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Youth attend Camp of Rock in a tent Monday at Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn. The outdoor space was chosen as a COVID-19 precaution. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Fairview Elementary School music teacher Brian Gagnon encourages Aidan Adams to sing with passion Monday during Camp of Rock at the Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn. Annabeth Treadwell, left, and 23 others are involved in the two-week music camp taught by Gagnon, who has brought youth together every summer since 2007 to play classic rock tunes. The youth voted to call themselves Inattentive because they are rehearsing in a tent as a COVID-19 precaution. Inattentive will perform for the public at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Lost Valley in Auburn. 13. Treadwell, 15, is a student at Edward Little High School in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Guitarists perform Monday during Camp of Rock at the Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn. From left are Dominic Toscano of Turner, Leif Walker of Auburn, Evan O’Donnell of Auburn, Kieran Reilly of Durham and Beck Walker of Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Ian Lathrop of Auburn, left, Kahdiana Knight of Auburn, center, and Clara Wilson of Sabattus perform Monday during Camp of Rock at the Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Grady Miller, 12, of Norway plays the drums Monday during Camp of Rock at Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Bjorn Sanberg, 14, of Auburn plays the guitar Monday during Camp of Rock at Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Jameson Treadwell, left, and Kai Thistle, both of Auburn, play the keyboards Monday during Camp of Rock at Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Drummer AJ Milliken, 16, of Mechanic Falls belts out lyrics Monday while playing “Panama” by Van Halen during Camp of Rock at Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Members of the Camp of Rock band rehearse Monday at the Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn. They voted to call themselves Inattentive because they have been practicing under a tent for two weeks as a precaution against COVID-19. They will perform Friday at Lost Valley in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Members of the band Inattentive, AJ Milliken, left, Evie McGuigan, Hunter Richards and Dominic Toscano, rehearse Monday at Camp of Rock at the Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn. They will perform Friday evening at Lost Valley in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Kahdiana Knight, 14, of Auburn plays saxophone for Inattentive, a band of 24 teenagers who will perform Friday at Lost Valley in Auburn.  The Camp of Rock band has been practicing for two weeks at the Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Damian Madore of Lisbon Falls doesn’t hold back Monday while singing “Sweet Emotion” during Camp of Rock at Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Kai Thistle, 14, of Auburn plays the keyboards Monday during Camp of Rock at Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
The Camp of Rock band named Inattentive will perform Aerosmith’s “Sweet Emotion” on Friday at Lost Valley in Auburn. The show begins at 6:30 p.m. The 24 musicians have been practicing for two weeks at Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Ian Lathrop, 17, of Auburn plays the trombone during Camp of Rock on Monday at Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Hunter Richards, 14, of Durham gets ready for the next song Monday during Camp of Rock at Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Maddie Adams, right, of Otisfield and Annabeth Treadwell of Auburn sing Monday during Camp of Rock music camp at the Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Connor Davis, left, and Ian Lathrop learn “Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen on Monday during Camp of Rock at Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Young musicians perform Monday during Camp of Rock at the Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn. Twenty-four campers are being taught by Fairview Elementary School music teacher Brian Gagnon. The band members voted to call themselves Inattentive because they are rehearsing in a tent as a COVID-19 precaution. They will perform for the public at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Lost Valley in Auburn. From left are Evie McGuigan of Auburn, Nathan Post of Auburn, AJ Milliken of Mechanic Falls, Leif Walker of Auburn, Evan O’Donnell of Auburn, Kieran Reilly of Durham and Beck Walker of Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Evie McGuigan, 12, of Auburn turns music pages for Clara Wilson, left, and Kahdiana Knight on Monday at Camp of Rock at Great Falls Performing Arts Center in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Daryn Slover always pulls for the underdog - what would you expect from someone that was raised in Cleveland and lives in Lewiston. He drinks cheap coffee and cheap beer so that he can afford to put his...

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