Pirot Medley - Serbian Medley 2 - Što Mi Omilelo - Pošla Rumena - Lile Lile - Piperana(Serbia)

Pirot Medley - Serbian Medley 2
Što Mi Omilelo
Pošla Rumena
Lile Lile
Piperana

Serbia

These notes ©2017, Andrew Carnie. This is a  medley of Serbian Dances. Taught in the USA by Dick Crum in the early 1950s. It is based on a choreography by the Kolo Ensemble.

Music:

• Jugoton C-6297 "Igre iz pirotskog kraja"
• Festival KF 106

Meter: 2/4, 9/8
Formation: Open circle, hands down in V position. Leads R. Everyone holds a hankerchief in Right hand
Introduction: Start with singing.

Što Mi Omilelo

Meter 2/4

Bar 1: Step R (1), L (2) in LOD
Bar 2: Step R in LOD (1), čukče on R and touch L next to R (2)
Bars 3-4: Repeat bars 1-2, but with opposite footwork, and  backing up in RLOD
Bars 5-8: repeat the footwork of bars 1-4, but traveling in into the center and backing up out of the center
Bar 9-10: Facing center, drop hands with neighbor, bring R hand with handkerchief up to R shoulder, then bend at waist sweeping handkerchief diagonally forward to the R, and up, while straightening up. Shout oh-oh!
Bars 11-12:  repeat bending of bars 9-10, but sweep hand down and back to L (retracing sweep of bars 9-10), shout eee-eee!
Bar 13: Standing straight, put R hand up to R and shout eee-you!

There is widespread variation over how bars 1-8 are done:

• Some groups turn to face RLOD on bars 3-4
• Some groups reverse 1-4 and 5-8 (i.e. they go in and out, and then in LOD and back.)
• Crum's original notes have a kick rather than a touch on count (2) of bars 2 and 4.

Pošla Rumena

Meter 2/4

Part 1

Bar 1: Facing center, Step on R into the center (1), čukče on R (2)
Bar 2: Rock backwards on L (1), čukče on L (2)
Bar 3: Step on R to R (1), cross L over R (2)
Bar 4: Repeat bar 3
Bar 5: Still facing center, sway onto R foot to the R (1), pause (2)
Bar 6: Step on L to L (1), Step on R behind L (2) [All of Dick Crum's notes say this is a step behind, but in Tucson everyone does it with a R stepping in front]
Bars 7-12: repeat bars 1-6: repeat bars 1-6 with opposite footwork and direction

Part 2:

Bar 1: Facing LOD, step on R heel forward inLOD (1), Close L foot behind R (2)
Bar 2: Repeat bar 1
Bar 3: Step R (1), L (&), R (2) in LOD
Bar 4: Repeat bar 4 with opposite footwork
Bar 5: Step on R in LOD (1), hop on R (2)
Bar 6: Step on L in LOD (1), hop on L turning body to face RLOD
Bars 7-12: repeat bars 1-6 with the same footwork but in RLOD

Repeat parts 1 and 2 three more times

Lile Lile

Meter: 9/8, Counted as QQQS
The footwork here mirrors the footwork and formation of the Bulgarian Dajčovo
Bar 1: hop on L (Q), Run R (Q), L (Q), R (S) to diagonal R into the center
Bar 2: repeat bar 1 with opposite footwork but still to diagonal R into the center
Bar 3: Facing center, Hop on L (Q), Step R (Q), L (Q), R (S) backing straight back out of the center
Bar 4:Traveling in RLOD, Hop on R (Q), Step L (Q), R(Q), L (S) completing the loop.
Bars 5-32: Repeat bars 1-4, 7 more times (8 in total)

Piperana

Meter 2/4

Part 1

Bar 1: Facing center, step on R to R (1), Step on L behind R (2)
Bar 2: Repeat bar 1
Bar 3: Step on R to R (1), Hop on R, swinging L foot around to back (in a "reel" formation) (2)
Bar 4: Step on L behind R (backwards out of circle) (1), Hop on L, swinging R foot around to back (2)
Bar 5: Repeat bar 4 with opposite footwork
Bar 6: Facing center, Hop on R foot (1), small step on L to L (&), Step on R, next to L (2)
Bar 7: Repeat bar 6
Bar 8: Step L (1), R (&), L (2) in place
Bars 9-24: Repeat bars 1-8, two more times

Part 2

Bar 1: Facing center, step on R forward into the center crossing R slightly in front of L (1) hop on R (2)
Bar 2: Repeat bar 1 with opposite footwork
Bars 3-4: Repeat bars 1-2
Bar 5: Hop on L (1), step on R slightly backwards (&), Step on L slightly backwards (2)
Bar 6: Repeat bar 5.
Bar 7: Step on R to R (1), Hop on R, swinging L foot around to back (in a "reel" formation) (2)
Bar 8: Step on L behind R (backwards out of circle) (1), Hop on L, swinging R foot around to back (2)
Bar 9: Repeat bar 8 with opposite footwork
Bar 10: Facing center, Hop on R foot (1), small step on L to L (&), Step on R, next to L (2)
Bar 11: Repeat bar 10
Bar 12: Step L (1), R (&), L (2) in place
Bar 13-24: repeat bars 1-12

Repeat Parts 1 & 2, then do Part 1 one more time

Tucson Video

Other videos on the web

Other instructions on the web

• 1963 Idyllwild (Isomata) Page 84
• Page 24 of 1986 Idyllwild Camp
• Page 30 of (1958) Stockton Folk Dance Camp 

Lyrics

• http://people.brandeis.edu/~gessel/songbook/fd.pdf
• Ader & Strouch (1984) A Yugoslavian Sampler

From: http://www.socalfolkdance.com/resources/serbia.htm

Što mi Omilelo

/ Što mi omilelo, nane, što me omilelo,
Pirotskoto pole, nane, pirotska momčeta. /
O-o! I-i! I-ju!

What has enchanted me, mama,
The countryside of Pirot, mama, the boys of Pirot.
Oh-oh! Ee-ee! Yuh!

Pošla Rumena
/ Pošla Rumena, nane, rano na vodu. /
/ Oj le le lele, rano na vodu. /

/ Rano na vodu, nane, pol ladovina. /
Oj le le lele, po ladovina,
Po ladovina, po mesečina.

/ Vodu da vadi, nane, grlo da ladi. /
/ Vodu de lije, lice da mije. /

Rumena went out early for water.
Early for water, in the morning darkness.
In the morning darkness, in the moonlight,
To dip up water to cool her throat.
To pour water to wash he

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