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.
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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)