"The Special Event" is coming

THE SPECIAL EVENT is an international trade show that showcases what's new in the special event world http://www.thespecialeventshow.com/ . Nearly 9000 event professionals from around the world will attend to see everything from new table linens to Ground Breaking New Entertainment and everything in between. It includes 3 days of educational seminars and feature parties that showcase different segments of the industry. This year the show is right here in San Diego, Jan 28-30.

I am very excited to announce that I will be featured at the "Wedding Luncheon" Jan 28th. It is THE exhibit party to attend. Corporate and Wedding related professionals alike attend the sold out show to see the innovative new designs and hot new trends. This year's luncheon will be at the HardRock Hotel with Video DJ leading the way as doors open for 550 guests. A top notch team (lead by Peggy Jewell of Jewell Entertainment and Rachel Peniche of Plan It San Diego) has worked for months to overlook no detail in the planning of this one of a kind event.

I will also be exhibiting on the trade show floor, to give attendees a chance to see "Video DJ - Music Like You've Never Seen!" up close and ask questions. If you'd like passes to attend the exhibit hall, please contact me for more information.

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Special event - Wedding Luncheon

The Wedding Luncheon was a huge success, I was proud to be featured in 2 rooms.

Hard Rock Hotel - "The Edge" - Display galleries showcased the latest in room and table top design trends, for an elegant yet modern approach to music for the next generation, I provided an assortment of selections from the Vitamin String Quartet. A string quartet that interprets a wide variety of Rock Songs including songs originally by the Beatles and Led Zeppelin to U2 and Korn. It really very unique and can be quite elegant. I highly recommend them for anyone looking for something new and unique for their wedding.

Hard Rock Hotel - "The Legends" - The main event: Lunch Seating for 600, Video DJ as the entrance music, Founder of the theknot.com -Carley Roney as the keynote speaker and a special performance by an up and coming 14 year old singer who delivered a version of "Zing went the Strings of My Heart" that would've made Judy Garland proud. VIDEO DJ was a huge hit. As the doors open and guests poured in, I played a soft but upbeat, cocktail reception like mix that included Neil Diamond and the Beatles. I softened the music during Lunch by incorporating Music Videos from Nora Jones, Dean Martin and Frank Siantra. As the event came toward it's end, I picked up the pace with more upbeat dancable music like Justin Timberlake, The BeeGees and AC/DC. The goal of the show producers was to wow the guests with something they hadn't seen before. I can safely say we accomplished that goal. I received many compliments and inquiries both at the show and in the exhibit hall area.

Video DJ for Seal Team 3

Seal team 3 had their 25th Anniversary party in the Oceanfront Ballroom at the Hotel Del Coronado. For Entertainment I provided Video DJ with an 8'x 6' projection screen on stage with (2) 42" flatscreens near the dancefloor. It really looked great, it gave it that look of a well orchestrated full production event. They started off with some basic background during dinner as well as many of the military traditions and toasts. This 25th Anniversary of Seal Team 3 was attended by many of the past members including most of the commanding officers of the Team over its 25 year history. It was very humbling to be in a room full of men and women that were so vital in the protection of this great country. The guests really had a great time, they danced and were really into the music videos, in most of the photos you can see at least 1 perosn in the photo looking at the screens to watch the videos.

Daytime Wedding at the Catamaran

Qualities your DJ should have:
- Able to get small parties up and dancing: Smaller parties mean fewer guests to work with, you need a DJ that can read a crowd. That's a phrase a lot of DJs throw around without really knowing the meaning of it. A DJ has to be able to look at the group in front of them and anticipate their emotion and energy level over the coming 10-15 minutes and be able to plan the music accordingly in order to effectively rotate the guests from their seats to the dancefloor so that everyone is involved. The musical planning should expand to include the music the guests like, not just what the DJ usually plays and can make work. Would you believe that some DJs know what they will play before the party even starts?
- Dancing in the Daytime: Daytime is not the normal time for dancing; that's what our common sense tells us. A great DJ should be able to build a wedding reception into a celebration and then into a party. Some DJs are more talented at this than others and that effects their rates and pricing.

Video DJ - 80's Theme Party

The Members of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club through a fundraiser and to send it over the top they turned to Pacific Event Productions for one of a kind decor and entertainment. Pacific Events knew that Video DJ was the solution. This was an 80's - Rock n Roll Theme party so most of the guests were in clad in well designed costumes. They were really rockin' and the party went overtime and late into the night, as late as we thought the neighbors would let us get away with anyway.

2 Weddings, 1 set of Vendors

I had the pleasure of working 2 weddings over 2 weekends with Sean at Resolusean Photography and Laurie Spears at Wow Factor weddings. The first was at the Rancho Bernardo Inn for a family that I've done 4 weddings for, I almost feel like part of the family now. I provided uplighting and a Monogram (gobo) projected in light onto the dancefloor. The room really looked great. Uplighting is the hot trend in event decor, it's only a few hundred dollars and can transfer the entire room from average to amazing. The second was a Big Italian Wedding at the Marriott in Mission Valley with 280 guests that were just incredible.

Sean at Resolusean Photography was nice enough to send me some photos from each and even compiled a photo montage of them for me. If you're in need of a photographer, you should contact Sean even if only to get on his email list for his "Photo of the Month" he gets some amazing shots.

Late Summer Wedding at Shadowridge Country Club

A very nice couple that to be honest weren't sure they wanted to pay my rate when they could book another Dj for less. Lucky for all of us, one of their groomsmen has seen me work at a number of weddings, including weddings for Channel 93.3 On-Air personalities A.J. and also Hit Man Haze. He explained to them that you get what you pay for and a great DJ makes a great party, and likewise a bad DJ makes a bad party. You only get one chance to make your wedding party perfect. As it turned out, I knew quite a few of the guests from some of my nightclub work (and play) through the years. They group was on the dancefloor until the end, and being a mostly hiphop and old school group I got to play a lot of really great songs that aren't a part of your standard wedding soundtrack; Tribe Called Quest, EPMD, Notorious BIG it was a lot of fun for all of us.

Thank you to our friend Eddie at Studio 512 for the photos.

Azul in La Jolla

This was a one of a kind Irish wedding. They danced and had a great time, but the real highlight of the late afternoon, early evening wedding was... The groom's brother and best man didn't make it to San Diego, he was back in Chicago while his wife was having a baby boy. The day went beautifully and things couldn't have been better, except for the Best Man being 2000 miles away. My years in this industry have taught me to always think outside the box and find ways to go above and beyond to make memories for my clients.


I got the Best Man's cell phone number from the Father of the Groom, I called him to discuss my plan and told him I'd call him back on a land line at the Hospital to minimize any cellphone to cellphone interference. When it came time for the toast, the Maid of Honor spoke, the Father of the Bride spoke and even made reference to the Best man having not been able to make the trip and the birth of his son. When the toasts were finished I explained that I had a very special surprise for everyone and that I needed them to be very quite and that I had to step outside for better reception. I called the Best Man on the hospital room phone, put my cell phone on Speaker and held my wireless microphone to the speaker. The Best Man gave a great toast, and as he finished the groom walked out to find me so that he could speak with his brother directly. I was welcomed back into the dining area with a mixture of applause and heartfelt tears.

I love my job, I take being one San Diego's best entertainers very seriously. The look you see on the Groom's face was there all night.