Healthy living fair, Okanagan Symphony highlight Penticton weekend events

PENTICTON – You have an opportunity to get information and advice about personal health this weekend in Penticton.

The Okanagan Similkameen Healthy Living Fair returns to the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre on Saturday, March 10.

The annual event has 90 booths profiling 60 organizations in support of a healthy lifestyle. The fair also hosts guest speakers, healthy eating sessions, entertainment and activity demonstrations.

Pre-registered participants can engage in a personalized Healthy Assessment Profile and Plan, which encourages stops at several healthy assessment stations, including eating right, keeping active, quitting smoking, well-being and blood pressure. The stations are made possible with a grant from the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation.

Cost of the fair is free. For more information see the Okanagan Similkameen Healthy Living Fair website.

Entertainment in Penticton this weekend includes a performance by the Okanagan Symphony, featuring pianst Kevin Chen, 12, the youngest artist ever to play with the orchestra.

Prodigy! is a program of music by Mozart and those inspired by him.

The symphony’s Penticton performance is Saturday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Cleland Community Theatre.

Tickets are available online here.

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