Hidden Meadows Community Center

- Breanna Schlatter Sweet 16 Birthday Party

Client: Rick and Angela Schlatter
Venue: Hidden Meadow Community Center – Pavilion Room
Venue Address: 10141 Meadow Glen Way East, CA 92026
Number of guests: 70
Services Provided: Birthday DJ, enhanced dance floor lighting, emcee (raffle announcements and dance-contest)

It is always nice to have a change of pace, so this week we took a break from the weddings and corporate parties and instead DJ’d a sweet-16 birthday party for Breanna Schlatter and her friends.  Breanna’s father, Rick Schlatter, contacted me after Breanna’s mother, Angela, was referred to me by a local wedding planner who recommended us after working with us at a wedding. Angela said the wedding planner’s name was Liz, but was unable to recall Liz’s last name. We’re still hoping to find it out because we would like to thank her for the referral!

Their musical choices included mostly top-40, but they enjoyed the occasional Journey and Disturbed (yes, Disturbed!) song as well.

My camera was unavailable for the event so until the guests and/or host provide me with a picture or two I have nothing to show our viewers, but I can safely say that they enjoyed themselves and the entertainment we provided.

To segment the flow of the night, Breanna’s mom, Angela Schlatter, had us give away random prizes (ie. candy) by pausing every half-hour or so to select a raffle ticket from a cup and award one lucky winner with their choice of prizes.

As anyone who DJs teen parties knows, they love their top-40. But, the surprise genre of the night actually ended up being… techno! We’re not talking about the standard club electro house, or even relatively tame stuff by Cascada, we’re talking adrenaline-filled high-energy techno, such as Basshunter, Darude, and Alice DeeJay. This just goes to show you that the youth of today are not all top-40 drones, some actually go outside of the box and find classic music to enjoy as well!

Toward the end of the night, I was elected to judge a ‘dance-off’ contest. The contest consisted of one song (Good Girls Go Bad, by Cobra Starship) and each teen giving it their all to impress us with their dancing. The lucky winner ended up being Melissa (I never got her last name). Congratulations to Melissa for being the best dancer of the bunch!

All in all, it was great night. Kids enjoyed top-4o, sprinkled with mashups of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song, uptempo remixes of their current favs (Whatcha say by Jason Derulo), and even some classic rock such as Journey and the Beatles.

Happy birthday, Breanna, and thanks for having us as part of your wonderful birthday celebration!

For those that are interested in requests, here’s some of the requests I received before the night of the event:

Tootie Frooty – Prod by Polow Da Don
Down – Jay Sean
Kiss me through the phone – SoljaBoy
Dead and Gone – TI featuring Justin Timberlake
Africa – Karl Wolf
Just Dance – Lady Gaga
Poker Face – Lady Gaga
Right Around – Flo Rida
Day N Nite – Kid Cuddi
Obsessed – Mariah Carrey
Run this town – Jay – Z
Paparazzi – Lady Gaga
Single Ladies – Beyonce
Love Game – Lady Gaga
Love Lockdown – Kenye West
Heartless – Kenye West
Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas
I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas
Paper Planes – M.I.A
Its goin’ down – yung joc
This is why I am hot – MIMS
Bringing Sexy Back – Justin Timberlake
Get low – Lil Jon
Drop it low – Ester Dean
Lip Gloss – Lil Mama
Sweet Dreams – Beyonce
Hips Don’t Lie – Shakira
She Wolf – Shakira
“I know you want me” – Pitbull
Good girls go bad – Cobra Starship
Love Drunk – Boy like Girls
“Say Hey” – Michael Franti & Spearhead
“You Belong with me” – Taylor Swift
Watcha Say – Jason DeRub
“Party in the U.S.A – Miley Cyrus
You’re a Jerk – New boyz
Birthday Song – Happy Birthday – Beatles