Rich Ellis
Abby’s Bat Mitzvah Party Beth Israel Portland
Abby’s rockin’ Bat Mitzvah party took place at Congregation Beth Israel in Northwest Portland, Oregon on Saturday, November 10, 2018.
Guests arrived from the ceremony and Havdala held across the street around 6:20pm. I played a variety of background music selections during cocktails and the sit-down dinner from artists such as, Maroon 5, Imagine Dragons and Abby’s favorites, Bruno Mars and Pink.
During dinner, I got the games started for the kids by giving each of them a gold coin and letting them know the first three kids that bring me 10 coins will get a Starbucks gift card. With 50 kids attending, there was a lot of convincing going on and we got our three winners. I then led the kids in a rousing two rounds of the scavenger hunt and Coke & Pepsi before opening the dance floor to everyone with ‘The Hora’ and chair-raising.
After rolling a few older songs that seemed to be especially appreciated byr the adults, the dance floor became jam packed for “Uptown Funk,” “I Gotta Feeling,” Abby’s request for “Shake It Off” and more.
The Bat Mitzvah girl let me know she had a great time. Mazel Tov Abby and thank you mom Barbra for again choosing PRO DJs. I performed at sister Hannah’s Bat Mitzvah in 2014.
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
“2nd time we used Rich and will book him in 4 years for our 3rd family Bar Mitzvah.”
-Barbra (Abby’s Bat Mitzvah)
- Event Date: Saturday, November 10, 2018
- Event Type: Bat Mitzvah
- Event Location: Congregation Beth Israel
- Event Staff: Rich Ellis
- Quality of Customer Service via Telephone: Excellent
- Quality of Customer Service via Internet: Excellent
- Quality of Customer Service at Event: Excellent
- Friendliness of your Entertainer: Excellent
- Promptness of your Entertainer: Excellent
- Professionalism of your Entertainer: Excellent
- Entertainer’s Performance: Excellent
- Entertainer’s Appearance: Excellent
- System Appearance: Excellent
- Sound Quality: Excellent
- Overall Volume Levels: Excellent
- Music Selection: Excellent
- Incorporation of Your Requests: Excellent
- Lighting Effects: N/A
- Equipment Appearance: Excellent
- Overall Customer Service: Excellent
- Planning Assistance: Excellent
- Entertainer’s Cooperation with Other Vendors: Excellent
- Overall Performance Rating: Excellent
- Would you recommend this service to others? Yes
October Wedding Camas Meadows Golf Club
Nearly 80 guests attended Elyse and Kelby’s wedding Camas Meadows Golf Club on Saturday, October 13, 2018.
The weather was absolutely perfect for this time of year… sunshine and around 70 degrees for the ceremony that began at 3pm in the gazebo on the golf course. With my main sound system set-up for the reception, I used a second mixer and cordless lapel microphone to provide music and sound for the wedding.
Wedding Camas Meadows Golf Club Ceremony Highlights:
- Wedding Party Entrance: Kenny Chesney – Me & You
- Bride Entrance: Christina Perri – A Thousand Years
- Sand Ceremony: George Strait – Cross My Heart
- Bride/Groom Exit: Hunter Hayes – Wanted
Following the ceremony, guests walked up the hill to the tent near the parking lot for the reception. For background music, I played a variety of songs, that featured mostly country artists, such as Tim McGraw, Lady Antebelum and Zac Brown Band, as requested by the newlyweds. Immediate family, the wedding party and bride and groom stayed in the gazebo area for photos.
Wedding Camas Meadows Golf Club Reception Highlights:
- Grand Entrance: Stevie Wonder – Signed Sealed Delivered…
- Cake Cutting: Lonestar – Amazed
- First Dance: Temptations – My Girl
- Bride and Father Dance: Tim McGraw – My Little Girl
- Groom and Mother Dance: The Band Perry – Mother Like Mine
- Wedding Anniversary Dance: Alan Jackson – Remember When
- Bouquet Toss: Big & Rich – Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)
- Garter Toss: Maroon 5 – Sugar
- Last Dance: Blake Shelton – God Gave Me You
Between the cake cutting and first dance, Elyse and Kelby played the shoe game. The wedding anniversary dance opened the dance floor to everyone and featured multiple couples married over 40 years. It was still early when the dancing began, so there was some ebb and flow the first 30 minutes or so, but then the bride and groom joined in and the party was under way.
A good mix of favorites from the past like “Brown Eyed Girl” and “In The Mood” along with recent hit songs “Uptown Funk” and “Happy,” plus a request for “Cupid Shuffle” kept things moving.
Congratulations Elyse and Kelby, who were referred to us by Jamie at Camas Meadows. Best wishes and thank you for choosing PRO DJs.
B’nai Mitzvah At Broder Söder Portland Oregon
Rich Ellis had the honor of being the DJ at Max and Zadie’s B’nai Mitzvah celebration held at Broder Söder Scandinavian Restaurant in Portland, Oregon on Saturday, October 6, 2018.
As guests arrived at 5:30pm, I played background music that featured a variety of artists, from Adele and Imagine Dragons to Marvin Gaye and mom Annie’s request for some Grateful Dead.
During cocktails and dinner, a slideshow ran continously and shortly before dinner was a presentation from Zadie that included Havdalah.
Around 8pm, the dance floor opened with “The Hora” and dual chair raising. Most everyone joined in, lifting and celebrating the kids and their family.
Guests had a great time enjoying and dancing to classic and recent hit songs, such as “Stayin’ Alive”, “Uptown Funk”, “September”, “I Gotta Feeling” and more. I also rolled an EDM set for Max and Zadie’s favorite “Uptown Girl” from Billy Joel.
Mazel Tov Zadie and Max and thank you Annie and Paul for choosing PRO DJs, who attended and were referred to us by Yael’s Bat Mitzvah in March.
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
- Event Date: Saturday, October 6, 2018
- Event Type: Bar & Bat Mitzvah
- Event Location: Broder Söder, Portland, OR
- Event Staff: Rich Ellis
- Quality of Customer Service via Telephone: Excellent
- Quality of Customer Service via Internet: Excellent
- Quality of Customer Service at Event: Excellent
- Friendliness of your Entertainer: Excellent
- Promptness of your Entertainer: Excellent
- Professionalism of your Entertainer: Excellent
- Entertainer’s Performance: Excellent
- Entertainer’s Appearance: Excellent
- System Appearance: Excellent
- Sound Quality: Excellent
- Overall Volume Levels: Excellent
- Music Selection: Excellent
- Incorporation of Your Requests: Fair
- Lighting Effects: Excellent
- Equipment Appearance: Excellent
- Overall Customer Service: Excellent
- Planning Assistance: Excellent
- Entertainer’s Cooperation with Other Vendors: Excellent
- Overall Performance Rating: Excellent
- Would you recommend this service to others? Yes
PRO DJs’ Steve Marker was also in action on Saturday, October 6, 2018 at Elizabeth’s Bat Mitzvah held at the Courtyard by Marriott Portland City Center.
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
- Event Date: Saturday, October 6, 2018
- Event Type: Bat Mitzvah
- Event Location: Courtyard by Marriott Portland City Center, Portland, OR
- Event Staff: Steve Marker
- Quality of Customer Service via Telephone: Excellent
- Quality of Customer Service via Internet: Excellent
- Quality of Customer Service at Event: Excellent
- Friendliness of your Entertainer: Excellent
- Promptness of your Entertainer: Excellent
- Professionalism of your Entertainer: Excellent
- Entertainer’s Performance: Excellent
- Entertainer’s Appearance: Excellent
- System Appearance: Excellent
- Sound Quality: Excellent
- Overall Volume Levels: Excellent
- Music Selection: Excellent
- Incorporation of Your Requests: Fair
- Lighting Effects: Excellent
- Equipment Appearance: Excellent
- Overall Customer Service: Excellent
- Planning Assistance: Excellent
- Entertainer’s Cooperation with Other Vendors: Excellent
- Overall Performance Rating: Excellent
- Would you recommend this service to others? Yes
Waverley Country Club Milwaukie Wedding
It was a perfect early fall day for Kristin and Michael’s Waverley Country Club Milwaukie wedding on Monday, September 24, 2018. Under sunny skies and a comfortable high of 75 degrees, the ceremony was held outside on the lawn overlooking the Willamette River.
Waverley Country Club Milwaukie Wedding Ceremony Highlights:
- Wedding Party and Bride Entrance: Train – Marry Me
- Bride/Groom Exit: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Following the ceremony, most guests gathered on a nearby patio outside, but some made their way to the dining area where I had a second sound system setup for the reception. Background music was a variety of soft rock hits from artists such as Stevie Wonder, Coldplay, and bride and groom favorites, Supertramp, The Lumineers, Frank Sinatra and more.
Waverley Country Club Milwaukie Wedding Reception Highlights:
- Grand Entrance: Bruno Mars – Marry You
- Cake Cutting: Maroon 5 – Sugar
- First Dance: Elvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling In Love
- Bride and Father Dance: Van Morrison – Tupelo Honey
- Bouquet Toss: Michael Buble – Haven’t Met You Yet
- Garter Toss: Michael Jackson – P.Y.T.
- Last Dance: Semisonic – Closing Time
It may have been a Monday night, but judging by the dance floor, it certainly didn’t feel like it. Guests were in the mood for dancing and the floor filled quickly for the opening slow dance and the fun fast songs that followed, including requests for The Contours “Do You Love Me” and “Boogie Wonderland” from Earth, Wind & Fire.
This was a fun group who appeared to have a great time enjoying the hits from Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars and the Cupid Shuffle to Hall & Oates, Rick Astley and more.
Congratulations Kristin and Michael!
Bat Mitzvah DJ Shakes Up Neighborhood Bash
Zoe and her friends had a blast at her celebration party as Bat Mitzvah DJ Rich Ellis shook up the family home in Southwest Portland on Saturday, September 8, 2018.
While the adults enjoyed drinks and conversation in the dining room and back deck, the kids were the stars of this one and pretty much had the dance floor in the living room to themselves from the beginning.
There were also other activities, such as a henna tattoo artist in the basement, but Zoe and her friends would return time and again to dance to their favorite songs, plus play some games, including two insane rounds of “Coke & Pepsi” and the limbo.
The familiar beats couldn’t keep the adults away though and they hung in the foyer, watching the kids and dancing to few tracks. Zoe’s mom wasn’t sure if the chair raising would work (her dad was healing from a broken foot), but we found several strong people to carry the chair as everyone danced “The Hora.”
From there, the kids brought the house down for nearly two hours, dancing and getting crazy to current hits “I Like It” from Cardi B and Drake’s “In My Feelings,” plus recent favorites, “Can’t Hold Us,” “Cupid Shuffle,” “Hand Clap” and more.
Mazel Tov Zoe and thank you mom Rachel for again choosing PRO DJs. Rich was the DJ at brother Zach’s bar mitzvah in 2015.
