01 Nov 2021 Junior Talent names top performers

LITTLE ROCK — On Oct. 24, Junior Talent winners were awarded during competition at the Arkansas State Fair.

Elizabeth Merritt of Greenwood (Sebastian County) won Grand Champion honors. Merritt won with an instrumental solo, playing “The Orange Blossom Special” on fiddle before a capacity crowd at the Arkansas Hall on the State Fairgrounds in Little Rock. 

Other Winners include: 

VOCAL SOLO

Rebekah Ward, Conway

DANCE SOLO

Hadley Emerson, Magnolia (Columbia County)

INSTRUMENTAL

Caleb Humphrey, Delight (Southwest District)

VARIETY

Jadyn Askins, Conway (Faulkner County)

VOCAL GROUP

Kayla Gunter and Kyla Gunter, Ozark (Franklin County)

DANCE GROUP

Southern Belles, North Little Rock (Pulaski County)