NATIONAL RECOGNITION

The National Guild of Piano teachers had recognized Kayla Kasmikha, of Shelby Township, for her talent in performing on the piano. For the past five years, Kasmikha has received a superior rating while performing 10 memorized piano solos. The guild, which includes 900 centers and 118,000 members around the world, gave her a special five-year trophy and a gold pin for each of the past years to recognize her accomplishment this past summer. Kasmikha will be pictured in the Piano Notes magazine, a publication of the National Guild of Piano Teachers. Her solos included music from the four classical eras: Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Contemporary. She is in eighth grade this year at Powell Middle School. Her piano teacher is Nancy Meyette of Romeo. (Submitted photo)