Time to get back in session

Event at Soma 36 promises to be 'huge,' with go-go dancers, 10 DJs, laser show

By Hillary Dugas

Posted on Sept. 29, 2005, at 12:00 a.m.

After a week of tests, homework and sitting through professors’ lectures, who isn’t ready to let loose on the weekend? If you’re in the mood to dance the night away and party it up, then this Friday, Oct. 30, Soma 36 is the place to be.

Soma 36 is putting on the “Back in Session” event, complete with three floors of music played by 10 of New England’s best DJs, live MCs straight from the streets of New York, 5 bars with drink specials all night long and a naughty school-girl dance contest with up to $600 in prizes. The club will be equipped with a full-scale laser show, go-go dancers, pool tables, and a newly expanded VIP room, according to the Web site.

Organizer of the event and manager of Soma 36′s promotion company Special Blendz Benjamin MacDonald said, “I want to bring a touch of the upscale nightclub scene to Orono through my events, and hope it catches on.”

With two live hip-hop groups from Portland and New York, names like DJ Stiles and live video footage of the crowd projected on flatscreens, MacDonald hopes that the event will have every aspect of an urban nightclub. The club hours are 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. and admission is $10, with reduced admission for ladies dressed in school girl outfits.

Last event “Bootylicious” gathered a soldout crowd of 700 people. MacDonald recommends party-goers arrive early for guaranteed entry. The event has been promoted in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and as far away as Rhode Island.

For more information, go to the event Web site (www.specialblendz.net).

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