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LEWISTON — “The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far from the Tree” is the title of Denny Breau’s upcoming fundraiser for The Friends of Pettingill.

There good reason: Breau, and several other well-known local performers, including Kathy Haley, Debbie Morin and Mitch Thomas,  will be joined on stage by their talented daughters, son, and in one case, grandson.

The concert will take place from 1 to 4 p.m.,  Sunday, Nov. 15, at the Franco Center, 46 Cedar St. Tickets are $15. 

Breau will be joined by his daughter, Alyssa, who will make her singing debut at the concert. Other parent-child combos include saxophonist Mike Atkinson and his daughter Annelyse, a vocalist; vocalist and pianist Kathy Haley and her daughter Shawna Haley-Bear, a vocalist; Debbie Morin and her daughter Brooke Morin-Lachance, a vocalist; pianist Mitch Thomas and his daughter Hayden, a vocalist; and guitarists Ron Vachon and his grandson Justin Lindsay.

The music will range from pop, jazz and country to show tunes.

All proceeds will go toward the many improvements underway at the new Pettingill School Park in Lewiston.

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Tickets will be on sale in advance through the Franco Center online ticket office, and at the door.

Breau, the son of RCA Victor recording artists Hal Lone Pine and Betty Cody, is a well-known singer, songwriter and guitarist.

Alyssa Breau gets her musical genes from her father and her mother, Ann Breau, who, is an accomplished musician. Ann performed and recorded with the neo-classical jazz duo Silverwood in the late 1970s and is a former member of the Auburn Community Band. She is a freelance artist who frequently performs at concerts and social venues with her husband.

Debbie Morin and Kathy Haley are well-known in central Maine as  members of the iconic band Good and Plenty and more recently for their sell-out shows with the Girls of L/A. Morin  performs with her band Cheyenne, while Haley is a pianist and organist for school and church music groups.

Atkinson attended University of Southern Maine and the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He is manager of Music & Arts, a musical instrument retail store in Falmouth.

Thomas has directed and appeared in dozens of productions at Lewiston-Auburn’s Community Little Theatre over the past four decades. As a pianist and songwriter, he traces his music background to days when he was a young side-kick with his fiddle-playing grandfather. He is the choir director and organist at Calvary UMC in Lewiston, and serves as executive director of the Franco Center.

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Also performing on the stage will be Rockin’ Recons singer and guitarist, Ron Vachon, with his grandson Justin Lindsay, a sophomore at Scarborough High School and already an accomplished guitarist. Vachon is an original member of the Recons, best remembered for their many appearances at the PAL Hop dances popular at Lewiston City Hall in the 1960s.

For more information on the show, call the Franco Center at 783-1585, or Friends of Pettingill Vice Chairman Bill Maroldo at 795-1386.

Additional details are also available at www.francocenter.org, or on the Friends of Pettingill Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfPettingill.

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