Two

sophomores from Fayette County schools will be heading to

the statewide Kiwanis talent competition this Saturday.

Violinist

Brandon Wiemann, a sophomore at Starr's Mill, and Katie

Holcombe, a sophomore from Fayette County High School,

earned the top honors at the Kiwanis Talent Showcase and

Art Contest recently at Starr's Mill High School.

Holcombe's

pencil sketch entitled "Castle Drawing" earned

top honors in the local art contest. Ashley Thomas took

second, Benjamin Gregg earned third place and Stephanie

Dunn took fourth place in the 10th - 12th grade category.

category.

Joseph

Sardone earned first place honors in the seventh - ninth

grade category followed by Chris Ewing, second; Billy

McCray, third; and Shannon McNight, fourth.

In the

fourth - sixth grade art contest, Nathan Se took first

place. Kalin Puente earned second place, Ai Taniguci

placed third and Kody Green placed fourth.

Students

earning honors in the first - third grade art category

were Roger Sisk, first place; Rennie Richardson, second;

Eleanor Gwynne, third; and Megan Theus and Lauren Cash

tied for fourth place.

Wiemann

took first place in the 10th - 12th grade talent

showcase. Ana Martin and Talia Aull earned second place,

Walter Holt came in third, John Cooper was fourth and

Heather Fodor took fifth place.

Johanna

Braddy was the winner in the seventh - ninth grade talent

competition, while Jason Cooper earned second place. The

Fayette Windwood Quintet (Erin Maxwell, Kendall Kent,

Sarah Bradley, Amy Ginn, Scott Switzer) took third place

honors. Andrea Preminger came in fourth and Brittney

Kuhne took fifth place.

Andrew

Zheng took top honors in the fifth - sixth grade

category. Mallory Rose Tartar placed second, Rachel

Mirabella was third and Jessica Patrylo and Carrie McCray

came in fourth.

In the

third - fourth grade talent contest, Sarah Holder was the

winner; Karla Dietmeyer placed second, Alan Liow took

third place and Austin Eure was fourth. Rennie Richardson

was named the first winner in the first and second grade

category and David Liow took second place.

Judges for

the art contest included Scott Silcox, owner of Silcox

Studio; Jill Kuhn, technology manager at Peachtree City

Library; and Betsy Tyler, Peachtree City public

information specialist. The judges for the talent

showcase included Julian Campbell of the Southland

Chorus, JD of the Magic 96.7 Morning Show, Rick Lindsey

of the Southside Theatre Guild; Christian singer and

motivator Willie Mae Simpson, and Marina Kolbe, CNN

international news correspondent.

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