WAYNE — Master guitarist and singer-songwriter Denny Breau of Lewiston will give a concert benefiting Cary Memorial Library on Sunday, Aug. 28.

Breau, who was inducted into the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame as an All-Time Great, is equally adept at folk, Delta blues and jazz.

The show will begin at 7 p.m. with a performance by the Mad Anthony steel drum band. Mad Anthony’s Pan Handlers was started in 1995-96 by Ned Baker. Recently, the band has been under the directorship of Christine Letcher of Leeds. Other band members are Tena Hinds, Julie Moulton, Anna Boynton, Carol and John Nichols, Jamie Ault, Ian Cunduff and Martha Hoddinott.

Mad Anthony’s Pan Handlers, which has been performing since last fall, is named after Revolutionary hero “Mad Anthony Wayne.”

Doors will open at 6 p.m. An assortment of home-baked desserts and drinks will be available for sale. Tickets are $10 in advance (available at the library), $12 at the door; $5 for children.

The performance will be at the Ladd Recreation Center, 26 Gott Road. For more information, call 685-3612 or visit janetadelberg@gmail.com.


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