I was fortunate enough to be part of a very unique wedding in Saratoga Foothill Club.  Typically, I also do the ceremony then the reception but they had that base covered. They got married indoors and the ceremony was in the reception hall. The officiate did not need a microphone and the pianist only played one song twice. He was practicing before the ceremony and it was the song Mad World from Donnie Darko.

 I was on at 5 but I wanted to set up before the pianist.  I put my speakers on each side of the stage then I taped down my cabling. Once the ceremony was done we moved the piano to the back of the stage. Bill was the venue overseer  and he was very helpful. He turned down the  lights when we were doing different events at the wedding. We did cocktail at that time and it was a mix of jazz and yacht rock. the dance

The couple did not want a grand entrance. They wanted a quick one minute first dance and the bride and groom danced for a minute then they danced with their parents. Eventually we did the toasts Then we played dinner music which consisted of jazz and soft rock.

We just had a bouquet toss and a married couple dance to see who was married the longest. Then they share their secret to a long happy marriage.

During the dance portion of the night we did Korean and Persian songs. We are not familiar with the music but we got their suggestions and made sure we had those picked songs.

  Birthday girl needed to have festive Spanish music but most of the night would be English. I was notified that I would be able to drive up the unload then drive back down to park. I made sure I left really early to avoid rushing anything. I was able to park down the street and climbed the driveway which was a long as a football field. It only took me 3 trips to bring everything up. It was hot but we were able to set up by the shaded area. I started up with old school and kept it old school till it was dance time.  I did play one track that was too danceable and the planner said not yet then I quickly changed out of it. Maybe I was too eager to get the party started but I just did quick mixing with old school classics. When it was dance time, it was time to play the Spanish music. In the middle of that we had to cut the cake and then it was speech time. There were numerous speeches of appreciation. Birthday girl had a 4-page letter thanking all the people who she wanted to acknowledge.

  My favorite part of the night was the 90s booty bass portion. MC Hammer and Ghost Town Djs. It seemed like the crowd was re living their college years! The guests were very appreciative and it was an overall good night. The hostess made me feel like a guest by always checking on me to see if I needed anything.

Saratoga Elementary family night 2023 is always a blast! Kids running and dancing everywhere with many food trucks to choose from. We enjoyed many family friendly hits including some kid favorites like Gummy bear, old school hits from Michael Jackson, baby shark, 24k magic by Bruno mars, and many more!

What makes it fun is the music for the whole families and how competitive it is with all the games we play. We do set up musical chairs and the students can not get enough of that. We also hold a hula hoop contest for the boys and girls.  Seems like with every event we do there they do something bigger. This time they had food trucks and even the fire station was representing.  The whole family comes to the event and everyone truly enjoyed themselves. Mom and dad are there with siblings were there and it was the place to be.