Rachel Baffoe-Bonnie has been awarded the 30-point Gold Cup Trophy from the National Federation of Music Clubs, who sponsors a Junior Festival throughout the United States for students. Each student is required to play a piece of music from a published list by the Federation and then a contrasting piece of their choice. In order to receive this trophy, Rachel has attained six Superior ratings from the adjudicators over a period of six years. Rachel has studied piano and music theory from of Ms. Terry L. Francisco of Salem for three years. She is the daughter of Anthony Baffoe-Bonnie & Francisca Kontoh & is a rising eighth grader at Cave Spring Middle School.
-Submitted by Terry Francesco