Too Hot to Handel- Devou Park
August 5 @ 7:30 pm9:30 pm
Too Hot to Handel
(Water fun, a sing-along, and royal fireworks)
7:30 p.m. Saturday, August 5, 2023
Devou Park Band Shell, Covington KY
Admission is free, contributions encouraged.
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The KSO sets the “Way Back Machine” to early 18th c England and the music of Georg Friedrich Handel. Everyone knows Handel’s hit tunes, often heard at weddings, on television and associated holidays and with many advertised products over the past 70 years. Pack your squirts guns or spritzers for Handel’s Water Music. Invite your choir buddies to join you on the lawn for a sing-a-long of the “Hallelujah Chorus”. Then sit back, as the sky darkens, for some Royal Fireworks Music!
A TANK Shuttle Bus will depart every half hour from Covington Catholic High School (CCHS) on Dixie Highway starting at 6 p.m through 7:30 p.m., for $1 each way. Chairs and coolers are allowed on buses. At the end of the program, shuttle buses await to return immediately to the CCHS parking lot.
There is no admission charge for this concert. However, we encourage and appreciate contributions of $5 per person. Your generosity keeps the music playing!
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Bring blankets or lawn chairs. Picnics welcome. Concessions will be available. Parking is free but limited.
This concert is sponsored by
On the Program
| Water Music Selections | Georg Friedrich Händel |
| “Hallelujah” Chorus from The Messiah | |
| Intermission | |
| “Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba” from Solomon | Händel |
| “Ombra mai Fu” from Xerxes | Händel |
| “Love Sounds th’ Alarm from Acis and Galatea | Händel |
| “Lascia ch’io pianga” from Rinaldo | Händel |
| “The Trumpet Shall Sound” from The Messiah | Händel |
| Royal Fireworks Music | Händel |
**The program will be streamed live on this website, on August 6 at 7:30 p.m. **
For more information, call (859) 431-6216.