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Florence to Host Free Easter Egg Hunt

Editor — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:38:52 +0000

The City of Florence will host their annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 22 at Champion Window Field. The event will start at 11:00 with the hunt starting at noon. The Easter Bunny and the Florence Freedom mascot, Liberty will be available for photos at the event. The hunt is open to all children from toddlers to age 10.

Come join Liberty and many other community mascots for a day of fun! Children will be grouped according to age. The age groups are 3 and under, 4-5, 6-7, and 8-10. Ages 3 and under are the first group to go at 12.

Florence Freedom Baseball Club Seeks Singers

Editor — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:59:13 +0000

The Florence Freedom are looking for their 2008 anthem singers at the 2nd annual “Freedom Star” auditions at Champion Window Field. The tryouts are open to the public and will be from 12:00 to 3:00 pm on Saturday, April 5th.“We found some really great singers at last season’s auditions,” mentioned Freedom Director of Fun Kevin Schwab. “It is great to have people come out and perform for us.”Contestants will be called down to the dugout top to perform a brief rendition of the “Star Spangled Banner”, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”, or “God Bless America” in front of our panel of judges. The judges will choose several “winners” to be National Anthem singers for the 2008 Florence Freedom season.

Freedom Star hopefuls should be prepared to sing a capella and from memory. Contestants are also asked to bring a list of home games at which they are available to perform. Each contestant will receive two tickets to one of the Freedom’s exhibition games just for auditioning.

The Freedom are encouraging not only individuals, but choruses, choirs, and ensembles to participate!

Florence Freedom Releases 2008 Schedule

Editor — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:35:55 +0000

The Florence Freedom, Northern Kentucky’s own professional baseball team, have finalized their upcoming 2008 54 home game baseball schedule. The team opens with a 5 game home stand on Wednesday, May 21st at Champion Window Field. That game has an early start time of 11:05am for “Education Day” presented by Xavier University’s College of Social Sciences, Health, and Education.

Opening Night is the first “Thirsty Thursday” of 2008 on May 22nd. The fan favorite night will again feature $1.00 beverages but also have the new additions of Karaoke on the concourse and themed foods including Mexican, Italian, and Greek food on different Thursday nights.Monday through Friday games begin at 7:05pm and Saturday games begin at 6:05pm all summer long.

Sunday’s in May and June begin at 2:05pm and in July and August start at 6:05pm.Four games in 2008 have early start times of 11:05am. Opening Day May 21st, May 27th, 28th, and July 9th are all morning games.

The complete 2008 Florence Freedom schedule is available at www.florencefreedom.com. Florence Freedom is a member of the Frontier League, a 12-team Independent Professional Baseball League established in 1993. The Freedom play a 96 game schedule with 54 home games between late May and early September.