Fri, 07/13/2018 - 06:31 am

SUSAN JOHNS

Hunter Rogers, 3, of Woolwich plays as Nina Andersen and other Pan Fried Steel members look on, at the July 12 installment of the "Alive on the Common" concert series in Wiscasset. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

Alna's Wayne and Peg Averill, with granddaughter Llireva Blagdon, 3, share a moment at "Alive on the Common" July 12 with family members including Myrick Blagdon, 11 months, Lianna Averill, 2, Audrey Blagdon, second from left, and her husband Josh Blagdon. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

John and Elaine Apczynski of western New York. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

Judy Flanagan, left and Jenn Spaur greet Nancy and Wallace Roby. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

Barbara and David Doyle of Fort Myers, Florida. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

In the audience, Dalton Wyman, 4, of Wiscasset plays a drum grandmother Nancy Wyman said Santa got him. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

Mississippi rescue Gracie of Westport Island. At the other end of the leash is owner Troy Hodgdon. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

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Jan and Steve Whitfield of Wiscasset. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

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John and Elaine Apczynski of western New York. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

Judy Flanagan, left and Jenn Spaur greet Nancy and Wallace Roby. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

Barbara and David Doyle of Fort Myers, Florida. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

In the audience, Dalton Wyman, 4, of Wiscasset plays a drum grandmother Nancy Wyman said Santa got him. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

Mississippi rescue Gracie of Westport Island. At the other end of the leash is owner Troy Hodgdon. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

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Jan and Steve Whitfield of Wiscasset. SUSAN JOHNS/Wiscasset Newspaper

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In a T-shirt that read "Born to explore," Woolwich's Hunter Rogers, 3, on Thursday night explored Pan Fried Steel's music and became part of it. Off and on as the Caribbean-themed band played the Wiscasset Common at Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce's and Wiscasset Parks and Receation's "Alive on the Common" concert, Rogers danced in front of the stage.

Later, he ventured to the side, near where Nina Andersen was playing. They spoke, she handed him a colored egg that rattled like a maracca and when the next tune started, Rogers was at her side with it, facing the crowd, and playing with the band.

He was smiling.

He loves music and sings on the way to pre-school, grandmother Wendy Williams of Woolwich said. It was Rogers' second time at the concert series and he recognized the setup as soon as he got there, she said.

It was David and Barbara Doyle's first time, and their first visit to Wiscasset. Hours earlier, the Fort Myers, Florida couple reached the town dock on their Catamaran Miss My Money that also took them to Portland and Bath where they visited Maine Maritime Museum. They waited in line at Red's Eats and enjoyed the lobster, Barbara said, smiling.

Also that day,they met a lobstering family who had just caught more than 70 and, at the harbormaster's office, the couple saw an announcement for the concert. Wiscasset is nice, like other little towns they like to visit, David saud. They planned to weekend in Boothbay Harbor.

"After that, who knows," he said. They are part of a group of Catamaran owners who plan trips together.

At the top of the common with grandparents Alton and Nancy Wyman nearby, Dalton Wyman, 4, of Wiscasset was playing a drum Nancy said Santa got him.

On the other side of First Congregational Church of Wiscasset, church members Steve and Jan Whitfield were volunteer greeters directing concert-goers to the church's bathrooms.

Patricia Stauble Antiques and Norm's Used Cars sponsored the concert. Ames True Value sponsors the Liz Lennon Band playing blues on the common at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 19.