((PKG)) CHERRY PIT SPITTING CHAMPIONSHIP
((VOA Russian))
\((Banner: Cherry Pit Spit))
((Reporter/Camera: Roman Verkhovsky))
((Adapted by: Zdenko Novacki))
((Map: Eau Claire, Michigan))
((NATS))
((Leona Foster, Judge))
Each contestant picks out three cherries from a bucket, and
one at a time, they put the cherry in their mouth and they
chew all the meat off, so all that's left is the cherry pit. And
then, they stand with their feet on the line, and they spit the
pit forward, and they do that three times. And the longest
distance is recorded by me with a special measuring stick as
the official distance for each contestant.
((NATS))
((Kevin Bartz, 2019 Cherry Pit-Spitting Champion))
I actually started when I was 10 years old. My dad was a
cherry pit spitter. He worked in the fields and things like that.
You don't have to do a lot of training for this. Once you've
got your technique down, I found actually if you don't do too
much training, you're better off. So, you know, I'll go out in
the driveway and maybe about a week before, spit anywhere
from five to 10 a day, and that's about it.
((NATS))
((Cherry Pit-Spitting Championship Participant))
I personally think it's, kind of, fun. My mother doesn't think
that her daughter should know how to spit a cherry pit, as it's
not very ladylike, but I enjoyed the fact that my dad taught
me and it's a fun thing to do to come out here.
((NATS))
((Leona Foster, Judge))
The cherry pit spit is open to anybody. It's free. In the
morning, starting about ten o'clock, people arrive, and they
queue up, and they spit their pits, and based on those
results, by noon, we determine the top 10 people in each of
the age categories, as you see right behind me.
((NATS))
((Lynn Sage, Organizer, Cherry Pit-Spitting
Championship))
Back in 1974, dad was looking for something to do with
cherry pits. You eat a cherry and there's this pit and there's
nothing more natural than to spit it. You can spit a
watermelon seed. You can, maybe, toss an apricot pit. But
we've stuck with the cherry pit spitting. As dad used to say,
you know, There's nothing better to do with the pit after
you've eaten the cherry.
((NATS))
((VOA Russian))
\((Banner: Cherry Pit Spit))
((Reporter/Camera: Roman Verkhovsky))
((Adapted by: Zdenko Novacki))
((Map: Eau Claire, Michigan))
((NATS))
((Leona Foster, Judge))
Each contestant picks out three cherries from a bucket, and
one at a time, they put the cherry in their mouth and they
chew all the meat off, so all that's left is the cherry pit. And
then, they stand with their feet on the line, and they spit the
pit forward, and they do that three times. And the longest
distance is recorded by me with a special measuring stick as
the official distance for each contestant.
((NATS))
((Kevin Bartz, 2019 Cherry Pit-Spitting Champion))
I actually started when I was 10 years old. My dad was a
cherry pit spitter. He worked in the fields and things like that.
You don't have to do a lot of training for this. Once you've
got your technique down, I found actually if you don't do too
much training, you're better off. So, you know, I'll go out in
the driveway and maybe about a week before, spit anywhere
from five to 10 a day, and that's about it.
((NATS))
((Cherry Pit-Spitting Championship Participant))
I personally think it's, kind of, fun. My mother doesn't think
that her daughter should know how to spit a cherry pit, as it's
not very ladylike, but I enjoyed the fact that my dad taught
me and it's a fun thing to do to come out here.
((NATS))
((Leona Foster, Judge))
The cherry pit spit is open to anybody. It's free. In the
morning, starting about ten o'clock, people arrive, and they
queue up, and they spit their pits, and based on those
results, by noon, we determine the top 10 people in each of
the age categories, as you see right behind me.
((NATS))
((Lynn Sage, Organizer, Cherry Pit-Spitting
Championship))
Back in 1974, dad was looking for something to do with
cherry pits. You eat a cherry and there's this pit and there's
nothing more natural than to spit it. You can spit a
watermelon seed. You can, maybe, toss an apricot pit. But
we've stuck with the cherry pit spitting. As dad used to say,
you know, There's nothing better to do with the pit after
you've eaten the cherry.
((NATS))
