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7:15 am
Mon June 18, 2012
44th National Hollerin' Contest
By Asma Khalid
Credit Asma Khalid
Tony Peacock won the National Hollerin' Contest in Spivey's Corner for the second year in a row.
Over the weekend, folks in Eastern North Carolina belted out their favorite tunes at the 44th National Hollerin' Contest. Asma Khalid reports from Spivey's Corner on this unusual tradition.
Asma Khalid: Drive about an hour Southeast of Raleigh, and you'll find Spivey's Corner. It's a tiny town, no post-office, one stop-light. But it's claim to fame is hollerin'. Hollerin' is not yodeling, and it's not calling in the hogs. Folks in Spivey's Corner say hollerin' was a form of communication used in Sampson county long before phones.
Tony Peacock: We hollered to get help, to greet people, and to get our work done.
Peacock capture the crown for the second year in a row.
