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Walk Around Kentucky for Epilepsy — Louisville Walk. Louisville Zoo, 1100 Trevilian Way, Saturday. Registration, 8-9 a.m.; walk begins at 9:15 a.m. Awards presentations at noon. Benefits the Epilepsy Foundation of Kentuckiana. Walkers can make a donation or raise a minimum $25 and receive a T-shirt, refreshments and chance on door prizes. (866) 275-1078. For more information: www.efky.org . Families for Fathers Prostate Cancer Awareness 5K Run/Walk. Metropolitan Urology, 100 E. Market St., 8 a.m.-noon Saturday. 7-7:30 a.m., late registration; 8 a.m., 5K run/walk begins; 8 a.m.-noon, free prostate cancer screenings for men ages 40 and older; 9:30 a.m., awards ceremony. Online run/walk registration: www.familiesforfathers.org . $25 registration. Appointments for screenings (walk-ins also welcome): 852-6318. www.familiesforfathers.org . Fright Night Film Fest/Convention and Fandom Fest. Fern Valley Hotel and Conference Center, 2715 Fern Valley Road, 5 p.m. Wednesday; 10 a.m. Thursday. More than 75 Independent films, workshops, live music and actors from classic movies such as “The Karate Kid,” “Revenge of the Nerds,” and “Enter the Dragon.” $25, $45 weekend pass. (502) 338-2610. www.frightnightfilmfest.com . Savage Rose Classical Theatre Company will hold auditions for the upcoming season, Sunday, 1-5 p.m.; Monday, 6-9 p.m., Walden Theatre, 1123 Payne St. A sign-up sheet will be posted at 12:45 p.m. Sunday and 5:45 p.m. Monday. Auditions will be held for “The Changeling,” “A Midsummer Night's Dream,” “The Importance of Being Earnest,” and Words, Words, Words Play Reading Series. Those auditioning should prepare a classical monologue (one minute or 20 lines). For more information, email info@savagerosetheatre.com or call (502) 599-3011.

Archery Tournament to be the Largest Ever IN - NASP Archery ...

April 20, 2011   

Press Release

Archery Tournament to be the Largest Ever IN THE WORLD

April 20, 2011

The Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky will host the largest archery event in the world in 2011.  On May 13, 14,2011 teams from 34 states will compete for more than 300 teams and individual medals, trophies , banners, and plaques.  Three hundred ninety three schools will fill more than 400 team slots with total participation eclipsing the 2010 world record attendance of 6784.  With a few days to the close of registration on April 25, 6956 boys and girls from 4 grades have registered.  Every team registered for the tournament qualified for these NASP® Nationals at their state's tournament.

NASP® is a coed activity and this year 33% (2787) of the registered participants are girls. Teams and their parents, coaches, sponsors, and fans will fill local hotels and restaurants for several days.  'Flights' of shooters will dominate the more than 1250  feet ( also a world record) target range inside the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center starting Friday morning, May 13, at 9:00 am.  Competition will conclude on Saturday night, May 14 at about 6:00pm with the 'Scholarship Shoot-Off' and awards ceremony.

The event is open to the pu blic. Children over the age of 12 and adults are five dollars general admission and this provides access to more than 40 exhibitors on the show floor.  Exhibits range from archery related businesses to ' adventure tourism' activities.  This year the exhibit floor and the tournament are co-sponsored by the Kentucky Tourism Development Cabinet and its Adventure Tourism section.

NASP® conducts this event with tremendous support from host partner the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.  NASP®  also partners with 47 state fish and wildlife agencies and the District of Columbia in this the 8 National tournament.  NASP® sponsors, the National Field Archery Association and Morrell Manufacturing are providing much of the equipment and targets to build this mammoth indoor archery range.  NASP® began with twenty one Kentucky middle schools in March 2002 and has grown to nearly 9000 schools and  two million student archer athletes this school year. This year's tournament will be conducted with more than one hundred volunteers.

The Saddle and Sirloin portrait collection, a biographical catalog, Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, Louisville, Kentucky

The Saddle and Sirloin portrait collection, Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, Louisville, Kentucky

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