- National Hollerin' Contest
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Hollerin Road street sign in Spivey's Corner
The National Hollerin' Contest, first held in 1969, is an annual competition held in Spivey's Corner, North Carolina.
The contest, held on the third Saturday in June, was inaugurated in order to revive the almost-lost art of "hollerin'", a sophisticated vocal tradition that served as a means of long-distance communication between individuals as well as an amusing form of entertainment, before the widespread adoption of the telephone.
Contestants from the contest have appeared on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show and The Late Show with David Letterman.
External links
- ibiblio: The National Hollerin' Contest
- ibiblio: The Lost Art of Hollerin' (with audio examples)
- NPR report: Audio Postcard: The National Hollerin' Contest (links to audio report)
- Catawba College: The Almost Lost Folk Art of Spivey’s Corner Hollerin’
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