The Findlay Market/Opening Day Parade Meet & Greet. The Parade Committee is committed to bringing members from or members that have been a part of the Cincinnati area that have made us cheer for their athletic skills, music and other forms of entertainment or heroics.  In doing so, we sometimes have to fly people in from around the country and put them up in hotels for a few days.  We decided to come up with an idea where we could show our appreciation to the Celebrities who join the parade and those that fund the travels of these Celebrities with an evening where they can meet each other and also get some exposure on local news stations.   Those in attendance are provided with some great drinks produced by a local brewery/distillery and fine food provided by Glier's Goetta and Wings & Rings along with quality live music by The Angela Combs Band.  This was a very fun event for all.  As can be seen in the photo gallery, everyone took pictures with everyone.  We also had radio personalities from iHeartMedia: Sara Elyse: WEBN and Wayne Box Miller: Cincinnati Bengals Radio Network Broadcaster.  During the event, Smoothie King presented Members of the The Cincy Hat, with a $1,000 donation to the Foundation of Ted Karras: The Cincy Hat.  Please support this wonderful organization.

The Special Guest list of those in attendance for the Meet and Greet included:

- Anthony Munoz - Super Bowl XVI & XXIII HoF, 11x Pro Bowl, 9x All Pro
- Ken Anderson - Super Bowl XVI, 1981 MVP, 4x Pro Bowl, All Pro
- Jim Breech - Super Bowl XVI, Super Bowl XXIII & All-Time Top scorer for The Bengals
- Joe Kelly - Super Bowl XXIII
- Kevin Walker - Super Bowl XXIII
- Keandre Jones - LB Super Bowl LVI
- Doug Pelfrey - Bengals Kicker (1993 - '99)
- Michael Matthews - Super Bowl Champion (XLII) New York Giants
- Darrell Pace - 2 Gold (1976 Montreal, 1984 LA), 1 Silver (1988 Seoul)
- Mary Wineberg - Gold at 2008 Beijing Track: 4X400-m relay
- Duke Ragan - Silver in Featherweight Boxing 2020 Tokyo
- Kim Rhodenbaugh Lewallen - 1984 LA Swimming, 2 Silver 1982 World Aquatics Championships
- Rau'shee Warren - 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing & 2012 London; Gold 2007 Chicago World Championships; 19–4 as a professional fighter
- Matt "The Hammer" Hamill - 3x NCAA Champion; Retired UFC Fighter, and the subject of the movie: The Hammer
- Kerry "Meat Truck" Schall - Retired UFC Fighter
- Corie Blount - UC 1991-93 11 Years NBA (Bulls, Lakers, Suns)
- Damon Flint - UC 1994-97; 2x Elite Eight; OHSBCA Mr. Basketball
- Melvin Levett - UC Basketball 1997 Elite 8; Set the UC single-game record for three-point field goals (10)
- James Newman - 1995-96 Memphis Tigers - finished 1st Conference USA
- Stephanie Finoti - Miss Ohio 2024
- Kent Butts - Executive Director of the King Records Foundation
- William Adkins - 2025 D1 215 OHSAA Wrestling State Champion
- Beard Barons (Taxi Phil, David Neiheisel)
- Vintage Base Ball Team (in 19th century uniforms)
Radio personalities:
 -- Sara Elyse: WEBN
 -- Wayne Box Miller: Cincinnati Bengals Radio Network Broadcaster

A special thanks to those who made this happen:
Findlay Market Opening Day Parade Committee Members - Neil Luken, Kevin Luken, Debbie Gannaway, Jeffrey Gladish, Kelly Lanser, Samantha Stewart-Campbell, Erin Matulis & Ron Murphy.
OTR Stillhouse - Michele Hobbs
Photographers - Earl Stanfield, Jake Blucker
Music by - Angela Combs Band