McMillan receives grant for adult concert series

Wisconsin Rapids–The Mead Witter Foundation, Inc., continues its support of McMillan Library’s adult concert series in 2011 with a grant of $23,600.  1,763 people attended library concerts sponsored by the foundation in 2010.  The 2011 series is an impressive list of regional and national musicians including a number of Grammy Award nominees and winners.

Library concerts sponsored by the Mead Witter Foundation in 2011 will include the following:  singer/songwriter Johnsmith on January 13^th, folk singer/instrumentalist John McCutcheon on February 3^rd, Canadian singer/songwriters Dala on March 10^th, Texas Swing band the Hot Club of Cowtown on April 14^th, Green Tea playing Celtic music on May 12^th, rhythm and blues with the Scottie Miller Band on June 16^th, reggae with Natty Nation on July 14^th, bluegrass with the Claire Lynch Band on August 11^th, jazz with the John Jorgenson Quintet on October 27^th, and singer/songwriter David Wilcox on November 10^th.  Several additional concerts will be funded by Charles and JoAnn Lester.  Concert information is available at the library’s website http://www.mcmillanlibrary.org.

Library Director Ron McCabe notes that, “The Foundation’s ongoing support of McMillan Library is deeply appreciated by the library board, the staff, and by the thousands of community members who make use of the library.  The concert series has grown over the years to become one of the best library concert series in the nation.” For more information, call the Library at 715-422-5136.