The scene sounds like a sad country song: residents soaked by a sudden rain huddled beneath jackets or umbrellas, running for shelter. Many worked their way through a traffic-clogged Sandy Hook Center during the early evening of Saturday, May 14, only to return to their cars.

Although many guests left the free country concert in the center that evening on the green at 5 Glen Road, others crowded under large tents to listen to Tat Holler and his band play during the third Celebrate Sandy Hook Concert, a special event organized by the Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity (SHOP).

A rising country star, Tat Holler took the stage on the green but had to stop about midway through the show for a rain delay around 8 pm. Guests headed for the tents that had been set up earlier in the day, thanks to clouds looming overhead.

According to an advance provided by SHOP, Tat Holler travels frequently to Nashville to write with some of the top musicians, writers, and producers in the business.

He has recently put a band together to bring his music to larger venues and crowds all over the East Coast.

In speaking earlier this month with The Newtown Bee, the Middletown native said he travels to Nashville at least once a year to collaborate with others who are immersed in the county scene. He was looking forward to bringing his music, he said, as well as some of the most popular country tunes of all time, to those who turned up for the show in Sandy Hook.