Pacific Ridge School – Halloween School Dance

Client: Amy Wasserman
Venue Type: School
Venue Address: 6260 El Fuerte Street, Carlsbad, CA 92009
Number of guests: 120+
Services Provided: Dance (mostly top-40) music, premium dance floor lighting, wired microphone

Pacific Ridge School celebrated Halloween with a Friday night school dance, and Creative Music DJs was sub-contracted to provide the entertainment.
For those that do not know the location of Pacific Ridge School, let me tell you, it’s not easy to find in the dark! Our GPS took us to the side of a hill, which we apparently would need to go off-roading on in order to reach the school. Well, even though we have a Ford F-250 diesel truck, we were towing a trailer full of equipment that didn’t seem like it would do well in an off-road scenario, so we opted to find another route. After driving around a bit, we found a way around the hill and made it to the school.

The staff of Pacific Ridge School are very pleasant and helpful. The night security officer in specific was very helpful and friendly, and even helped bring some equipment in. While setting up, we attached an iPod to one of our powered speakers and started a playlist of spooky halloween sounds just to get the kids in the mood for the evening.

The kids were very excited to dance, several of which commenting on just that as we was setting up. Amy had not requested fog, just premium lighting, so we went with an assorted display of Vue IIIs, Mystiques, and a Galaxian laser.

The floor was packed all night, despite the fact that there were booths going on outside the dance room. Kids are notorious for letting DJs know when they like something, and this group was no exception. You could hear the exclamations of excitement when the songs they loved were played, as well as their thrills when a smooth transition was made into a song they had requested.

We set up a request form on the side of the DJ booth table, and kids were directed to write their requests into it. Next to each song, we would put a symbol, one meaning “we will not play this because of language”, another “we will not play this because of content”, and another meaning, “yes, expect this soon!”. In this way, we gave instant feedback and avoided repeat requests.

After the dance, we chatted with the students while tearing down equipment and received good feedback from them. We also talked with Amy and asked her to fill out a comment card, which she did, checking “excellent” in the area which asks for performance review. She also thanked us for maintaining clean versions all night long. There’s no doubt that this school dance was a success, and that the students will be talking favorably about it for weeks to come.

Thanks to Amy Wasserman, Primo DJs (for the referral), and the students and staff of Pacific Ridge School for inviting us to be a part of their halloween dance!

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