Point Loma DJ – Creative Music DJs

Client: Danna Gunther
Venue: Personal Residence
Venue Address: Point Loma
Number of guests: 35+
Services Provided: DJ and Master of Ceremonies, Video Montage
Catering: Crown Point Catering

Danna Gunther contacted me a while back to DJ her daughter’s upcoming 21^st birthday at her home in Point Loma. Her daughter wanted a DJ, but was concerned about finding one that knew her favorite music. I suggested we meet, and arranged a meeting at their house where Danna, Olivia, Amy (Olivia’s older sister), and Jeff (Danna’s husband) would be present. We met and started talking about music, and by the end of meeting Olivia told her mom that she thought I would be perfect for the party.

While talking with Danna I showed her some other packages that I offer and she really liked the video montage idea, since she wanted to be able to give a copy of a video montage on DVD to Olivia for her birthday. I worked both the creation and projection into the contract, and they signed up.

On Olivia’s birthday, I arrived early and set up my system. I knew it was going to be an interesting night because Olivia’s favorite music wasn’t necessarily dance music, it was more along the lines of Jack’s Mannequin, The Fray, and Citizen Cope. I was told there would be no dancing, to which I replied, “OK, but let’s leave an area open just in case dancing begins.”

Catering was provided by Crown Point Catering, and the food was excellent.

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Working with Crown Point Catering

Several guests gave compliments on the music selection, and things went well. It started raining, but it was light and the guests were enjoying the atmosphere so much that they remained outside! As the night progressed, I started mixing club-versions (redrums) of some of Olivia’s requested songs, mixed with crowd-pleasers and even some oldies and current top-40. Ironically, the first person to start dancing was Danna, the one that had been adamant about the fact that ‘there will be no dancing’! Needless to say, dancing did happen, as I knew it would. While the party was going on, Olivia took a moment to pose with me. She looks amazing, doesn’t she?

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DJ Dennis J with the 21 year old Birthday girl, Olivia

After dinner and some light dancing, I made the announcement that we had prepared a special slideshow chronicling Olivia’s life from birth until now, and started the slideshow. The guests loved it. The lycra DJ screen is about 10’ wide, so the presentation was beautifully large as you can see here.

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Olivia's Presentation on my new DJ Screen

After the party was over, Olivia and her friends left in a limo to hit up bars in the Pacific Beach area (as any 21 year old would do) and I spent some time packing up and chatting with Danna and Jeff, who said everyone really loved the music and that they will be calling me for Jeff’s 60^th birthday party in a couple years. I took the opportunity to get a quick snapshot of my happy client.