Bar Mitzvah
Portland Bar Mitzvah DJ At Tiffany Center
Mazel Tov Ethan! Portland DJ Rich Ellis performed at his Bar Mitzvah celebration on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at the Tiffany Center in Downtown Portland, Oregon.
Guests began arriving in the Crystal Ballroom on the 2nd floor around 6pm to a variety of background music that continued through cocktails and dinner.
As expected, the kids finished eating first and began to get a little restless. With the dining area positioned around the dance floor and Ethan’s mom hoping the background music could continue for the adults during dinner, I suggested taking the kids to an open area on the other side of the room to lead some games that did not require music. She agreed and about 30 young people had a great time with the football vs. soccer team race (Ethan loves both sports), Sharks and Minnows and a balloon stuffing contest.
I then returned to the stage and opened the dance floor with a mother/son dance (Fiddler on the Roof – Sunrise, Sunset) before launching into ‘The Hora’ and inviting everyone out to celebrate Ethan with the chair raising.
The party was off and running with both kids and parents dancing together the rest of the evening to everything from ‘Celebration’ to ‘Happy.’ There were also a lot of swing dancers with this group and they showed their stuff to ‘In The Mood’ and ‘Jump Jive ‘An Wail.’ A solid mix of classic hits and today’s best music kept everyone in a good mood and made for a fun evening.
Thank you mom Shira for choosing PRO DJs.
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
- Event Date: Saturday, May 9, 2015
- Event Type: Bar Mitzvah
- Event Location: Tiffany Center
- 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: 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
One Bar Mitzvah Two Portland DJs
Portland DJs Steve Marker and Rich Ellis both performed at Solomon’s Bar Mitzvah celebration on Saturday, January 18, 2014, at the Ecotrust building located in the Pearl District.
Instead of one big party for adults and parents together as is customary, our client decided to have Steve entertain the kids on the 3rd floor and Rich play music just for the adults on the 2nd floor.
All guests came together briefly for a toast to Solomon followed by dancing to ‘The Hora’ with chair raising and other Israeli dance favorites before the kids returned to their party and the adults danced to the classic hits, including the Rolling Stones, James Brown, Stevie Wonder and more.
The kids loved having their own party, but so did the adults. It worked out great and Solomon’s mom Rebecca let me know she really enjoyed the music.
“Thanks for doing such a great job at Solomon’s bar mitzvah!! Everyone had a fabulous time – especially us!! I have recommended ProDJ to all of our friends!!” -Rebecca (Solomon’s mom)
Thank you Andie Petkus Photography for sharing photos from this event.
Portland DJ Performs At Daytime Bar Mitzvah
Mazel Tov Sam! Portland DJ Rich Ellis performed at his Bar Mitzvah celebration on Saturday, September 28, 2013.
This may be the wettest September in recent memory and it was another soaker on this day, but fortunately we were inside the Gym at McMenamins Kennedy School in Portland, Oregon.
One positive thing about a cloudy, rainy day is the gloom outside can make it feel like a Saturday night inside. The guests at Sam’s Bar Mitzvah certainly partied like it was a Saturday night.
After a round of ‘Name That Tune’, I invited everyone out for an opening swing dance, followed by several other fun hit songs, including the ‘Cha Cha Slide’ that got everyone fired up for the dance floor.
The Bar Mitzvah boy and his family all took a chair-raising ride.
If you didn’t know what time it was, you would have never guessed it was about 3pm. Judging by the activity on the dance floor, it felt much later and everyone got down to a little bit of everything, including current hits ‘Can’t Hold Us’ and ‘Safe and Sound’, along with classics like ‘Stayin’ Alive’ and ‘Billie Jean’. Sam also got Rickrolled at his own Bar Mitzvah when his parents dedicated Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ to their son.
Thank you mom Asha for choosing PRO DJs.
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
- Event Date: Saturday, September 28, 2013
- Event Type: Bar Mitzvah
- Event Location: Kennedy School
- 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: Good
- Incorporation of Your Requests: Excellent
- 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
Portland Vancouver DJs For Any Event
A wide variety of events packed the PRO DJs schedule on Saturday, September 21, 2013. Our Portland Vancouver DJs performed everything from a corporate open house to an apartment complex tenant party, a Bar Mitzvah, school dance and even a last-minute wedding.
The day began with Rich at the Western Star Truck Plant Open House on Swan Island in North Portland. From 10am-4pm, he played a variety of music and made announcments, including raffle prize winners. The last day of Summer looked more like early November as the rain fell heavily for most of this event, but guests made the most of it and enjoyed the dunk tank and classic car show.
Immediately afterwards, Rich hustled over to the Village at Lovejoy Fountain apartments in downtown Portland for an end of Summer celebration held for all 800 residents, who were treated to a barbecue and a chance to win prizes, including $500 off their rent. This event was also held outside in the courtyard, but there was no rain for this one and everyone had a good time visiting and a doing little dancing. There wasn’t an official dance floor, but small groups broke out here and there to get down 🙂
Other events taking place this day included Steve performing at Jonah’s Bar Mitzvah at Irving Street Kitchen in Northwest Portland, Rhett at the Union High School Homecoming Dance in Vancouver, Washington and Li at Brittany and Kyle’s wedding at the Fort Vancouver Artillery Barracks also in Vancouver.
It was a full slate of events, but everything went smoothly. Portland Vancouver DJs from PRO DJs have experience performing at any type of event. You can count on us for consistent, reliable, high-quality service.
Hire a professional… your celebration will be so much better!
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
“Rich was awesome and I can’t thank him enough for all of his hard work in making our event successful. Everyone was really pleased and he really kept the event rolling – thank you Rich!” -Sabrina Miller, Village at Lovejoy Fountain
- Event Date: Saturday, September 21, 2013
- Event Type: Private Party
- Event Location: Village at Lovejoy Fountain
- 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
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
“This felt like an end of an era. Our last event for our family and the last celebration for Jonah’s class. We wouldn’t plan a party without Steve or Pro DJs. Thanks for everything!!” -Dana Sacks (Jonah Sacks Bar Mitzvah) – Portland, OR
- Event Date: Saturday, September 21, 2013
- Event Type: Bar Mitzvah
- Event Location: Irving Street Kitchen
- 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: 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
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
“Lee was fantastic we can’t thank him enough! We could not have imagined a better DJ for our wedding, he was punctual and friendly and made the whole experience better. He even attended our rehearsal just to make sure everyone was on the same page with what my husband and I envisioned. I will absolutely recommend Pro DJ’s for any event!” -Brittany Lore’ & Kyle Nordgran Wedding – Washougal, Washington
- Event Date: Saturday, September 21, 2013
- Event Type: Wedding
- Event Location: Fort Vancouver Artillery Barracks
- Event Staff: Li Sheng
- 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
Portland Bar Mitzvah At Havurah Shalom
Mazel Tov Lev! His Portland Bar Mitzvah celebration was classic and unique on Saturday, June 22, 2013, with his middle school jazz band performing a short set after a slide show presentation. Lev plays clarinet and with some friends playing piano and drums, they sounded great.
As guests arrived at Congregation Havurah Shalom in Northwest Portland, Oregon, adults gathered in the dining area and I had fun with the kids playing games Lev had requested, including a Scavenger Hunt, Balloon Stuffing Contest and Hula Hoop Circle Pass.
After a break for Havdalah, the video and jazz band performance, I invited guests back to the dance floor to celebrate Lev with ‘Hava Nagila’ and the chair raising, followed by other Israeli dance favorites, ‘Mayim Mayim’ and ‘Zemer Atik.’
The dance floor was hoppin’ the rest of the night for this Portland Bar Mitzvah with a little
bit of everything, including family favorites, ‘Celebration’ and ‘We Are Family’.
Lev was pretty wiped out by the end of the night, but let me know he had a great time 🙂 Thank you Sacha and Aaron for choosing me to be a part of his big day.
