Skandia CD

 Featuring these soloists:

Nils Agenmark, Anders Sparf,
Pål Olle, Gösta & Paul Bäckström		 Fiddle, tracks 1, 16 & 25
Gunnar Hahn Accordion 7 & 29
Søren Nomeland Hardingfele 8, 11 & 27
Eric Sahlström Nykelharpa 22
Assar Bengtsson Träskofiol 23


Please Note: To play this music CD on Microsoft Windows systems (XP or Vista) you will need to turn off the AutoPlay feature. The Skandia CD contains both music and dance directions (as web pages), so Windows PCs will show the directions instead of playing the music unless AutoPlay is disabled. To turn off AutoPlay, select Properties for the CD disc drive and uncheck the option on the AutoPlay tab.

Index of Web Documents 

Dance / Track Index Summary
Detailed
Notes CD Liner Notes
Foreward Foreward to the Dance Directions
and Dance movement Abbreviations
Appendix A Explanation of Dance Holds
Appendix B  Glossary of Terms used to indentify Traditional Nordic Dance Rhythms
Appendix C A Few Words About the Swedish Polska
Appendix D Gordon Ekvall Tracie biography
Appendix E Skandia Music Foundation

Summary Dance Description Index

(This dance list uses the Scandinavian alphabet:  the letters å, æ, ä, ö and ø come after z.)  
DK-Denmark FI-Finland IS-Iceland NO-Norway SE-Sweden
TRACK DANCE NAME ENGLISH NAME NATION FORM TIMING
2 Enkel Engelska English Dance Sweden set  2:18
3 Familie Sekstur Family 6/8 Dance Denmark mixer  2:01
9-10 Familjevalsen Family Waltz DK NO SE mixer  1:55
28 Gammal Reinlendar (see Reinlendar) Norway couple  2:36
19 Gammal Schottis Old-style Schottische Sweden couple  1:55
16 Gustafs Skål Toast to King Gustav Sweden set  3:18
1 Gånglåt / Snoa Walking tune pivot NO SE couple  2:04
17 Hambopolska Old Hambo-Polska Sweden couple  2:17
18 Hoijakka Ring Polska Finland circle  2:42
35 Hälsingepolska Polska from Hälsingland Sweden couple  2:03
7 Islenzkur Skottis Icelandic Schottische Iceland couple  2:00
22-26 Jägaremarsch Hunter's March Sweden mixer  4:24
11 Kryss-Polka Cross Polka N. Europe couple  2:00
8 Parisarpolka Parisian Polka Norway couple  1:47
21 Pols / Rørospols Pols from Røros Norway couple  2:15
27 Potku Masurkka Kick Masurka Finland couple  1:56
28 Reinlendar Old Reinlander Norway couple  2:36
12-13 Seksmannsril Six Person's Reel Norway set  1:24
20 Sollerö Långdans Long Dance from Sollerön Sweden chain  2:09
30 Suomalainen Polkka Finnish Polka Finland couple  2:08
32 Sønderhoning Sønderho Dance Denmark couple  2:35
18 Trindpolska (see Hoijakka) Finland couple  2:42
5 Ti-Ti-Tyy Jenkka Birdcall Schottische Finland mixer  3:59
14 To Ting Two Things Denmark couple  1:24
15 Tosingadansen Good Humor Dance Sweden mixer  3:09
4 Totur II Two-Figure Dance Number 2 Denmark set  1:46
29 Trekant fra Horsens Three-Corner Dance from Horsens Denmark set  2:31
6 Trommelvalsen The Drumming Waltz Denmark set  1:52
31 Vikboland Fyrpolska Four Person Polska from Vikboland Sweden set  2:39
33-34 Åttetur fra Asker Eight person dance Norway set  2:10
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