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BEAT BEETHOVEN’S 5TH

5K & 1-MILE RACE

The eighth annual Beat Beethoven’s 5th 1-mile and 5k race will be held in-person and virtually at COCC track October 9, 2022. The race benefits the Central Oregon Symphony.

The object is to finish the 5k before Beethoven’s 5th Symphony ends — 33 minutes and the music is on loud speakers at the track. Beethoven himself will be running the 5k race.

Since Bend is highly athletic, Central Oregon Symphony will combine the two- running and Classical music. Virtual race: run/walk the 5k or 1-mile from October 1-9, 2022. Please send in your name, picture and times (1-mile or 5k) to: beatbeethoven5k@cosymphony.com. There are several other Beat Beethoven races throughout the U.S.

People can sign-up via the website: beatbeethoven5k.com. Cost (including tech t-shirts) is $35 until September l (Virtual $25 until September l — doesn’t include a t-shirt). People can see logos of our 40 sponsors and see pictures of past races. We’re adding information to the website all the time.

Eclectic Edge Racing is doing the timing of the 5k. Participants can also walk on the COCC track for one mile. We’re giving special gifts for beating Beethoven 5k (under 33 minutes) and the first 20 participants in both the 1-mile or the 5k wearing a costume receive $10 from Old Mill District for 2022.

Sponsor logos will on t-shirt backs, advertising, color posters and cards printed Abracadabra Printing: Central Oregon ENT, Central Oregon Radiology Assoc., On Point Community Credit Union, Strictly Organic, Central Oregon Community College, Central Oregon Symphony Assoc., Rebound Physical Therapy, Pine Mountain Sports, Cascade Disposal, Melner Real Estate, Summit Bank, Zealios, Dermatology Health Specialists, Tower Theatre, Trident Security, First Interstate Bank, Integrated Eye Care, Brooks Resources, Deschutes Pediatric Dentistry, Hooker Creek and Alexander Senior Living.

Other sponsors: Footzone, Bigfoot Beverages, Eclectic Edge Racing, Abracadabra Printing, Market of Choice, Old Mill District, Focus Physical Therapy, COCC Medical Services, Newport Ave. Market, Pierce Footwear, Trader Joe’s, Redmond Proficiency Academy, Albertsons, KPOV, Source Weekly, Cascade A&E, The Bulletin, The Broadside, KTVZ, Smart Shopper, Bend Nest, Central Oregon Daily.

Photo courtesy of Central Oregon Symphony

JOIN THE CENTRAL OREGON YOUTH ORCHESTRA

for its Tenth Season

This coming season we will continue to build upon what we have accomplished over the last year, offering expanded performing and collaborative opportunities for our students, as well as expanded ensemble options for those students who wish to perform chamber music throughout Central Oregon. Central Oregon Youth Orchestra (COYO) is very excited about our upcoming season and extremely happy to be able to bring these unparalleled experiences to the community of Central Oregon.

For our upcoming year, we will be continuing to partner with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon (UU Fellowship) and the Tower Theatre, and we will be expanding our collaborations with the Central Oregon Symphony. We will continue to offer excellent mentoring of our students through our Central Oregon Symphony coaches and partners, and our students will have the opportunity to perform side by side with them throughout the year. We will also be playing a musical work written for our COYO musicians, as well as performing a concert with the Salem Youth Symphony.

Please join us for our 2022-23 season, one that promises to showcase the talent, skill and dedication of our local kids.

Info about our next season can be found on our website coyomusic. org, including our season schedule and audition requirements. We would love to have your student join us for what will be an exciting and eventful musical experience for all!

Auditions & Rehearsal Schedule

Auditions and Registration:

Friday, September 9, 2022 — Student Registration Deadline. The registration form can be found at coyomusic.org/season-schedule.html. New students are required to audition for ensemble placement.

Auditions will take place on Monday evening, September 12, 2022, alternate audition day(s) will be scheduled on a by-needed basis.

Fall Term Schedule:

• Friday, September 9, 2022 — Student Registration Deadline • Monday evening September 12, 2022 — New Student Auditions and Placement Change Auditions • Rehearsal Days:* • Rehearsals are every Monday from 5:30-7pm at Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon • Youth Orchestra rehearses 5:30-6:45pm • Camerata Orchestra rehearses 5:30-7pm

September 26

October 3, 10, 17, 24

November 7, 14, 28

December 5 Dress Rehearsal at 5:30pm on December 12 at the UU Fellowship

Concert Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 6pm — Concert Tower Theatre

Winter Term Schedule:

• Monday, February 6, 2023 — Student Registration Deadline • Monday evening February 13, 2022 — New Student Auditions and Placement Change Auditions • Rehearsal Days:* • Rehearsals are every Monday from 5:30-7pm at Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon • Youth Orchestra rehearses 5:30-6:45pm • Camerata Orchestra rehearses 5:30-7pm

February 27

March 6, 13, 20

April 3, 10, 27, 24

May 1, 8, 15

Dress Rehearsal at 5:30pm May 17 (Wednesday) at the Tower Theatre

Concert Thursday, May 13, 2023 at 6pm — Concert Tower Theatre *We ask you to please check your email and our website often as we move forward for any changes in audition information, rehearsals and concerts. coyomusic.org

Photo courtesy of Oregon Youth Orchestra

GUITAR DYNAMO SAMANTHA FISH

at Midtown Ballroom

The 33-year-old Kansas City dynamo recently released her sixth album, Faster, produced by Martin Kierszenbaum (Lady Gaga, Sting.) This is her sophomore release for Rounder Records, her debut, was 2019’s Kill or Be Kind. Faster debuted in the Billboard Blues Charts at #1 — it also debuted at #2 Folk Americana Charts and #10 Rock Albums Charts

Guitar World named her “One of the 30 best guitarists in the world” – she came in at #7 behind Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Joe Bonamassa. And Variety Magazine called “Faster” one of the Top Songs of 2021. And there has been no shortage of praise:

“For the last decade, Fish has been one of the most promising young blues performers working, a punchy singer and a rowdy guitarist. Kill or Be Kind is her first album for the roots-music powerhouse Rounder, and it demonstrates the range of her palette, which takes in Southern R&B, rockabilly and much more.” New York Times

“Fish’s latest release, Kill or Be Kind, is loaded with the snarling guitar and mule-kick vocals that caused her videos to turn heads...Balancing fierce, slide guitardriven crowd-pumpers like ‘Bulletproof’ with quieter soul/R&B tunes like ‘Dirty,’ it’s a fun mix of gentleness and aggression.” Guitar World

“Fish initially sets her foreboding vocals to a low R&B simmer before her guitar starts raining down incendiary sparks and her singing turns to a full-on, powerful blues wail. All her pyrotechnics serve an emotional purpose, though, as her intertwined guitar solos and vocal melodies are aimed straight at the heart.” LA Weekly

A force to be reckoned with, Samantha’s live performance is an explosive brand of blues/rock-and-roll not to be missed. Please consider interviewing Samantha.

Samantha Fish will be at Midtown Ballroom on September 22. midtownballroom.com