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Leon Moore Jr. won First Place in the Adult Soloist Division with his performance of “What Christmas Means to Me.” He was awarded $400.

Bovina Elementary Honor Choir won First Place with their performance of “The Chimney Song,” which included Santa, who popped up during the singing and added a narrative to the song. The choir won $1,000.

Academy of Innovation 7th/8th grade treble Choir sings “Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind.” The choir was declared runner-up in Division 7 and received $400.

Sawyer Ross plays guitar and sings “Run, Run Rudolph.” He won first place and $400.

Harley Lynn Bagshaw sings “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.” She was a runner up and received $100.

Rylee Kate Strebeck, runner up and recipient of $100, sings “Silent Night”

Elvie Grace Bradley, runner up and recipient of $100, sings “Silent Night”

Warren Central Chamber Singers were declared runners-up in Division 6 and received $400 for their performance of “Away.”

Academy of Innovation 7th/8th Mixed Choir performed “Have You Seen the Wind.” They received 1st place in Division 7 and won $1,000.

Academy of Innovation 7th/8th Mixed Choir.

Warren Central Madrigal Singers won first place in Division 6 with their performance of “Joy to the World.” They were awarded $1,000.

The “Singing Puppies” of South Park (1st Grade) sang “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.” They received runner-up and a cash prize of $400.

The South Park Elementary School “Singing Bulldogs,” (3rd Grade) sang “Boogie Woogie Holiday” and were declared runners-up in the Lower Elementary Division. They received a prize of $400.

Belle Spires won runner-up and a cash prize of $100. She sang a “Christmas Medley” and played the guitar.

Bo Campbell won First Place with his performance of “White Christmas,” and received a cash prize of $400.

Zoe Belle Pittman won runner-up with her performance of “A Snowman and Me.” She received a cash prize of $100.

Cameron Hill won runner-up with his performance of “Christmas Time is Here.” He was awarded $100.

Vicksburg Intermediate School Honor Choir.

Vicksburg Intermediate School Honor Choir won the position of runner-up with their performance of “Somewhere in My Memory.” The choir received $400.

South Park With a Tune “SWAT” won runner-up with their performance of “In December.” They were awarded $400.

Porter’s Chapel Honor Choir won as a runner-up with their rendition of “Go Where I Send Thee.” The choir was awarded $400.

Warrenton Elementary Honor Choir received runner-up honors and a prize of $400 for their performance of “Christmas Lights.”

South Park With A Tune (SWAT) Choir.

Doug Spires won runner-up for his rendition of “Mary, Did You Know.” He was awarded $100.

Aleisha Phillips was awarded runner-up for her performance of “O Holy Night.” She won $100.

The Vicksburg Chamber Choir performed while results were being tabulated.

Bovina Elementary first and second grade choir won the Division 4 Lower Elementary category with a rendition of “Nice, Nice Christmas.” (Photos by Sally Green/The Vicksburg Post)

The 19th Annual V105.5 Christmas Caroling Contest was held at the Vicksburg Convention Center Thursday night, with radio station employees Mark Jones and Liz Curtis serving as emcees.

A total of 23 groups and soloists competed for cash prizes and recognition. Categories included: Division 1: Teen Soloist; Division 2: Upper Elementary; Division 3: Adult Soloist; Division 4, Lower Elementary; Division 5: Young Soloist; Division 6: High School; and Division 7: Junior High.

Bo Campbell was named the winner of Division 1: Teen Soloist, for his rendition of “White Christmas,” and received a cash prize of $400. Runners-up were Zoe Belle Pittman, who sang “A Snowman and Me,” Cameron Hill, who performed “Christmas Time is Here,” and Belle Spires who also played the guitar with her vocal performance of “Christmas Medley.” Each runner-up received a cash prize of $100.

In Division 2: Upper Elementary, the field was narrowed to the top five due to the large number of contestants. Winning first place was Bovina Elementary Honor Choir with its performance of “The Chimney Song.” The choir was awarded $1,000. Runners-up in the Upper Elementary category were Porter’s Chapel Honor Choir for “Go Where I Send Thee,” Vicksburg Intermediate School Honor Choir for “Somewhere in My Memory,” South Park with a Tune (SWAT) for “In December,” and Warrenton Elementary Honor Choir for “Christmas Lights.” Runners-up each received a $400 cash prize.

Division 3: Adult Soloist, featured three competitors. Leon Moore Jr. was awarded first place for his performance of “What Christmas Means to Me.” He was awarded a cash prize of $400. Runners-up were Dough Spires, who sang “Mary, Did You Know?” and Aleisha Phillips, who sang “O Holy Night.” Each runner-up received a cash prize of $100.

In Division 4: Lower Elementary, Bovina Elementary First and Second Grade Choir took first place with its performance of “Nice, Nice, Christmas.” The choir received a cash prize of $1,000. Runners-up in the category included The Singing Puppies of South Park (first grade) for “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas,” and The South Park Singing Bulldogs (third grade), for “Boogie Woogie Holiday.” Each runner-up was awarded $400.

Division 5 featured the Young Soloists. Sawyer Ross took first place with his performance of “Run, Run Rudolph.” He played the guitar as he sang and won a cash prize of $400. Runners-up were Elvie Grace Bradley, who sang “Silent Night,” Harley Lynn Bagshaw, who performed “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” and Rylee Kate Strebeck, who sang “Silent Night.” Each runner-up received a cash award of $100.

Division 6 featured High School. The Warren Central Madrigal Singers took first place with a performance of “Joy to the World,” and received a cash prize of $1,000. Warren Central Chamber Singers were named runner-up and received a prize of $400 for performing “Away.”

Division 7: Junior High, had two entries. Academy of Innovation seventh/eighth Mixed Choir won first place with its performance of “Have You Seen the Wind?” The choir received $1,000. Academy of Innovation seventh/eighth Treble Choir performed “Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind,” and were awarded $400 as the runner-up.

Judges for this year’s contest were Jackson-area residents and included Bradley Davis, Ruth Pooley and Carl Haynes. Rebecca Antwine served as the accountant responsible for tabulating results.

Desi Goodson, choral director at Bovina Elementary School, expressed her excitement that the school won both divisions in the elementary category.

“I’ve been wanting to teach (the) class guitar. I’d like to buy ukuleles or small guitars for a classroom setting,” Goodson said. “This money will definitely help.”

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