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| - When you're looking for slummy Karaoke, Ducky's is where its at. It isn't an everyday kind of thing: who wants to listen to a bunch of drunks caterwaul old rock and country songs? But when you're in the mood, it's basically a fun machine. Just make sure you get enough people you are comfortable embarrassing yourself in front to go with you!
The drinks are pretty expensive considering the atmosphere of the bar, rivaling that of many near-by night clubs. It isn't really merited, so I recommend getting your pre-karaoke kicks up at one of the nicer bars nearby on 4th (who will charge you the same amount for a much nicer bar, and often prettier people).
Show up at 9:00 pm which is when the Karaoke starts (if my haze is to be remembered). The MCs tend to be pretty funny, even if the take the whole deal pretty seriously. If you manage to get a group of your friends out, there is a small and virtually unused dance-floor that you can tear up to somebodies over-serious rendition of "I will always love you".
If you get there late, there will be some waiting time before you can sing your song. They try to cycle through everybody's first request before they let people sing again, though this does not always work in practice. As with all Karaoke bars, there will always be the Canadian Idol wannabes, but in my experience there is often just as many drunken idiots looking to have fun singing semi-awful rock, love and pop songs. The locals will often congratulate you for a job well done. Also the bar seems to be a pretty frequent arena for Stags and Stagettes.
Nobody can really take themselves seriously at Ducky's, so go down looking to have fun. And don't be sober... That's rule # 1.
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