Drops of Brandy (Metis)
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Drops of Brandy", in French "La danse du crochet" (means hook dance in French,<br> so called because the partners hook elbows to swing) is a Métis reel in G major and<br> 2/4 time. The parts are played AA'BBCC. There are ten measures in parts A and B and<br> eight measures in part C. It is not the same tune as the Irish "Drops of Brandy" which<br> is a slip jig in 9/8 time.<br> The tune comes from the Métis people of Manitoba, Canada. They are the descendants of<br> the French, English, Scottish and Irish fur trappers and their native wives in the<br> 17th century. In Canada, the Métis are one of three major groups of Indigenous<br> peoples that were legally recognized in the Constitution Act of 1982, the other<br> two groups being the First Nations and Inuit. The Métis live mainly in the prairie<br> provinces of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.<br> The Métis tune for this dance is a version of "Le Brandy de Quebec" that may have been<br> derived from the original 9/8 Scottish pipe tune of the same name. Many of the patterns<br> that the dancers trace on the floor while doing the Hook Dance (and the Square Dance)<br> outline the infinity sign, the symbol of the Métis Nation.<br>
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