12 year old Rachel Hopkinson from East Baldwin is this year's Young Singer of Mann.
She won yesterday's (Sun) final of the event held at the Erin Arts Centre.
Twenty one youngsters between the age of 8 and 15 entered the competition back in February . . out of which eight were selected to go through to the final.
Rachel is a pupil of former Cleveland Medal winner Christine Bregazzi.
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