There were plenty of familiar faces last Thursday at the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours hosted by the Bangor Daily News, and one of those in attendance, George Wildey, said he had left some material for me at the front desk.

That material included a letter informing me, “Believe it or not, we are getting ready for our sixth season at Marsh River Theatre.”

Marsh River Theatre is located in the old Masonic Hall on Route 139 in Brooks.

Wildey, who is president of the New England School of Communications in Bangor, reports that the “Friends of Marsh River Theatre have an outstanding program this year.”

The season opens with the four-piece folk and bluegrass band Evergreen at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 22.

Admission ranges from $5 to $8, and reservations can be made by calling 722-4110.

Tickets can be purchased at the box office or, in advance, at The Fertile Mind Bookshop on Main Street in Belfast. Season tickets are available as well.

Wildey also wrote that this year’s annual fund-raiser, a concert featuring pianist Paul Sullivan, begins at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 29.

All tickets for this special performance are $10, and can be purchased as stated above.

All proceeds benefit the theater, scholarships and other local organizations.

The Friends of Marsh River Theatre are involved in a major project that will add parking, a scene shop and costume storage facility.

The group also purchased what is known as the former York house, located next to the theater, which includes “a large barn that they are starting to convert into the scene shop,” Wildey explained.

“In addition, the grounds are applicable for parking, both on the sides and in the rear.”

An informational campaign will be conducted to help raise funds needed to update the York facility and pay the mortgage, he added.

MRT Theater Camp Presentations, all beginning at 8 p.m., are scheduled for Friday, July 19; Saturday, July 20; Friday, Aug. 16; and Saturday, Aug. 17.

The remaining MRT schedule, with all performances at 8 p.m. and all tickets ranging from $5 to $8, are the Memphis Belles, Saturday, July 6; Jocular Juggler, Lucretia and Seth Yentes, Saturday, July 13; and Anni Clark, Saturday, July 27.

August presentations include Mainely Music, Saturday, Aug. 3; Blue Hill Brass, Saturday, Aug. 10; Stars of Broadway, Friday, Aug. 23, and Saturday, Aug. 24; and Amateur Night, Saturday, Aug. 31.

The final two presentations are “Max & Maxie” by James McClure, presented by Northern Lights Theater, Friday Sept. 6, and Saturday, Sept. 7.

Over the years, MRT “has become a Waldo County favorite,” Wildey wrote, and its four weeks of theater camp, operated by NESC, “continues to bring young people to Brooks for a great learning experience.”

For more information about MRT, call the number above.

And to all the performers in this sixth season of the MRT, I say, “Break a leg!”

Although everything is set and ready to go, Heather Smith called to ask that I remind, especially the local alumni of Brewer High School Class of 1992, that their 10th class reunion begins at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at the Bangor Motor Inn Conference Center on Hogan Road in Bangor.

A very special lady will become a centenarian in 10 days.

Edna Amero will celebrate her 100th birthday with family and friends on Sunday, June 30, at her current residence, Eastside Rehab and Living Center in Bangor.

Her daughter, Vivian Starbird of Carmel, said it would be nice for anyone who would like to send her mother birthday wishes on this very special occasion.

Born June 30, 1902, in Howland, our newest centenarian is the widow of Nelson Amero.

Edna Amero was a homemaker in Corinth and Charleston, and raised seven children and two stepchildren.

She also has several grandchildren and great-grandchildren, who will help her celebrate this day.

Starbird said her mother was a popular vocalist for local churches in the area, and often sang at weddings.

“Oh, yes, she could really sing,” Starbird said. “She also worked at a greenhouse for a while, and in a factory when she was young. She picked strawberries, too, and was a fast picker with beans and strawberries who always got ahead of everyone else.

“She lived on a farm, and it was hard,” but, her daughter added, “she could run circles around everyone else!”

The family invites all who wish to send birthday greetings to Edna Amero, Eastside Rehab and Living Center, 516 Mount Hope Ave., Bangor 04401.

I am very pleased to add my own best wishes and congratulations for a happy 100th birthday, too!

True to her word, Peggy Markson of the American Cancer Society New England Division office in Topsham is keeping us informed about the results of the Relay for Life fund-raisers in our area.

This week, we learn that the ACS Relay for Life held Friday, June 14, at the Bryant E. Moore School in Ellsworth included 13 teams with more than 150 people and 50 survivors who walked the Lap of Hope.

Lighting the way were 545 luminaries to memorialize those who have died of cancer, and to honor those who are surviving it.

The Ellsworth event, underwritten by Shop ‘n Save, WVII-TV and WEZQ-FM, 92.9, raised $20,000 for the nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization, which is dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem through research, education, advocacy and service.

Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; 990-8288.