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.
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••­­•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••­•­•••••••••••
SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE: / drivetheglobe
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••­­•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••­•­•••••••••••
CONNECT WITH US:
/ drivetheglobe
/ drivetheglobe
/ drivetheglobe
For more info about DRIVE THE GLOBE, please check out:
www.drivetheglo...
For swag, head on over to our GearShoppe:
www.drivethegl...

[@Orinoquiart]

Love the song !! amazing !! thankyou

[@davewettlaufer7885]

sounds fun

[@drivetheglobe]

I love Newfoundland!!

[@cdnjoe4u]

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

[@drivetheglobe]

I miss it too, gonna have to visit again.

[@sandragillingham6255]

Awesome, makes me homesick!

[@gdionwood]

If you visit Canada and you don't make Newfoundland & Labrador one of your stops, you have missed out on some of the world's most amazing and friendly people!

[@benscott4434]

but you have saved yourself about 30 hours of driving

[@benscott4434]

ONE WAY

[@drivetheglobe]

Love Newfoundland & Labrador

[@rosettajohnson8576]

This. So. Cool

[@drivetheglobe]

Thanks for watching!

[@TheMermaidwoman]

Was this down at Gros More National park? Almost bought one of them their ugly sticks LOL

[@drivetheglobe]

Yes, this is at Gros Morne National Park

[@TheNewfyman]

nice ugly sticks by!

[@drivetheglobe]

Love the ugly sticks

[@allanbarsness6076]

v v g,you guys

[@drivetheglobe]

Thanks for watching

[@OLDJOHNNYHENRY]

check out "nan plays the ugly stick" she is 88 and is the best ugly stick player
from NFLD

[@drivetheglobe]

Ha!

[@mixedupstuff2461]

Looks the bys were moose hunting