"Celebrate
Auburn! A-Day Weekend 2005" starts Friday
Auburn
will host its annual spring football game on Saturday, March 19
at 1 p.m. at Jordan-Hare Stadium which highlights a full weekend
of activities on the Auburn campus and in the city.
"Celebrate
Auburn! A-Day Weekend 2005" will include the annual Football
Lettermen's Club Tiger Walk Run, a fireworks show, an autograph
session after the football game, interactive games and live entertainment
at the Tiger Team Village and a street dance at Toomer's Corner.
The
Auburn Football Lettermen's Club will host its annual A-Day Race
on Saturday morning with the 5K race beginning at 8:30 a.m. and
the 1-mile fun run at 9:10 a.m. Both races will finish on the 50-yard
line of Jordan-Hare Stadium. For more information or to request
an entry form, please contact Yann Cowart at ycowart@earthlink.net.
On
Saturday night, the Auburn Chamber of Commerce will host a street
dance at Toomer's Corner at 8 p.m. with local band, Kidd Blue. The
event is free to the public.
The
Athletic Department will host a reunion for all alumni athletes,
coaches and support personnel during the weekend. Activities will
include a reception on Friday and a tailgate prior to A-Day on Saturday.
Former athletes who are interested in attending should contact Hub
Waldrop at (334) 844-9780 or e-mail tuf@auburn.edu.
Tickets
for the A-Day football game are $5 for the general public and free
for Auburn University students. Tickets will go on sale at the Athletic
Ticket Office and Auburn area bookstores on Monday, March 15. No
internet or phone orders will be accepted. Due to construction,
only the west side of the stadium will be open for seating.
The
Auburn baseball team faces Tennessee in a three-game series with
games slated for 7 p.m. Friday, 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.
Single-game
Tennessee and all series baseball tickets will go on sale on Monday,
March 14. Single game tickets are $10 and series tickets are $30.
Baseball tickets may be ordered at www.auburntigers.com
or by calling 1-800-AUB-1957 (ext. 1).
The
Auburn men's tennis team will face Arizona St. at 9:30 a.m. and
the women host South Alabama at 2 p.m. on Friday at the Luther Young
Tennis Center.
Weekend
Event Schedule:
Friday, March 18
9:30 a.m.- Men's Tennis vs. Arizona St. (Luther Young Tennis Center)
2 p.m.-Women's Tennis vs. South Alabama (Luther Young Tennis Center)
7 p.m.- Baseball vs. Tennessee (Plainsman Park), Post-Game Fireworks
Show
Saturday,
March 19
8:30 a.m.- Auburn Football Lettermen's Club A-Day Race (Corner of
Roosevelt and Donahue)
Register on-line at: http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1203146
10 a.m. - Equestrian vs. Ohio State - Horse Unit on Wire Road
10:30 a.m.- 1 p.m.- Tiger Team Village (Coliseum Lawn) Interactive
games for children, concessions, autograph sessions and live entertainment
1 p.m.- A-Day game (Jordan-Hare Stadium)
4 p.m.- Baseball vs. Tennessee (Plainsman Park)
8 p.m.- Street Dance featuring Kidd Blue (Downtown Auburn)
Sunday,
March 20
1 p.m.- Baseball vs. Tennessee (Plainsman Park)
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