Come On, Let’s Twist Again! #Phillies to Host Retro Weekend (June 13-15) (Press Release)

• Throwbacks:
  Both the Phillies and Cubs players and coaches will be wearing their
  1964 uniforms.
• Swinging Sixties Dance Party:
  Characters from the era will make appearances pre-game on Ashburn Alley, as the Phillies’ Scott Palmer hosts live music from
  Sweet Loretta Fat, a Beatles tribute band starting at 6:30 p.m. 
• Early Alley Concession Specials:
  Fountain
  sodas and other selected menu items will be $1 at the Alley Brewing
  Company stand on Ashburn Alley, next to Tony Luke’s, from 5:00 p.m. to
  6:30 p.m. In addition, “Your Dad’s Favorite Beer” featuring some great
  labels of the 1960s will be available in that
  location.
• First Balls: Alumni Dick Allen, Cookie
  Rojas and John Herrnstein will throw out ceremonial first pitches.

• Calling All Best-dressed Fans:
  Fans with the best ‘60s outfits have the chance to win retro collectibles.
• Celebrity look-alikes and characters from 1960’s pop culture
  will be roaming throughout the ballpark.

• Rolling back the prices to the 1960s:
  Vendors
  dressed in retro gear will sell Phillies Yearbooks for just $1 all game
  long. Plus, the Majestic Clubhouse Store will offer a free limited
  edition
  Chase Utley Retro Bobble Figurine with the combo purchase of a 1960s Phillies script logo t-shirt and 1960s game hat.
• National Anthem:
  Will be performed by
  Bunny Sigler, pop and R&B songwriter and record producer of the 1960s with hits like “Let The Good Times Roll & (Feel So Good)”.
• Phillies Grounds Crew will also dress in retro attire.
• The Mitchell & Ness Alley Store will have
  a special 1960s jersey and photo display and will debut new ‘60s inspired apparel items.

• As part of Phillies’ Citizens Bank Park Saturdays, former Phillies pitcher,
  Scott Eyre, will throw out the first ball prior to the 3:05 p.m. game against the Cubs.
• Fans are also invited to take self-guided
  tours of the Top 10 Moments
  of Citizens Bank Park,
  which are pictured on large hanging displays throughout the main
  concourse of Citizens Bank Park. More than 43,000 online votes on phillies.com were cast to
  select these top moments in the history of Citizens Bank Park.

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Also part of the day, the
238th US Army Birthday Celebration, including a
special entrance by the Black Daggers Parachute Team, a performance by
the United States Army Drill Team and an induction ceremony of 25 future
soldiers.

• Phillies
  players and coaches will don their 1964 uniforms once more.
• Jim Bunning Tribute:
  • First Pitch: Bunning will throw the first pitch in honor of
    his perfect game 50 years ago on Father’s Day.
  • Bunning’s former teammates
    will join the ceremonies: Dick Allen, Cookie Rojas and John Herrnstein.
• God Bless America:
  Will be sung by Grammy-award winning American singer,
  Art Garfunkel.
• All men 15 and over will receive
  a classic fedora hat, courtesy of Chevrolet.
• Plus,
  more in-game treatment from 1960s music and pop culture!