Photo by Hilary Ross.
MBJH students rehearse to prepare for Art Forms Showcase.
Amazing talent was on display as Mountain Brook Junior High students competed for awards in three major divisions of Art Forms 2016: visual arts, literary arts and performing arts.
A showcase was held at Mountain Brook High School on Feb. 26, when students were recognized and performed for family and friends.
Visual arts winners
► Overall winner: Seventh-grader Caroline Kracke, for her black and white photograph composition.
► Seventh grade: Mary Douglas Evans, first, for her seaside photograph; Ellen Landy, second, for a project she designed and sewed; and Fletcher Nunnelly, third, for his unique sculpture using 3D printing.
► Eighth grade: Libba Manley, first, for her black and white print showing an interesting perspective of railroad tracks; Leila Radney, second and third, for her colored pencil sketch and for her celestial scene painting.
► Ninth grade: Robert Goolsby, first (tie), for two of his pieces, a painting of Notre Dame Cathedral and a charcoal figure sketch; Massey Jordan, second, for her drawing of a mystical winged man; and Liam Aberle and Madison Fagan tied for third for his detailed pencil sketch and her collage of character sketches.
Literary Arts winners
► Overall winner: Hadley Bryant for “The Doll with the Frizzy Brown Hair,” a historic fiction short story set during World War II, featuring a German ex-resistance member and a young Jewish girl.
► First place: Lilly LeJeune for “Christine’s Letter,” a girl in Napoleon’s era is given instructions to travel across several countries to find her true mother.
► Second place: Belle Drummond for “Long Live Cali,” a short story describing the adventures of a California teenager when she encounters unexpected situations.
► Third place: Lena Pelham for “Strings,” a fantasy/science fiction short story about a girl getting along with the ghost of a strange being.
Performing Arts Winners
► Overall winner: Tess Levine, ninth grade, vocal, “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again.”
► Seventh grade: Lindsay Whatley, first, piano, “Titanium Toccata;” Kendall Whatley, second, piano, “Tango a la Mango;” and Kyra Berger, vocal, “Close Your Eyes.”
► Eighth grade: Isabel Elkus and Emma Sanders, tied for first for vocal, “Rise Up” and dance, “Unsteady;” Lourdes Rodriguez, second, electric guitar, “The Loner;” and Carly Cole, third, piano and vocal, “Stay with Me.”
► Ninth grade: Savannah Smith, first, vocal, “Great is Thy Faithfulness;” Denson Camp, second, harmonica and piano, Billy Joel medley; and Ainsley Platt, third, vocal, “I’m Not that Girl.”
► Band category: Kate and the Howlers (Kate Howell, Willy Hurley, Will McCowan, Kamp McMinn and Paul McMinn) first; and Riverbend (Stanton Langley, Price Pewitt and Max Simon) second.
– Submitted by Hilary Ross.
