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Milt Simon, left, conducts the Auburn Community Concert Band on Wednesday night at Festival Plaza in Auburn. He is in his fourth decade leading the band. Concerts continue every Wednesday at 7 p.m. through Aug. 21. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Milt Simon conducts the Auburn Community Concert Band on Wednesday night at Festival Plaza in Auburn. He is in his fourth decade leading the band. Concerts continue every Wednesday at 7 p.m. through Aug. 21. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
A crowd gathers Wednesday night at Festival Plaza in Auburn before the Auburn Community Concert Band performs. Concerts continue every Wednesday at 7 p.m. through Aug. 21. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Volunteers work the concession stands Wednesday night for the Auburn Community Concert Band performance at Festival Plaza in Auburn. Concerts continue every Wednesday at 7 p.m. through Aug. 21. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Angel Burnham, top, has some fun Wednesday night drawing chalk around her son, Lennox Farrell, as her daughter, Jaedyn Farrell, left, draws around Gracie Pete before the Auburn Community Concert Band’s performance at Festival Plaza in Auburn. Concerts continue every Wednesday at 7 p.m. through Aug. 21. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Milt Simon, middle, conducts the Auburn Community Concert Band on Wednesday night at Festival Plaza in Auburn. He is in his fourth decade leading the band. Concerts continue every Wednesday at 7 p.m. through Aug. 21. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

 

 

Clara Whelan, left, dances Wednesday night with her grandmother, Karen Camire, at Festival Plaza in Auburn where Whelan’s mom was playing in the Auburn Community Concert Band. Concerts continue every Wednesday at 7 p.m. through Aug. 21. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...

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