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Page 2A - Pike County Journal Reporter - Wednesday, February 24, 2021
ALBUM: Available on CD, streaming music
FROM PAGE ONE
Her songs are playing
on streaming music sites
and she posted a moving
video clip of hearing her
song on the radio for
the first time on social
media recently.
But music is noth
ing new to Callista who
plays eight instruments
and played on stage with
Jennifer Nettles at 12
years old. She said she
was singing as soon as
she could talk and has
played at her grand
father’s church Open
Arms Baptist Church in
Zebulon along with her
sister and cousin for
many years.
“The first place 1 ever
sang was at my grand
dad’s church. Growing
up singing in church
really just helped me
with putting my heart
into music, to give
yourself to music. When
1 perform, it’s about the
audience, it’s not about
me anymore. It’s what
can 1 do to make them
feel something. There’s
never been a doubt in
my mind that music
is what 1 want to do,”
she said. “From sing-
are right,’ ‘Are you sure
you don’t want to brush
your hair?’ ‘Are you
sure you don’t want to
change?’ And 1 was like,
no, no one’s going to see
this. Now it has around
27 million views. That
one video changed my
life completely. That’s
how 1 met my man
ager and everybody
that I’m working with
now. It sounds cheesy
but that video really
did change my entire
life.”
Callista spent about
a week in the stu
dio during 2020 to
record her songs in
Nashville at Black
bird Studio.
“I’m so proud
of Callista, she’s
worked really
hard for a long
time to get here,”
said her mom Stepha
nie Clark. “I’ve always
said since she was little
that people just need to
hear her and they would
realize how talented and
passionate she is. Now
it’s finally happening,
her music is getting out
there and people are
finally getting to hear
her.”
ing in church to singing
in groups, music will
always be in my life.”
Callista was playing
venues in Atlanta and
across the southeast be
fore the pandemic and
she said she hopes to
be able to perform her
songs live in the near
future. For now, she
says she will continue
to share her music
through videos.
“When 1 first
started doing videos
on my social media, it
was definitely for fun.
The first video 1 had
that ever got any trac
tion was 1
Want to
Hold
Your
Hand
by
the
Bea
tles. It hit
100,000. When
that happened we all
were freaking out and
thinking it was the most
exciting thing ever. And
it is! That was the first
time when 1 really real
ized that this could be
a huge platform for so
many people to see my
music and to reach so
many
people,” she said.
“There was a video
where 1 was singing
Have You Ever Seen
The Rain by Creedence
Clearwater Revival. My
granddad was telling me
that 1 should bring back
CCR for my video. My
mom kept asking me,
‘Are you sure the chords
Pre-K students learn about farming, seasons
Pike County Farm Bu
reau volunteers Rebecca
Rolling and Angie Dillon
read the book “Farm
ing” by Gail Gibbons to
Melanie Sampler and
Nisha Harvey’s Pre-K
classroom at Kidz Kon-
nection. The students
learned about the many
different kinds of farms
and what happened
during each season on
these farms. The stu
dents then made farm
animal book marks.
They also received
Valentines from Pike
County Farm Bureau and
snacks from the farm.
PHOTO COURTESTY OF PIKE COUNTY FARM BUREAU
Pre-K students from Kidz Konnection recently learned about the different kinds of farms and what the changes of the sea
sons means for farmers. They are holding the farm animal bookmarks they made during a recent visit by Pike County Farm
Bureau volunteers Rebecca Rolling and Angie Dilton.
Outdoor event planned for April 2
The Pike County High
School prom will be held
April 2 from 6 to 10 p.m.
at the Village at Indian
Springs Amphitheater.
Last year’s high school
prom was not held due
to COV1D-19 pandemic
restrictions.
Tickets will be on sale
at the high school start
ing this week.
Deadline is March 1 for $65,000
of agriculture scholarships
The Georgia Founda
tion for Agriculture,
formerly the Georgia Farm
Bureau Foundation for
Agriculture, is offering
$65,000 in scholarships to
Georgia students pursuing
a degree in agriculture,
veterinary medicine, fam
ily and consumer sciences
or a related field, said Matt
Bottoms, Pike County
Farm Bureau president.
Since 1959, GFB has
awarded scholarships to
students entering college
with plans to pursue a ca
reer in agriculture or fam
ily and consumer scienc
es. In 2016, GFB expanded
the scholarship program
to offer scholarships to
rising college juniors and
seniors, technical college
students and veterinary
college students.
The Georgia Foundation
for Agriculture (GFA) will
award scholarships in the
following four categories.
Scholarship for Agri
culture - This scholarship
is for high school students
who plan to enter a col
lege that is part of the Uni
versity System of Georgia,
Berry College, Emmanuel
College or any accred
ited college/university in
Georgia with an ag pro
gram during the 2020-21
academic year to pursue
an undergraduate degree
in agricultural and envi
ronmental sciences, family
and consumer sciences or
a related agricultural field.
The GFA will award seven
scholarships of $3,000
each and seven scholar
ships of $1,500 each.
Technical College
Scholarship for Agricul
ture - This scholarship is
for high school students
who plan to enroll in a
Georgia accredited techni
cal college and major in an
area of agriculture or an
ag-related field of study.
This could include weld
ing or mechanics. The GFA
will award five scholar
ships of $1,500 each.
Rising College Ju
nior/Senior Scholarship
for Agriculture - This
scholarship is for college
students who have at least
two semesters of college
remaining to receive an
undergraduate degree
from a unit of The Univer
sity System of Georgia,
Berry College, Emmanuel
College or any accredited
college/university in Geor
gia with an ag program.
Applicants must be major
ing in agriculture and envi
ronmental sciences, family
and consumer sciences
or an ag-related field. The
GFA will award 10 scholar
ships of $2,000 each.
UGA College of Veteri
nary Medicine Scholar
ship - This scholarship
is for students currently
enrolled in the UGA Vet
erinary Medicine program
specializing in large ani
mal/food animal practice.
The GFA will award three
scholarships of $2,000.
“1 encourage any stu
dent who qualifies for one
of the Georgia Foundation
for Agriculture scholar
ships to apply,” said Bot
toms. “Agriculture offers
many exciting career op
portunities. Both farmers
and consumers depend on
the many jobs agriculture
creates such as mechan
ics, large animal veterinar
ians and food scientists.”
Visit gfb.ag/scholar-
ships for a list of eligible
majors/schools, applica
tion instructions and to
apply. All applications
must be submitted online
by March 1, 2021. Tran
scripts and letters of
recommendation may be
submitted online as well.
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