LEWISTON — The display, “Rock Around the Clock — L-A’s Music Making Machine, 1950s to 1970s,” at Museum L-A will be ending Saturday, Feb. 27. That date also marks a major milestone — 100 years of life by L-A’s own “Mr. Music Man” Carroll Poulin. To help celebrate, the public is invited to an open house from 2-4 p.m. to help him mark his 100 years. No charge for admission to the open house.

Poulin is well known for his work to encourage children’s school bands in the 50’s and 60’s, help with uniforms and instruments as well as teaching his great love of music to a multitude of students. For many, he has been and continues to be an inspiration. His great-grandson, Christopher Szustak, himself a music student at University of Maine-Gorham, will be present with his friends to entertain as the Hunter McKay Quartet.

Other music notable making themselves available will be Roger Blais of The Rockin Recons, Ed Boucher (Mr. Recording Studio), and Bill Moraldo, who has done documentaries of that era.

Blais, founding member of the Innkeepers in the mid-’60s, was a well-known group at the PAL HOP dances and, in 1988, became involved with The Rockin Recons, with whom he is still performing today.

Boucher, a symbol of the ’50s and ’60s, owned EAB studios, the first state-of-the-art studio north of Boston, and a huge supporter of many local bands. He speaks of Lewiston-Auburn having more than 100 active bands in the area at the time. He was part of The Royal Knights.

Moraldo has done research and documentary work on those exciting times for young people. “What started out as a battle of the bands to benefit the city’s Police Athletic League, unexpectedly turned into a weekly event known as the PAL Hop,” he says.

Names that people remember dancing the night away to include: The Royal Knights, Terry and The Telstars, Moon Dawgs, Innkeepers, Travelers and Rockin’ Recons. At a 2010 historical event, “Echoes in Time”, a musical reunion of musicians held at the Androscoggin Bank Colissee by Museum L-A, attendees had to be told three times to please stop dancing and go home so the doors could be closed.

For more information, contact Museum L-A at 35 Canal Street, Lewiston (207-333-3881) or (207-240-6429).