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Alabama State University Hosts Citywide Business And Community Breakfast/Turkey Day/Free & Open to All.

Alabama State University Hosts Citywide Business And Community Breakfast/Turkey Day/Free & Open to All.
Posted By: Reginald Culpepper on November 20, 2017


ASU'S Turkey Day Classic Event Schedule
- It Kicks-Off Tuesday @ 7:30 a.m. with its Business & Community Breakfast at The Renaissance Hotel -
- The ASU Turkey Day Classic Week Features a Host of Exciting Homecoming Festivities & Fun for the Whole Family -

ASU's Citywide Business & Community Breakfast
- Free & Open to the general public, BUT EVERYONE MUST REGISTER @ www.alasu.edu/businesscommunity
- Great News Media Coverage of Turkey Day Classic Week Kicking-Off -
WHEN: Tuesday (Nov. 21) @ 7:30 a.m.
WHERE: Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center, downtown.
Alabama State University's 94th annual Turkey Day Classic (T.D.C.) and Hornet Homecoming celebration is now upon as ASU starts it off with a big "Thank You" on Tuesday at its Citywide Business & Community Breakfast (free & open to the public, but you must register), which takes place at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center, downtown. We will be joined by ASU President Ross, Mayor Strange, County Commission Chairman Dean, Business Leaders, Education Leaders, Chamber Officials, and a host of folks too long to list.
SEND A REPORTER FOR THIS 7:30 A.M. TUESDAY EVENT AND I WILL HELP THEM GET THE INTERVIEWS THEY NEED!
ABOUT TURKEY DAY CLASSIC WEEK
ASU's Turkey Day Classic Week includes a wide-range of events from the oldest HBCU Classic Football Game in America, to its tradition-laden Turkey Day Classic Parade on Thanksgiving morning in downtown Montgomery, to its Business and Community Breakfast (open to news media coverage), an alumni brunch, an inaugural Queens’ Tea and so much more. Of course, the celebration will culminate on Thanksgiving-Day (Nov. 23), when the ASU Hornets and the Edward Waters Tigers face-off on the gridiron at 2 p.m. at The ASU Stadium.


Your news consumers will not want to miss a single minute of the action, so make your plans now to cover ASU's Turkey Day Classic from start to finish.
To help you organize your news coverage, please see the TURKEY DAY CLASSIC schedule below.
For more information, visit www.alasu.edu.
For 2017 Turkey Day Classic game tickets, visit http://www.ticketreturn.com or call 334-229-4551.
News media contact: Kenneth Mullinax, at 334-229-4104.

Complete T.D.C. Schedule
Tuesday, November 21

Business and Community Breakfast
7:30 a.m.
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center
Open to the general public, but they must PRE-REGISTER at www.alasu.edu/businesscommunity
Wednesday, November 22
Alumni Brunch
10 a.m.
Student Center Ballroom
Celebrating the Classes of the 2's, 7's and Silver Class of 1992
To register, visit https://secure.qgiv.com/for/alastauni/even...
Omega Paver Unveiling
1 p.m.
Omega Stone on the ASU campus
Queens’ Tea
2 p.m.
Acadome Banquet Room
This is a royal celebration for the former queens of Alabama State University.
Open to current and former Miss ASUs
To register, visit www.alasu.edu/alumni
Hornet Nation Tailgate Party/Block Party
4-10 p.m.
ASU Soccer Field
The ultimate alumni pre-game experience featuring live music and a DJ.
Thursday, November 23 'THANKSGIVING DAY'
Turkey Day Classic Parade
9 a.m.
Downtown Montgomery. It begins from in front of the State Capitol on Dexter Ave.
Tailgate Pre-Game
11 a.m.
Around the ASU Stadium
Turkey Day Classic Game
ASU vs. Edward Waters
2 p.m.
The ASU Stadium
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