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National Hollerin' Contest
The National Hollerin' Contest, first held in 1969, is an annual competition held in Spivey's Corner, North Carolina. The contest, formerly held on the third Saturday in June, was inaugurated 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. The proceeds from the event were, and continue to be, donated to the Spivey's Corner Volunteer Fire Department. Contestants from the contest have appeared on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'', ''The Late Show with David Letterman'', and ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'' is an American late-night news and liberal political satire talk show hosted by Stephen Colbert, which premiered on September 8, 2015. Produced by Spartina Productions and CBS Studios, it is the second ...''. In 2013 the N ...
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Spivey's Corner, North Carolina
Spivey's Corner is a census-designated place located in Sampson County, North Carolina, United States, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 13 and U.S. Highway 421. As of the 2000 census, the CDP had a total population of 448. Every year since 1969, Spivey's Corner has been the home of the National Hollerin' Contest. Contestants from the contest have appeared on Johnny Carson's ''The Tonight Show'' and the '' Late Show with David Letterman''. Geography Spivey's Corner is located at 35°12'6" North, 78°29'8" West (35.201600, -78.485572). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. All land from North to South and East to West was owned by the West Family of more than thousands of acres of land, before Old Man Spivey changed the name from West Crossroads. Demographics As of the 2000 United States Census, there were 448 people in the town, organized into 149 households and 119 families. The population density was 57.8 people per squ ...
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Field Holler
The field holler or field call is mostly a historical type of vocal work song sung by field slaves in the United States (and later by African American forced laborers accused of violating vagrancy laws) to accompany their tasked work, to communicate usefully, or to vent feelings. It differs from the collective work song in that it was sung solo, though early observers noted that a holler, or ‘cry’, might be echoed by other workers. Though commonly associated with cotton cultivation, the field holler was also sung by levee workers, and field hands in rice and sugar plantations. Field hollers are also known as corn-field hollers, water calls, and whoops. An early description is from 1853 and the first recordings are from the 1930s. The holler is closely related to the call and response of work songs and arhoolies. The Afro-American music form ultimately influenced strands of African American music, such as the blues and thereby rhythm and blues, as well as negro spirituals. The ...
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