Hello FLL coaches and teams, I have two exciting opportunities for teams to showcase FLL. There will be an FLL table set-up, so your team should just bring their robot and any display boards or materials. Saturday, March 2nd FIRST Tech Challenge(FTC) State Championship/Junior FIRST LEGO League (Jr.FLL) Expo Arthur Ashe Center Richmond, VA 48 High School/Middle School teams will be competing in their Championship Event as well as 15 Jr.FLL teams participating in a Jr.FLL Expo - a great day - high energy -lots of excitement - amazing robots - cool LEGO models! There will be 2 shifts with two teams per shift. The entire team doesn't need to come, even the coach and a few students is great! Teams will be able to watch the FTC event and cheer on their favorite team! FTC will be all day, while the Jr.FLL Expo will be in the morning. 9:00 am - 12:30 pm 12:30 pm - 4:00 pm Friday, March 15th Saturday, March 16th Virginia Regional - FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Siegel Center Richmond, VA This competition features the large (120 lb) High School robots playing Ultimate Ascent - this year a frisbee type game! In addition to the FRC robots, all FIRST programs will be featured. There will be 2 shifts with two teams per shift. The entire team doesn't need to come, even the coach and a few students is great! Teams will be able to cheer on their favorite FRC team, put on safety glasses and go into the pits to see the teams up close working on their robots and see the cool exhibits in Technology Row. There will be a morning and afternoon shift each day - times to be determined. If your team is interested in either of these events, please let me know - your team will be glad they participated!! Sally Sylvester Senior Mentor Virginia VirginiaFIRST Program Coordinator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.