2005 AND 1 Mix Tape(R) Tour to Play Game in Orlando for First Time on July 14th.
AND 1:
WHO: Basketball footwear and apparel company AND 1 and playground
legends including the newly signed Spyda, Pharmacist and Baby
Shack as well as living legends, AO, Professor, 1/2 Man 1/2
Amazing, Go Get It, High Octane and Florida resident and
former Orlando Magic player Lonnie Harrell aka Prime
Objective.
WHAT: The 2005 AND 1 Mix Tape(R) Tour is the official, authentic
streetball event running this summer in 30 cities from June
10th through August 27th. What began as an underground,
five-city event is now the United States' largest summer-long
basketball tour featuring the world's best streetball players.
Each Tour stop consists of a free Open Run followed by a
ticketed Mix Tape Game.
Below is the schedule of AND 1 Mix Tape(R) Tour events in Orlando
open to the media:
What DRIVE Shoot-around Game Day
community service open media session
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Date Wednesday 7/13 Wednesday 7/13 Thursday 7/14
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4:00-6:30 pm Open
Time 11:00 am - 12:15 pm 2:30-3:30 pm Run
7:30 pm Tip-off
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Downtown Recreation UCF Arena UCF Arena
Address Center
649 Livingston St. Building 50 North Building 50 North
Orlando, FL 32801 Orlando, FL 32816 Orlando, FL 32816
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DETAILS:
-- Orlando is one of only four markets that the AND 1 Mix Tape
Tour will hit for the first time this summer.
-- Open run is a series of non-stop basketball games during which
Orlando talent take to the court to try to earn a spot on the
AND 1 Mix Tape(R) Tour roster. Participants must be 18 or
accompanied by a parent or guardian. Open run participants
will be vying for a place on the 2005 AND 1 Mix Tape(R) Tour,
an endorsement contract and may be featured on the fourth
season of "Street Ball: The AND 1 Mix Tape(R) Tour presented
by Mountain Dew" on ESPN this summer. Careful: "featured" can
mean "embarrassed".
-- FOR GAME CREDENTIALS and more information media is invited to
register at and use AND 1's electronic press kit at
www.and1press.com.
-- Tickets to the event can be purchased at www.and1.com.
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