Monday, June 19, 2006

Now hear this: Contest ends in a 'holler off'

It was a scintillating affair, this 38th annual National Hollerin' Contest. And it went right down to the wire.

Tony Peacock from Carrboro knocked off Kevin Jasper, a two-time champion from Mocksville, in a "holler off" at the Spivey's Corner event on Saturday.

"The main event featured six men and started at 6 p.m.," writes the Fayetteville Observer. "Twenty minutes later, the judges huddled with red clipboards. They declared a tie, ushering a 'holler off' between Jasper and ... Peacock.

"Jasper had't prepared for a runoff, but he repeated his crowd-pleasing Tarzan yell and hollered, 'How Great Thou Art,' his mother's favorite.

"Peacock, who had tucked a violet shirt into his khaki pants, gave his signature yell: 'Whoooooo-la-la-la-la-looooow!' and performed other hollers."

Read more about his uniquely North Carolina event here.

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