Sarah Chase / TPI Reeltown High School alum Cruise Johnson performs at the Lake Martin Amphitheater for the Lake Martin Songwriters Festival Centinnial Concert as the 20 & Under Singer-Songwriters Competition winner.
The 20 & Under Songwriters Competition winner is young, but he still feels most connected to a beloved sound he hopes to bring back.
Reeltown High School alum and Auburn University rising sophomore Cruise Johnson was named the Lake Martin Songwriters Festival 2026 20 & Under Singer-Songwriter competition winner. The song that earned him the title was an original he performed entitled “To Me.” In it, Johnson explores the heartbreak of a man who has been told by the girl he loves that she just does not feel the same way anymore. But more than that, it is a song with a sound admired by Johnson.
Sarah Chase / TPI Reeltown High School alum Cruise Johnson performs at the Lake Martin Amphitheater for the Lake Martin Songwriters Festival Centinnial Concert as the 20 & Under Singer-Songwriters Competition winner.
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CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Maximum heat index values of 105 to 109 expected this
afternoon.
* WHERE...Barbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay,
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* WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 9 PM CDT this evening.
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