska Ungdomsringen. Hälsinglands Distrikt/ Hälsingedanser.
[Hudiksvall]: Hälsinglands Distrikt av Svenska Ungdomsringen, [1979]. p.41.
-- documentation for Nordlek 2024.
-- Englund, Tommy & Ewa/ 'Hambopolska med vals, Järvsö' in: Stockton Folk Dance Camp/
Syllabus of dance
descriptions 1989. Stockton, CA: Stockton Folk Dance Camp, 1989. p.16, & Errata p.2.
-- Folk Dance Federation of California. Dance Research Committe/ Hambopolska med vals, Järvsö.
s.l.: Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc., Oct. 1989.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2023-05-19, rev. 2023-07-26.
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