2017 NCMCA Metrolina Chapter Recognition Night
By Lynn Nash
The North Carolina Masonry Contractors Association's Metrolina (Greater Charlotte) Chapter Recognition Night was held September 26, 2017.
A number of Metrolina Chapter area masons, apprentices and masonry students won awards and contests over the last year and were recognized with a dinner in their honor along with their invited guests. Honorees received checks and hardware along with official greetings from Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA) President Jeff Buczkiewicz, NCMCA President Bob Gates, and a representative from NC Eighth District Congressman Richard Hudson's office.
More than 75 members and guests attended the September event in Charlotte.
In the Photograph
Top row, left to right
Todd Hartsell, Central Cabarrus High School - SkillsUSA National ChampionKelby Thornton's instructor and Masonry Expert for the USA WorldSkills Team
Kent Huntley, NCMCA President Elect and Apprenticeship and Training
Committee Chairman, and a partner in Huntley Brother's Company, the firm
with the 2017 NCMCA Annual Samuel A. McGee Apprentice Contest winner.
Luke Dutton, McGee Brothers - Luke will represent the United States at the
biannual 2017 WorldSkills Competition this October in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He is
a former National NCMCA SkillsUSA Winner.
Bob Gates, NCMCA President
Jeff Buczkiewicz, Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA) President
Kelby Thornton, Central Cabarrus High School - 2017 NC SkillsUSA Masonry
Champion, 2017 National SkillsUSA Masonry Champion (Kelby has won both
competitions for two years in a row.)
Luis Marquez, Huntley Brothers Company - First Place MCAA Second Year
Apprentice Contest, World of Concrete 2017
Brandon Hartsell, NCMCA Regional Vice President and Metrolina Chapter
President
Chet Huntley, Huntley Brothers - 2017 "Toughest Tender" SPEC MIX Bricklayer
500
Bottom row, left to right
Cory Huneycutt, Gates Construction Company - Fourth Place in the 2017 SamuelA. McGee Apprentice Masonry Skills Contest
Eric Kee, McGee Brothers - Fifth Place, in the 2017 Samuel A. McGee
Apprentice Masonry Skills Contest
Zackary McGee, McGee Brothers - Winner of the 2016 State Fair Apprentice
Contest
Matt Cash, Huntley Brothers - 2017 Champion SPEC MIX Bricklayer 500 "The
World's Best Bricklayer"
Jamison "JK" Huntley, Huntley Brothers - David R. Sigmon Award for First
Place in the 2017 Samuel A. McGee Apprentice Masonry Skills Contest
Ellis Baucom, McGee Brothers - Second Place in the 2017 Samuel A. McGee
Apprentice Masonry Skills Contest
Kaleb McGee, McGee Brothers - Third Place in the 2017 Samuel A. McGee
Apprentice Masonry Skills Contest
About the Author
A Cary, North Carolina businessman is the new president of the North Carolina Masonry Contractors Association (NCMCA.) In April, Danks Burton, general manager and president of Pinnacle Masonry, Inc., was elected to head the 145 member firm professional trade association.
