National Hollerin’ Contest, Spivey’s Corner, NC
Each June, the 49 residents of Spivey’s Corner, North Carolina, prepare for an influx of thousands of visitors for its annual National Hollerin’ Contest. Upwards of 10,000 people travel there each year to watch and listen to folks holler. Contestants don’t just yell or scream. It takes a bit of finesse to make their voices sound like musical instruments. The contest first launched in 1969 after the co-founders decided they wanted to honor the lost art of hollerin’. It hearkens back to a time when people worked on rafts and would holler to one another as a way of communicating.
