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Sunday, September 14, 2008

New Podcast Posting: The Art & Sport of Cornhusking

Once it was the only way to get the job done. The it became popular as a competitive endevor, drawing crowds in excess of one hundred thousand. For the finals, folks came from across the Midwest. There was no ball, no goal, no track. the simply made a sport of a job well done.

Here we speak about the tradition of cornhusking, once turned sport. It continues on a much more limited basis today in the form if the National Cornhusking Championship.

This brief segment was first taped in August, 2006.

At:
http://conversationsontheroad.com

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