Start your Fourth of July celebrating early by coming to “True Blue Night” at the Nashville Sounds!

Middle Tennessee State University invites the community to bring family and friends to see the Nashville Sounds play the Colorado Springs Sky Sox on Wednesday, July 1, at First Tennessee Park in downtown Nashville.

The game starts at 7:05 p.m. and the doors open at 6:05 that evening.

The first 1,000 fans to visit the MTSU tables, located near the guitar scoreboard, will receive a free MTSU #TRUE T-shirt brought to you by the university and MTSU Athletics.

Special discount ticket pricing is available at http://ra.ide.rs/sounds using the promo code TRUEBLUE.

The first pitch of the game will be thrown by retired Lt. Gen. Keith Huber, the MTSU senior adviser for veteran and leadership initiatives.

MTSU’s mascot, Lightning, will also be on hand for this family-friendly evening.

Spend an evening with your MTSU family and friends enjoying America’s favorite pastime.

The first 1,000 fans through the gates for the July 1 Nashville Sounds game will receive one of these MTSU #TRUE T-shirts.