Senior citizens and pre-school through second-grade students are invited to enjoy the John Bapst Memorial High School Spring Concert Dress Rehearsal performance from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 2, at John Bapst Auditorium, 100 Broadway in Bangor.

There is no admission charge for the dress rehearsal. Representatives of groups of 15 or more should call the Bapst Fine Arts Department at 947-0313 to reserve seats.

Melody Weeks reports the concert features 250 musicians celebrating “spring with familiar musical selections” by the Concert Band, the Chamber Ensemble, the Jazz Band, the Chorale and the Concert Choir.

The Spring Concerts are 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at Bapst.

Tickets for the concerts are $3 and can be purchased at the school. For more information, call 947-0313.

Dave Wollstadt reminds readers the Old Town Rotary Club is hosting its Second annual Charity Auction at the Black Bear Inn in Orono. A lasagna supper begins at 5 p.m., and the live auction will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 1.

The celebrity auctioneer is the Rev. Bob Carlson. Proceeds benefit the Maine Youth Fish & Game Association, Penobscot Community Health Care and other Rotary charities.

Admission is $15. Tickets are available at the door or at Carl’s Barber Shop, Cyr Northstar Tours and Gossamer Press, all in Old Town.

Auction items range from a camp for a week at East Grand Lake to a homemade pie each month for a year.

Cindy Freeman Cyr of the sponsoring Womancare-Aegis Association invites the public to attend a training program that explores the ties between animal abuse and domestic violence. The Linkage Project will be held 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, May 8, at the Charlotte White Administrative Building, Route 15, Dover-Foxcroft.

Training topics are the Connection Between Interpersonal Violence and Animal Cruelty, Animal Abuse and Safe Havens, and Investigations and Legal Issues.

To RSVP call 564-8165 by Thursday, May 1.

Cheryl Pratt and Patty Stowell report the Maine Music Teachers Association is hosting a day-long program Saturday, May 3, in Belfast, featuring Camden composer Glenn Jenks.

Members of the public, musicians and teachers are invited to attend.

Registration closes Thursday, May 1. To register or for more information, visit www.mainemusicteachers.org.

Trish Hansen wrote that the Bangor-Brewer-Old Town March of Dimes March for Babies is Sunday, May 4.

Bank Days, when you can drop off donations and receive prizes before the march, are 1-4 p.m. Friday, May 2, and 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 3, at KeyBank in Brewer.

Formerly known as WalkAmerica, the event raises funds for the March of Dimes to help prevent birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality, Hansen wrote.

To RSVP, call her at Merrill Bank, 990-4070, or the March of Dimes, 989-3376.

Bangor High School Music Boosters Pops Night begins with a Silent Auction at 6:30 and dessert and music at 7 p.m. Friday, May 2, at the high school on Broadway.

Tickets are $4 or a maximum of $10 for families.

Scott Burditt reports you will have the opportunity to hear the Jazz Choir, Jazz Band, Fiddlers, and the Cohen Middle School Jazz Band, the Doughty Middle School Jazz Band, musical combos and soloists.

Val Robertson invites you to Anything Goes, the Three Rivers Kiwanis Club Variety Show, at 7 p.m. Friday, May 2, at the Wingler Performing Arts Center in Milo.

Admission is $6 for adults, $4 for children 12-and-under and $20 for families.

Refreshments will be available. Proceeds from the event benefit Kiwanis programs.

Milo Town Manager Jeff Gahagan will serve as the master of ceremonies for what should be a delightful evening of community entertainment.

Sue Boutaugh e-mailed the Piecemakers Quilt Show will be held 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Millinocket.

Dot Baron will be honored with her own quilt display and tea room, Boutaugh wrote.

The event features more than 100 quilts, including “some vintage, and a military quilt sent to families of deceased soldiers.”

Your donation will benefit the club’s community projects ranging from quilts for the schools to children in need.

Vendors will be present, and for a fee you can have your scissors sharpened.

Also in Millinocket on Saturday, a health fair will be held at Stearns High School and Pine Tree Treasures on Central Street will have its grand opening.

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