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KSO joins Healthy Outdoor Weekend with 5k run, concert at Devou on Aug. 5. . .da da da dum!


The KSO brings its symphonic fitness and participation program to Devou Park for Covington’s Healthy Outdoor Weekend on August 5.

It is a double feature — 5k run and boot camp workout — for those so inclined, and a concert for the curious observer. Everyone, including kids, will know these popular classics.

Both serious and recreational runners will want to register for the Beethoven 5k Run that opens this unique concert. The race will start with the famous opening four note motif (da da da Dum) of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony. The trick is to beat Beethoven and the KSO back to the band shell before the final note.

Runners in this certified, timed race will receive T-shirts and awards. Register at www.sprunning.com or www.kyso.org The Fifth Symphony will clock in around 28 minutes.

The route can be found at kyso.org.

For non-runners, who keep fit via a regimented workout, the KSO will test everyone’s metal in a boot camp workout dubbed “Sweatin’ to the Symphony.”

Area fitness coordinator Bryen Pinkard promises “a high intensity interval training with elements 
of circuit training, plyometrics, vinyasa, power flow yoga, and core training.”

The KSO accompanies the workout live with a non-stop 50-minute grouping “Sweatin to the Symphony” of 17 well-known classics by Bizet, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Rossini, Brahms and many more. (It’s really a workout for the first violins!)

Join Music Director, James Cassidy and the KSO with area fitness pros at the amphitheater in Devou Park, Saturday, August 5 at 7:30 p.m.

Wear your running and workout duds and bring blankets or lawn chairs.

Plan your own healthy picnic or visit the KSO concession kiosk. Also don’t forget the TANK Park & Ride Shuttle running from Notre Dame Academy (across the street from Cov Cath via Hilton Dr. at the light) to the band shell from 6-7:30 p.m., and after the concert for $1 each way.

For more information (5k run registration) and directions, visit the KSO at www.kyso.org or call (859) 431-6216. Free concert admission and parking, though a $5 donation is suggested.


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