“I just try to stay moist.”
John Ruggieri, Competitor in the International Whistling Convention
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| Photo by Steven Depolo (Creative Commons) |
Pucker up and blow.
There aren’t many places where you can say that and not get slapped, or seduced. But you’re safe in Louisburg, North Carolina (population 3,699) this weekend. That’s because that’s where the International Whistling Convention is being held, and there’s a whole lot of puckering and blowing going on.
In its 39th year, the Whistling Convention attracts over five dozen competitors from 20 states and five countries. The whistling warblers range in age from elementary school to over 90. And their musical selections are just as wide ranging. One guy has mastered Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” and another whistles a happy tune while performing magic tricks.
The get-together in Louisburg isn’t the biggest whistling convention in the world, or the oldest. But it is a sentimental favorite. Because what better place than a charming Southern town to whistle in Dixie?
To put a tune in your heart and a smile on your face, here’s a little whistling wonder from Japan:
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