Nearly two dozen individuals and bands competed in the recent Tommy Jarrell Youth Competition was held at the Andy Griffith Museum Theatre.
All totalled, there were 19 separate entrants, coming from as far away as Taylorsville and Boones Mill, Virginia. The youth competed in two age levels: 5-12 and 13-18 with categories for both age groups in fiddle, clawhammer banjo, guitar, vocal, dance, and other (which includes all other instruments and bands).
The Tommy Jarrell Youth Competition was sponsored in part by a TAPS grant from the Folklife Division of the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
The winners were:
Ages 5-12 years
Fiddle
First place: Cheyenne Grantham of Boones Mill
Second place: Hunter Hiatt of State Road
Third place: Sam Wilkerson of Thurmond
Third place: Sylvie Davis of Leicester
Clawhammer Banjo
First place: Wyatt Grantham of Boones Mill
Second place: Everly Davis of Leicester
Guitar
First place: Judah Davis of Leicester
Dance
First place: Gatlynn Grantham of Boones Mill
Vocal
First place: Maggie Wilkerson of Thurmond
Other
First place: Josiah Wilkerson of Thurmond, Bluegrass Banjo
Second place: Emme Davis of Leicester, Mandolin
Ages 13-18 years
Fiddle
First place: Neely Sizemore of Elkin
Clawhammer Banjo
First place: Bayla Davis of Leicester
Second place: Robbie Herman of Taylorsville
Guitar
First place: Robbie Herman of Taylorsville
Dance
First place: Candace Noah of Dobson
Second place: Darrius Flowers of Pilot Mountain
Vocal
First place: Jackson Dunning of Pilot Mountain
Second place: Bayla Davis of Leicester
Third place: Robbie Herman of Taylorsville
Third place: Neely Sizemore of Elkin
Other
First place: Candace Noah of Dobson, Bluegrass Banjo
Second place: Natalie Sizemore of Elkin, Mandolin
Band
First place: Highway 268 featuring Darrius Flowers of Pilot Mountain, Neely Sizemore of Elkin, Natalie Sizemore of Elkin, and Jackson Dunning of Pilot Mountain;
Second place: Grantham Family featuring Cheyenne Grantham, Wyatt Grantham, Gatlynn Grantham of Boones Mill;
Second place: Wilkerson Family featuring Sam Wilkerson, Josiah Wilkerson, Maggie Wilkerson, and Silas Wilkerson of Thurmond;
Third place: Davis Family featuring Bayla Davis, Sylvie Davis, Judah Davis, and Emme Davis of Leicester.
Source: https://www.mtairynews.com
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