All,
so on this July 4th I got to spend time @ the beautiful Stroudsburg Country Inn celebrating with Jason and Willetha LaBate. This couple was cool from the start and based on their personalities @ our client meeting I knew it would be a fun event. They wanted it upbeat but inclusive as we had a diverse crowd with a mishmash of musical tastes. The room was exquisite overlooking a Valley of lush green rolling hills, the perfect backdrop on a beatiful day. I got my system up and running and practiced my lines as I was way early for the event start time of 8 pm. Once the cocktail hr concluded the guests were greeted as they came into the main ballroom. I let the beats roll vibing to some Motown and classic r & b from the likes of : Stevie Wonder, Jame Brown, The Temptations, Jackson 5 etc.. After the guests were seated I managed my way to the bridal suite to get the bridal party in order for the grand entrance. The bridal party was a bit raucous but were attentive to my instructions and lined up without any hitches. I rolled on with the intros nailing them perfectly. I felt in the zone and was so uplifted form my previous wedding debacle the previous week. The night flowed smoothly with some sporadic dance floor action to the more upbeat Motown jams I played. I finally got a chance to really open up the floor, and It came alive to some classic Jackson 5 rolling into some 90's club jams and some old school hip hop rocking the floor before we had to move on with a few more wedding formalities. Overall the evening was a great success with some good dance floor action for the bulk of the night. The night ended on a high note as most of the party goers sang, air guitar ed, and swayed to the last song of the evening Journey's Don't Stop Believin. Congrats to the new Mr and Mrs Labate, and thank you for choosing Your Neighborhood DJ!
Spinzy
Monday, July 12, 2010
6-27-10 Tag Team Wedding w Jagged @ The Merrion
All,
Yesterday's wedding was a challenge and definitely left my partner and I with that survival feeling. I don't know if it's me or what, but it seems like every gig I've done @ The Merrion has been plagued with some sort of setback. We arrived early enough to have a smooth and uneventful load in, once again upstairs in the beautiful Atrium. The space is exquisite to which we added a bit of spice with a few strategically placed LED uplights to accent a few details of the magnificent architecture. After our setup we went over the game plan and got ready for the festivities. The wedding started off rough as i botched the Grand Entrance cueing up the couples entrance song late. the rest of the formalities went well IE: speeches, rose parade (A Merrion Thing), parent dances etc.. The dance floor was pretty dull for most of the evening as the time frame was tight and The Merrion seems to serve endless courses. We were regulated a few times by the FOB to play a dis he had prepared of drab latin fare. To add to the insult we suffered a few more setbacks as Jagged botched one of the Merrion's other special things, and I later called the new Mr and Mrs by the wife's former last name "how embarrassing"!! Anyway despite the push / pull of this evening that could've gone so much better we managed to pull together a dance floor from the remnants of what should have been a stellar event. Overall impressions: we both dropped the ball, but tried our best to salvage the mistakes we made. We could've been given some better direction from our sub par wedding planner. The Merrion seems a bit unfriendly to their vendors, and has a horrible garbage juice load in / out. This will make my worst of list just based off the potential for greatness that fizzled. I guess I'm just dissapointed in my self by not being on my game like usual.
Spinzy
Yesterday's wedding was a challenge and definitely left my partner and I with that survival feeling. I don't know if it's me or what, but it seems like every gig I've done @ The Merrion has been plagued with some sort of setback. We arrived early enough to have a smooth and uneventful load in, once again upstairs in the beautiful Atrium. The space is exquisite to which we added a bit of spice with a few strategically placed LED uplights to accent a few details of the magnificent architecture. After our setup we went over the game plan and got ready for the festivities. The wedding started off rough as i botched the Grand Entrance cueing up the couples entrance song late. the rest of the formalities went well IE: speeches, rose parade (A Merrion Thing), parent dances etc.. The dance floor was pretty dull for most of the evening as the time frame was tight and The Merrion seems to serve endless courses. We were regulated a few times by the FOB to play a dis he had prepared of drab latin fare. To add to the insult we suffered a few more setbacks as Jagged botched one of the Merrion's other special things, and I later called the new Mr and Mrs by the wife's former last name "how embarrassing"!! Anyway despite the push / pull of this evening that could've gone so much better we managed to pull together a dance floor from the remnants of what should have been a stellar event. Overall impressions: we both dropped the ball, but tried our best to salvage the mistakes we made. We could've been given some better direction from our sub par wedding planner. The Merrion seems a bit unfriendly to their vendors, and has a horrible garbage juice load in / out. This will make my worst of list just based off the potential for greatness that fizzled. I guess I'm just dissapointed in my self by not being on my game like usual.
Spinzy
6-19-10 Chrissy's Sweet 16
All,
Oddly enough after playing @ Evergreen clubhouse for the 1st time the previous week, this sweet 16 happened to be here as well. I breezed in with an uneventful and fast load in and set up. I arrived fairly early and let some tunes play 15min prior to our start time. The party was lightly attended with half of the B'day girl's guests pulling a no show. Despite this setback this group of teens were fun and danced to the latest top 40hits with Katy Perry's California Girls making the top song spot of the night.We had a cake cutting with the typical birthday song, but no candle lighting ceremony. This 3 hr gig went way too quickly, and ended with friends and family filling the floor to sing along and dance to Train's Hey Soul sister as our last song. Happy B'day to Chrissy and thanks for choosing Your Neighborhood DJ!
Spinzy
Oddly enough after playing @ Evergreen clubhouse for the 1st time the previous week, this sweet 16 happened to be here as well. I breezed in with an uneventful and fast load in and set up. I arrived fairly early and let some tunes play 15min prior to our start time. The party was lightly attended with half of the B'day girl's guests pulling a no show. Despite this setback this group of teens were fun and danced to the latest top 40hits with Katy Perry's California Girls making the top song spot of the night.We had a cake cutting with the typical birthday song, but no candle lighting ceremony. This 3 hr gig went way too quickly, and ended with friends and family filling the floor to sing along and dance to Train's Hey Soul sister as our last song. Happy B'day to Chrissy and thanks for choosing Your Neighborhood DJ!
Spinzy
6-12-10 Joan and Tom's 25th wedding anniversary
All,
This party brought me to the clubhouse of Evergreen, an adult community located in Hamilton NJ. I pulled up to the venue and was pleasantly surprised by a pretty straight forward and easy load in. Once loaded in and ready to go I set the stage with a little jazz. The couple are devout Christians so my sets included a healthy dose of praise and worship tunes courtesy of the WOW disc series. The rest of the music fare consisted of some classic rock, 80's, and a few pop faves to keep it interesting. I received numerous compliments on the song selection even though my dance floor never really materialized. Happy anniversary to Joan and Tom and congratulations on 25 years of marriage!
Spinzy
This party brought me to the clubhouse of Evergreen, an adult community located in Hamilton NJ. I pulled up to the venue and was pleasantly surprised by a pretty straight forward and easy load in. Once loaded in and ready to go I set the stage with a little jazz. The couple are devout Christians so my sets included a healthy dose of praise and worship tunes courtesy of the WOW disc series. The rest of the music fare consisted of some classic rock, 80's, and a few pop faves to keep it interesting. I received numerous compliments on the song selection even though my dance floor never really materialized. Happy anniversary to Joan and Tom and congratulations on 25 years of marriage!
Spinzy
5-30-10 Christopher's confirmation
All,
This was a laid back affair with a mix of adult and grade school kids to celebrate this confirmation / baptism. I kept the music mostly top 40 as I wanted to keep good energy for this Sunday afternoon soiree. The highlight of the afternoon was a "who can do the best soljha boy dance contest"! I had to entice the kids with a good ol' fashioned bribe but it was all in good fun. I offered up five bucks to no takers then the parents offered up some more bucks eventually bringing the pot up to 20 bucks for the dance off. This got the kids going and led to an enthusiastic climax to which our 4 finalist tied to score 5 bucks a piece. Although it wasn't a rocking dance party it was about what I expected for a lazy Sunday afternoon.
Spinzy
This was a laid back affair with a mix of adult and grade school kids to celebrate this confirmation / baptism. I kept the music mostly top 40 as I wanted to keep good energy for this Sunday afternoon soiree. The highlight of the afternoon was a "who can do the best soljha boy dance contest"! I had to entice the kids with a good ol' fashioned bribe but it was all in good fun. I offered up five bucks to no takers then the parents offered up some more bucks eventually bringing the pot up to 20 bucks for the dance off. This got the kids going and led to an enthusiastic climax to which our 4 finalist tied to score 5 bucks a piece. Although it wasn't a rocking dance party it was about what I expected for a lazy Sunday afternoon.
Spinzy
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