Audience hand-clapping, foot-stomping and dancing create an aural accompaniment. Repertoire Fiddle tunes for dances have been described as the core repertoire of Metis fiddling. The central defining tune is Red River Jig, which is not actually in jig timing (6/8) but often in the faster duple meter(s) associated with reels. A local anecdote relates that "the way to drive a Métis crazy is to nail his moccasins to the floor and play the Red River Jig The dancing involves prominent footwork as in Irish dance and has been brought to a high level of dexterity. Cory Poitras demonstrates simultaneous fiddle playing and "jigging" at Métis crossing in a 2007 video clip available online. According to Lederman, this is the same as the "La Grande Gigue Simple" or "La Grandeux" in Québec, which is also found in Cajun playing. Other repertoire she identifies include Arcandsaw Traveller (a Métis version of the American tune Arkansas Traveller), "Drops of Brandy" ("Le Brandy" in Québec), and "Devil's Reel" ("Le Reel du Pendu" in Québec). Other dances include Duck Dance, Square Dance and Drops of Brandy Métis-style fiddle players John Arcand Sierra Noble Calvin Vollrath Andy de Jarlis Patti Kusturok Michael Audette Reg Bouvette Erin Okrainec Lawrence "Teddy Boy" Houle Jamie Fox from Hays, Montana Brad "Chug" Morin from Hays, Montana Mike Page, Belcourt, North Dakota Turtle Mountain Joe Parisien, Belcourt, North Dakota Turtle Mountain Gabriel Brien, Belcourt, North Dakota Turtle Mountain Brianna Lizotte See also Red River Jig Sources Lederman, Anne, 1987. "Old Native and Métis Fiddling in Manitoba". Vol. L Toronto: Falcon Productions, 783A Queen Street West, M6J 1O1. Lederman, Anne. "Old Indian and Métis Fiddling in Manitoba: Origins, Structure, and Questions of Syncretism". Canadian Journal for Traditional Music, 1991 (originally published in The Canadian Journal of Native Studies 7.2 (1988): 205-30). "Music of the Indians and Métis" I & n (Kit). Winnipeg: Manitoba Department of Education and Training, Media Productions (1983). Whidden, Lynn. "How can you dance to Beethoven? Native people and country music". CUMR, 5, 1984. Whidden, Lynn. "Hymn anomalies in traditional Cree song". Recherches Amérindiennes au Québec'', vol 15 no 4, 1984. References Métis culture North American folk music Folk music genres