Trei Păzeşte - Hilferink Version (Romania)

Trei Păzeşte - Hilferink Version 

Romania

These notes ©2018, Andrew Carnie. Originally taught by Nico Hilferink. Trei Păzeşte means "keep or guard three". This version is fairly unique since it's done to a recording on the Jaw Harp (Jew's harp). Hilferink learned the dance from Teodor Vasilescu and V. Vladimirescu. The dance is from the region of Giudega.

Music: Hilferink 2 tape
Meter: 2/4
Formation: Short lines in V position (Nico's notes say back basket)
Introduction: none

Part 1: 

Bar 1:  Traveling and facing LOD, Step R forward (1), Close L next to R (&), Step R forward, (2), Stamp L next to R, no weight (&)
Bar 2:  Stomp on L to L (with weight) (1), Stamp R next to L, no weight (2)
Bars 3-4: repeat bars 1-2
Bars 5-8: repeat bars 1-4

Part 2

Bar 1: Facing center, Rida step in RLOD: Cross R over L (1), Step on L to L (&), Cross R over L (2), Step on L to L (&)
Bar 2: Cross R over L (1), hop on R (2)
Bar 3: Lean on L to L (1), Still facing center, step on R to R (2), close L next to R (&)
Bar 4: Step on R to R (1), close L next to R (&), Step on R to R, lifting L knee (2)
Bar 5: Leap on L to L (1), Cross R over L (&), Step back in place on L (2), Step on R next to L (&)
Bar 6: Moving in LOD, cross L over R (1), Step on R to R (&), Step on L behind R (2), Step on R to R (&)
Bar 7: Repeat bar 6
Bar 8:  Leap on L across R (1), Step on R back in place (&), Sep on L next to R (2),
Bar 9: Leap onto R to R, kick L forward (1), Step on L to L (2), Cross R over L (&)
Bar 10:  Step back in place on L (1), Leap onto R, kicking L forward (2)
Bar 11: Step on L to L (1), Cross R over L (&), Step L to L (2), Step on R behind  L (&)
Bar 12: Step on L to L (1), Cross R over L (&), fall on L to L, lifting R knee (2),

repeat dance from the beginning three more times, then do part 1, end with final stamp into the center on last count of bar 8. 

Other notes on the web

• Page 37 of http://www.socalfolkdance.org/syllabi/syllabus_idyllwild_1992.pdf
• http://www.socalfolkdance.org/dances/T/Trei_Pazeste_(Hilferink).pdf

John Chu's 1992 Tucson Video

Also spelled: Pazeste, Pazesti, Pazeshte