Luling Watermelon Thump: Kids Division Seed Spitting Competition (1992)

Texas Archive of the Moving Image is loading...

Luling Watermelon Thump: Kids Division Seed Spitting Competition (1992)

Jim Ruddy

Sound | 1992

Normal
Large video
Large content
Full video

"rtmpconf":{ type:"flv", file:"mp4:2013_04287_480x360.mp4", baseUrl:wgScriptPath + "/extensions/player/", streamServer:'texasarchive-flash.streamguys.com:80/vod', width:"480", height:"360", config:{ showBrowserControls:false }, poster:"/library/index.php?action=ajax%26rs=importImage%26rsargs[]=2013 04287 tn.jpg%26rsargs[]=480", controls:{ _timerStyle:"sides" } }

Map

Loading Google Maps...

TAMI Tags

The first contestant
15 feet, 8 inches!
The second contestant
1 foot, 2 inches!

Mark Video Segment:


	begin


	end

play

See someone or something you recognize? TAMI Tagging

Click begin and end to mark the segment you wish
to tag. Then enter your comment and click on Tag!

To: tamitags@texasarchive.org

Link

Start video atEnd video at

Social

Send E-mail

Embed

[Hide]Right click this link, select 'open in new tab', and add to bookmarks:

GLIFOS-social media video

In partnership with:

About the video
Texas Locations
Keywords

This unedited footage, taped by Dallas-based director Jim Ruddy, showcases the annual Luling, TX watermelon festival, the Watermelon Thump. Located thirty miles southeast of Austin, Luling has held its annual Thump in late June for over fifty years in celebration of its watermelon industry. The weekend event features a parade headlined by the “Watermelon Queen” and her court, contests for best locally grown watermelon, watermelon eating, and, as the main event, the "world" championship watermelon seed spitting contest – the world record of which is said to be over 69 feet. This clip features the start of the competition and the kids division competition.

Caldwell County
Luling