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Town Criers Battle It Out

Two dozen of North America's elite criers converged on Annapolis, Md., May 3, 2008, to battle for the title of Best Town Crier as part of the city's 300th anniversary.

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Town Criers Tell All in Annapolis
Article | It's not easy working in a dying medium. In a modern world ablaze in BlackBerry-ing, Wi-Fi-ing, 24-hour-news-streaming glory, it takes a certain kind of man to dress up in frilly clothes and stroll into the town center with nothing but his voice and a shiny bell to tell people what they need to k...
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