It was a cool breezy day outside for the annual Rumba on the Lumber but inside it was sweet day of talent as our 4-H youth took to the stage at the historic Carolina Civic Center. The annual 4-H Talent Showcase allows 4-H members between the ages of 5 and 18 to show off their talents. Walking in audience members could view the incredible artwork as part of Artastic. Artastic is the visual arts competition where youth submit paintings, photography, pottery and other items for competition. 
Competitors in the Artastic contest included: Maggie Underwood, Layla Locklear, and Rachel Jhala with the Dirty Rascals Junior Master Gardener 4-H Club; Patrick McBryde and Jasmine McBryde with the United We Stand 4-H Club; Paiton Twigg, Christian Tice, Savannah Cartagena, Brianna Cryer and Megan Butler with the St. Paul's 4-H Pony Club; Nyeve Dinnerson, Jamyia Stephens, Janyia Stephens, Camry Ocean, MaKala McRae, Brianna Hayes, James Nixon, Aljaquan Nixon, Keorie McMillan, Lundon Dinnerson and Zarie Baker with the Voices in Praise 4-H Club; Sarah Willis and Laura Willis with the Super Clovers 4-H Club; Alex Evans, Allen Monk, Meranda Dennis and Victoria Evans with the Green Acres 4-H Club; Rhanoda Drye, and Tyron Alford with Young Leaders 4H Club; Jenna Howland, Jesse Howland and Jake Howland with the Hot Shots 4-H Club; and members are large, Peter Landry, Mark Landry and Jonathan Landry.
Competitors in the Artastic contest included: Maggie Underwood, Layla Locklear, and Rachel Jhala with the Dirty Rascals Junior Master Gardener 4-H Club; Patrick McBryde and Jasmine McBryde with the United We Stand 4-H Club; Paiton Twigg, Christian Tice, Savannah Cartagena, Brianna Cryer and Megan Butler with the St. Paul's 4-H Pony Club; Nyeve Dinnerson, Jamyia Stephens, Janyia Stephens, Camry Ocean, MaKala McRae, Brianna Hayes, James Nixon, Aljaquan Nixon, Keorie McMillan, Lundon Dinnerson and Zarie Baker with the Voices in Praise 4-H Club; Sarah Willis and Laura Willis with the Super Clovers 4-H Club; Alex Evans, Allen Monk, Meranda Dennis and Victoria Evans with the Green Acres 4-H Club; Rhanoda Drye, and Tyron Alford with Young Leaders 4H Club; Jenna Howland, Jesse Howland and Jake Howland with the Hot Shots 4-H Club; and members are large, Peter Landry, Mark Landry and Jonathan Landry.
At one o'clock the performing talent, or Entertains portion of our event began. More than 40 youth were registered for this event. Angela Shaver, the Cumberland County 4-H Agent who hosted the event, kicked things off with the Cloverbud division. Cloverbuds are our 5 to 8 year old members. This is a noncompetitive category. Each participant received a ribbon for their hard work on the stage. Performing in this division was: Maggie Underwood with the Dirty Rascals Junior Master Gardener 4-H club, dancing to "Cows"; Jonathon Landry played "Cuckoo" on the keyboard; Jack Allen with the Lucky Leaders 4-H club played "Ode to Joy" on the keyboard; Nadia Bennett with the Spiritual Generations 4-H club danced to "Santa Baby"; rounding out the cloverbud division was Nadia Bennett, Kyleigh Smith, Mya Mitchell and Kristen Smith with Spiritual Generations performing a praise dance.In the Junior 9-10 year old division we had six competitors who made it tough on our judges. Elijah Leach with the Voices in Praise 
4-H Club kicked things off with his version of Michael Jackson for the audience; Christian Tice with the St. Paul's 4-H Pony Club entertained the audience with his puppet and jokes; Mark Landry played "Theme" on his keyboard; Jeshaiah Moore with the Young Leaders 4-H Club was next in the line up; Layla Allen played "The Arkansas Traveller" on the keyboard; and rounding out this age division was Nyeve Dinnerson of the Voices in Praise 4-H Club singing for our audience. When the judges got done Layla Allen took home the blue ribbon, Mark Landry took home second and Elijah Leach placed third.
4-H Club kicked things off with his version of Michael Jackson for the audience; Christian Tice with the St. Paul's 4-H Pony Club entertained the audience with his puppet and jokes; Mark Landry played "Theme" on his keyboard; Jeshaiah Moore with the Young Leaders 4-H Club was next in the line up; Layla Allen played "The Arkansas Traveller" on the keyboard; and rounding out this age division was Nyeve Dinnerson of the Voices in Praise 4-H Club singing for our audience. When the judges got done Layla Allen took home the blue ribbon, Mark Landry took home second and Elijah Leach placed third.As our ages increased so did the competition level. In the Junior 
11-13 year old age division we had seven competitors. Rhanoda Drye of the Young Leaders 4-H Club and the Dirty Rascals Junior Master Gardener 4-H Club kicked off this division with a moving song; Chasity McClay of the St. Paul's 4-H Pony Club came out with her viola and entertained the crowd; Camry Ocean of the Voices in Praise 4-H Club then took the stage over with her dramatic reading of a Mya Angelou poem; Caylee and Taylor Holden of the St. Paul's 4-H Pony Club did a praise dance; Maurice Rogers of the Young Leaders 4-h Club sang for the audience; Sarah Willis of the Super Clovers 4-H club also sang for the crowd; while T'Asha Shelby of the Young Leaders 4-H club played the flute for us to round out this age category. When the scores were tabulated Maurice Rogers took first place, Camry Ocean second, and Sarah Willis placed third.
11-13 year old age division we had seven competitors. Rhanoda Drye of the Young Leaders 4-H Club and the Dirty Rascals Junior Master Gardener 4-H Club kicked off this division with a moving song; Chasity McClay of the St. Paul's 4-H Pony Club came out with her viola and entertained the crowd; Camry Ocean of the Voices in Praise 4-H Club then took the stage over with her dramatic reading of a Mya Angelou poem; Caylee and Taylor Holden of the St. Paul's 4-H Pony Club did a praise dance; Maurice Rogers of the Young Leaders 4-h Club sang for the audience; Sarah Willis of the Super Clovers 4-H club also sang for the crowd; while T'Asha Shelby of the Young Leaders 4-H club played the flute for us to round out this age category. When the scores were tabulated Maurice Rogers took first place, Camry Ocean second, and Sarah Willis placed third.
In our final age division, the 14-18 year olds or senior division, we had five competitors. This round had performers sharing original songs and talents. Jake Howland of the Hot Shots 4-H Club played the guitar and sang an original song; Megan Hurst of the Horsin' Around 4-H Club and Dirty Rascal Junior Master Gardener 4-H Club preformed a ballet dance; Joshua Moore of the Young Leaders 4-H Club sang for us; while Laura Ashley Willis of the Super Clovers 4-H club sang an original song on heartbreak; Allen Monk of the Green Acres 4-H Club rounded off the age division with a Martial Arts demonstrations. The judges went back and forth but when they were done Laura Ashley Willis placed first, Megan Hurst second, and Allen Monk took home the white ribbon.We have to give a special thanks to our judges, Cathy James, Rhonda Lovin, and Justin Myer. Also to Angela Shaver, who hosted the show, Aggie Rogers who handled line up and last minute changes, as well as Cathy Brown who handled sign in in the lobby and the "Artastic" competition. Also special thanks to our hosts at the Carolina Civic center who made sure all ran smoothly again this year.
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