UPDATE: The event has been delayed until Sunday at 2pm due to this morning’s flurries according to AccessAtlanta. [h/t: InDecatur]

Rus points to this interesting blurb in Peach Buzz about a very Seuss-y contest taking place in Decatur this weekend.

BIG DR. SEUSS SHOUT-OUT SET IN DECATUR

This Saturday, for about 30 minutes, a tiny part of Decatur will be magically transformed into Dr. Seuss’ Whoville.

And no, the Grinch isn’t plotting a pre-Easter visit.

Like groups in other participating hometowns across America, The Atlanta Foundation for Public Spaces has taken up a challenge from the makers of the upcoming “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!” The goal: to raise their voices loud enough to score both a free screening of the upcoming computer-animated film adaptation of the classic kiddie book featuring the voices of Jim Carrey, Steve Carell and Carol Burnett plus a story in USA Today.

The public is invited to turn up en masse to re-create the book and film’s climatic scene where the Whovillians shout “We are here!” to attract the attention of the film’s primary pachyderm. (While we’re several decades removed from the original source material, Buzz vaguely recalls that the residents of Whoville had some self-esteem issues to work out after allowing an anti-social green furry freak to make off with the entire town’s supply of Who Hash and whatnot… ).

Reps. from 20th Century Fox will be on hand to measure decibel levels officially with fancy sound meters. The AFPS is inviting everyone, well, within earshot, to arrive at the Downtown Decatur Market at 777 Commerce St [Bank of America parking lot] at noon Saturday.

The winning Whoville will be announced March 12.

So if you have a really good screamer in the family, take ‘em downtown this Saturday and then maybe we can be tagged as the nation’s Whoville. Hey, publicity’s publicity, right?

But please, whatever your plans for the weekend, show some restraint and try not to hop on Pop.