Winners of the 2023 Bennett Cup (left to right) Rachel Gilbert, piano; Camden Welker, male vocal; Katherine Mueller, strings; Sadie Moosman, female vocal.
Winners of the 2023 Bennett Cup (left to right) Rachel Gilbert, piano; Camden Welker, male vocal; Katherine Mueller, strings; Sadie Moosman, female vocal.
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Michael Sanders was the winner of the instrumental portion of the 2023 Bennett Cup.
The Bennett Cup Committee is sponsoring the 84th annual Bennett Cup program to be held in the Preston High School Auditorium next Wednesday and Thursday, April 17-18. The program will start at 7 p.m. and the public is invited to attend free of charge.
The piano and instrumental portion of the program will be presented Wednesday evening and the vocal and string portion of the program will be presented on Thursday. Students from Preston High School will be competing in the various categories to attain the first place award.
Some of the winners from last year’s performances will be on hand to perform for this year’s audience. Last year’s winners include Rachel Gilbert, piano; Sadie Moosman and Camden Welker, vocals; Michael Sanders, instrumental; and Katherine Mueller, strings.
The vocal competition began at Preston High School in 1940. Floyd and Barbara Bennett of Banida sponsored the Bennett Cup program for 28 of those years before retiring in 1994. During that time the instrumental portions of the program were added. Preston High School and hundreds of students are greatly indebted to the Bennetts for their unselfish service to the musical arts in Franklin County.
Since that time a Bennett Cup Committee has carried on the tradition. Scott and Kris Beckstead, having served with the Bennett Cup Committee for 30 years, now lead the group to see that the competition continues to be a part of our community.
The Bennett Cup performances always prove to be some of the finest cultural presentations of the year for our area. All are invited to make an effort to come and support our youth in their efforts to perfect their musical skills.
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