Old Lyme — The "Hawaii Five.0" 5K will take place Saturday morning, July 30, before the Old Lyme Midsummer Festival. 

The race will start in front of Lyme–Old Lyme Middle School, proceed past the entrance to Lyme–Old Lyme High School, and then travel down Lyme Street and McCurdy Road and back again. 

Braiden Sunshine will sing the National Anthem prior to the race.

The 5K is a fundraising event for Friends of Music – Lyme/Old Lyme, which is working to help defray the costs of sending student musicians from Lyme–Old Lyme High School to Hawaii to represent Connecticut at Pearl Harbor commemoration ceremonies.

On Dec. 7, high school bands and choruses from the United States and Japan will gather together in Hawaii to perform at these ceremonies, which will mark the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the beginning of United States involvement in World War II.

Among those school groups will be 105 members of the Lyme–Old Lyme High School Band and Chorus, the only school in Connecticut to be participating in the event.

More information on the "Hawaii Five.0" 5K is available at www.friendsofmusicLOL.org or by emailing friendsofmusiclol@gmail.com.

Same-day registration on Saturday begins at 6:45 a.m. Participants may run or walk the 5K.

The $25 registration fee will go directly to the Friends of Music Hawaii fund.

Planned post-race activities include refreshments, music, massages and vendors.

Friends of Music – Lyme/Old Lyme is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the advancement of music education and performance for Lyme-Old Lyme students.