The actual calling competition is only part of events planned for the day.Ī Best Little Pigtails contest begins at 10 a.m. Saturday, followed by children ages 7-12, youths 12-16 and then adults. The three junior divisions split another $500 in prize money.Ĭhildren under 6 kick off the contest at 1 p.m.
PIG SOOEY CALLING CONTEST FREE
It's free to enter, and first prize in the adult division is "a 6-foot-tall gaudy trophy covered with pigs" and a cash prize of about $500.
The contest is open to anyone who wants to try. Rader said the key to a winning call is the loudness of the yell, the amount of time the caller can hold "Sooey," and how penetrating the call is.īasically, a call should be designed to get hogs' attention. pehg, pehg, pehg.' After three of those, she started yelling 'Come on Talkin' Mama!' " "She approached the microphone, turned it off, cupped her hands around her mouth like she was eating a cheeseburger, reared back, filled her lungs to capacity, then let out a piercing blast of 'sooo-eeey, soooo-eeey. Publicity chairman Phillip Reid described that call. Legend has it that her call started the town dogs barking, confused the fire department and sent folks scurrying to their tornado shelters. The first winner of Weatherford's contest in 1987 was a woman from Pea Ridge, Ark., who was raised on a pig farm. Rader likes to begin with a long, drawn-out "Sooey," then calls the hogs with "Pig, pig, pig," but variations do exist.
"Basically, to call a hog you get up and do the best you can with the voice you have," he said. He compared hog calling to going out and beating a bucket to attract cattle at feeding time, or simply calling a pet - but with a special difference. "When it was time to slop them, you had to yell to get their attention." "A long time ago, before pigpens, your hogs ran all over your farm," he said. Rader, who won the contest in 1991, explained the history of hog calling. Weatherford will defend its title with the 10th annual World Championship Hog Calling Contest in Means Park at 10 a.m. This town is the self-proclaimed and uncontested Hog Calling Capital of the World.
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