World’s Biggest Space Party Comes to Hampton Roads

HAMPTON, Va., March 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The world’s biggest space party is coming to Hampton Roads. Partygoers will join 198 cities in 51 countries for Yuri’s Night, a celebration of space exploration, Saturday, April 4, from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Virginia Air & Space Center in downtown Hampton.

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Yuri’s Night Hampton Roads’ high-tech theme will focus on space exploration and what is new and exciting at NASA. The event will feature a fusion of entertainment including a laser light show, Hampton Roads’ favorite DJ, Jey One, a “Mars”tini lounge, star gazing, dance demonstrations, high-tech NASA exhibits, live art displays, robots and more.

The following schedule of events is planned for Yuri’s Night Hampton Roads:

6:30 p.m. – Doors Open

7:00 – 8:00 p.m. – DJ Jey One/Dancing

8:00 p.m. – Reggae with The Prisoners on Observation Deck

8:00 – 8:45 p.m. – Dance Demos

• Belly Dancing by Neferteri
• Dancing and Martial Arts by Capoeira Resistencia
• Folk Dance and Belly Dance Fusion by Dancing Turtle Folk Arts of Fields Dance Studio

8:45 – 9:45 p.m. – DJ Jey One/Dancing

9:45 – 10:30 p.m. – Dance Demos

• Belly Dancing by Neferteri
• Dancing and Martial Arts by Capoeira Resistencia
• Folk Dance and Belly Dance Fusion by Dancing Turtle Folk Arts of Fields Dance Studio

10:30 – 11:00 p.m. – DJ Jey One/Dancing

11:00 – 11:30 p.m. –

• Welcome by Congressman Glenn Nye
• Costume Contest Winners Announced
• Galactic Laser Light Show

11:30 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. – DJ Jey One/Dancing

7:00 – 11:00 p.m. – Observation Deck Open

• Reggae by The Prisoners – Band starts at 8 p.m.
• Stargazing with the Virginia Peninsula Astronomy Club

Yuri’s Night Hampton Roads is presented by NASA Langley and the Virginia Air & Space Center with additional support from National Institute of Aerospace, Bud Light, Skyy Vodka, 96X, Monster Energy Drinks, Vigyan, Zel Technologies, Inc., Analytical Mechanics Associates, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Science Applications International Corporation and Virginia Space Grant Consortium.

For more information on the event, visit:

www.yurihr.com

For more information on NASA Langley, visit:

www.nasa.gov/langley

For more information on the Virginia Air & Space Center, visit:

www.vasc.org

SOURCE NASA