INTERNATIONAL TOWN CRIERS DAY
International Town Criers Day falls on July 10, which is the second Monday in July. This National Day celebrates the historical relevance of town criers throughout history. If you have a good strong voice or like to keep others informed on what is going on, this day is for you.
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International Town Criers Day honors loud people who announce the news by using a bell and making proclamations to townspeople. Besides having a loud voice, if you want to become a town crier, you also need to be able to read and write. You can become a very important person because, traditionally, people of standing in the community were chosen as criers.
Town Crier Qualifications
If you are married, your partner can be an asset in a career as a town crier. That's because a husband and wife work as a team. The wife rings the large hand bell and the husband does the shouting. Once you become a town crier, you perform several roles, the first of which may be that of a news broadcaster. In some cases, you could be an officer of a royal court to make public pronouncements as required.
In the past, the loud role as a town crier could have some less vocal but very somber tasks to perform. For example, you might have been able to install wayward husbands in stocks in the city square. Or, it's also possible you might have been paid to administer public floggings or be the official witness of a public hanging in the town square.
Besides being a news broadcaster, town criers are also the town's news publisher. You could have your own Saturday Night Post because the term “post” as in “posting a notice" comes from the act of the town crier. After bellaring the news of the day to local townspeople, you would post the news on the door of the local Inn, or maybe a Holiday Inn.
As a town crier, you could join a group of fellow town criers in Australia, Canada, the United States, England, Italy, Mexico, and other European countries.
4 WAYS TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL TOWN CRIERS DAY
If you want to get out your news of the day, learn to become a town crier.
If you don't have a good strong voice, but you still want to tell others what's going on, you can hire a town crier. There are nearly 100 who are available.
Develop your own town crier style after you listen to the cries of other town criers at the American Guild of Town Criers.
Tag #TownCriersDay to see other town criers from around the world.
HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL TOWN CRIERS DAY
Scott Fraser, a town crier in Waterloo, Ontario founded the day when he became no day existed celebrating his calling. He established the first International Town Crier Day in 1997.
Historically, the first town criers were the runners in the early Greek Empire. Then, as the Roman empire spread through Europe, the position became more important. Eventually, they became officers of the court. It was not always a safe position. If a ruler did not like the message decreed by the runner or the town crier, he could be executed. EEK!
Later, town criers were protected by law. "Don't shoot the messenger" was a very real command; If you were a town crier in a region where the King was not popular, you could be attacked. Any crime committed against the town crier was considered committed against the king and was a treasonable offense.
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