Be part of the UA Alum Kickoff

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Alabama's Morning News. I'm JT.

Speaker 2 (00:02):
Big event coming up on Tuesday, August twelfth, Jessica Alexander
from the Tuscaloosa Chapter of the University of Alabama on
National Alumni Association with US. Jessica, good morning, Glad to
have you with me.

Speaker 3 (00:13):
Good morning, JT.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
So, yeah, this is going to be a fun event,
and this is I guess the purpose is, Hey, football
season is here, let's get it ready together and come
on in. So tell us about the event happening at
the Tuscaloosa River Market.

Speaker 3 (00:27):
So every year, of course, the Tuscaloos Alumni Chapter rallies
local Bama fans from there and far to come together
to basically kick off an exciting upcoming football season. So
this year we're at the Tuscaloosa River Market and it's
a family fun event. So we want parents and kids

(00:49):
and everybody to come. There's something for everyone, and we
just want to bring Bama fans together to get ready
and get excited for football all season, which starts kickoff
is a month from now, and so we're looking forward
to that.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
I am so fired up. Yeah, I can't wait for
it too.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
I was just talking to my son who played at
Bbama and is now coaching at West Virginia about football
season and they're in camp, you know, they just started
and we're, like you said, a month away from kickoff.
Here we owe the first NFL game is the exhibition
is next Thursday night, and man, I can't I can't wait.
I'm so fired up for this. So it's once again
Tuesday night, five thirty Tuscalos the River Market. And how

(01:31):
long does it go? And how many people are you expecting?
Does it go all night or a few hours.

Speaker 3 (01:35):
Or a few hours usually until like seven thirty. We
are expecting about two hundred people. It's usually a crowded event.
And this year, of course, we've got Courtney Morgan who's
going to be the guest speaker, So I know a
lot of people are excited to hear about recruitment efforts
and maybe things to expect this upcoming season. So we're

(01:56):
expecting a full house.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
We will coach be there, anybody from the staff off
coming to this event.

Speaker 3 (02:01):
We have a couple of surprises we don't know yet, so.

Speaker 1 (02:05):
Yeah, to come and see there you go.

Speaker 2 (02:07):
How do people get tickets to the event? Is it
free open to the public? Do you need a ticket
to get in. What's the deal there?

Speaker 3 (02:14):
So tickets are thirty dollars and if you have a
child that's under the age of eight, of course, admission
is free. Kids eight to twelve tickets are fifteen dollars.
You can purchase tickets from Tuscalalusa County Uaalumni dot com.
Let me say that one more time, Tuscal Lusa County

(02:35):
uaalumni dot com.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
There you go. Can you get tickets to the night
of the event?

Speaker 3 (02:40):
Of course you can. You can definitely purchase at the door.

Speaker 2 (02:43):
Perfect, perfect, Well, I'm looking forward to it. Roll tie, Jessicain,
thank you for sharing with everybody. Yeah, let's get a
bunch of people there this year. All right, Jessica, appreciate
your time.

Speaker 3 (02:53):
Thank you. Have a good morning.