Talented Year 10 student, Kaegan Palmer, placed second in the Rotorua Regional Smokefreerockquest competitions. The top two acts (bands & solo-duos) in each region will be pooled and judged against all place-getters in all regions to form the semi-finalist selections. The semi-finalists will be the ‘top 30’ nationally - made up of the ‘top 10’ Solo/Duos and ‘top 20’ Bands. The Top-30 announcement will be on 5 Aug. Kaegan also showed his talent by winning the coveted Rockshop Electronic Performance Award! Congratulations, Kaegan!