Fyrmanna Schottische - Coach and Horses (Sweden)
Formation
Dance with two couples.Hold inside hands with your partner. Lady is on the right of the man. Face in an anticlockwise direction round the circle, with men on the inside of the circle, ladies on the outside of the circle. Front man holds left hand with the back man. Front lady holds right hand with the back lady.Front couple stretch inside arms out infront of them.
Instructions
- Everyone does 2 Schottische steps forward starting on outside foot. (Outside foot forward, close with inside foot, outside foot forward and hop on it, inside foot forward, close with outside foot, inside foot forward and hop on it.)
- Front couple let go each other's hands and do 4 step hops to the back without letting go of the back couple.The front couple join inside hands with each other, and become the back couple.
- Repeat 1 and 2 with the back couple being at the front, so that you end up with the original front couple in front.
- Repeat 1.
- Back couple make an arch with inside hands.
- Front couple do 4 step hops backwards under the arch. Back couple turn under their own arch.
- Repeat 5 and 6 with the back couple being at the front, so that you end up with the original front couple in front.
- Start the dance again.
Calling
- Outside together, outside hop, inside together inside hop.
- Front couple let go each other and step hop round to the back.
- Outside together, outside hop, inside together inside hop.
- Front couple let go each other and step hop round to the back.
- Outside together, outside hop, inside together inside hop.
- Back couple make an arch.Front couple step hop backwards to the back.
- Outside together, outside hop, inside together inside hop.
- Back couple make an arch.Front couple step hop backwards to the back.
