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...couples used for dancing. learned to mimic the chants in that tune, and soon I was just like the little boy in the song: "He'd sneak away in the afternoon / Take a little walk and pretty soon / You'd find him at the local auction barn."
The way auctioneers talk during the auction is called a chant or a crying bid, but most call it a chant. There are a number of schools you can go to across the country to learn auctioneering. Before going to college--I have a bachelor's degree and an MBA from West Texas A&M University--I attended the World Wide College of Auctioneering, in Mason City, Iowa, in 1975. There, I learned that a chant has...
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