The Ugly Stick - Labrador & Newfoundland 2009

Drive The Globe| Overland Adventures spent several days visiting Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland Canada. One night we were treated to a live music show by the park staff, featuring the ugly stick.

The ugly stick is a traditional Newfoundland musical instrument fashioned out of household and tool shed items, typically a mop handle with bottle caps, tin cans, small bells and other noise makers. The instrument is played with a drum stick and has a distinctive sound.

The instruments main body is a mop or broom handle cut to approximately four feet. An old rubber boot was attached to the bottom and a cymbal attached at the very top. At strategic intervals along the length of the shaft, nails affixed with bottle caps, felt tins and other noise makers would be nailed into the shaft. The instrument would then be decorated with items of colour and fluff to the artist's taste.

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• newfoundland
• labrador
• drive the globe
• michael ladden
• dennis white
• canada
• traditional music
• gros morne
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[thekevinkyle]

Well done boys.Tks.

[sharecroppermike]

Drop me a line if you come again...we provide a great show too. triple w the sharecroppers dot ne t (in code of course here) MikeMadigan of the Sharecroppers

mike underscore madigan at y a h o o dot c o m

[sharecroppermike]

Drop me a line if you come again...we provide a great show too. triple w the sharecroppers dot ne t (in code of course here) MikeMadigan of the Sharecroppers

[cdnjoe4u]

Great Music...I sure miss my down east music......

[mrsoundwave]

this concert is a rock'n!