Mazel Tov Ava! Portland Bat Mitzvah DJ Rich Ellis performed at her celebration on Saturday, May 17, 2014 at Holocene in Southeast Portland.
 

 
The reception began at 12:30pm and while the daylight outside gave it away, if you didn’t know what time it was, it might have felt like a Saturday night.
 
Following lunch and as expected, the kids were feeling a little restless, so I switched up the music to mostly current hits, along with many of Ava’s favorite songs and they got right to it… dancing and getting their pictures taken in the photo booth.
 


 
Next, the family toasted Ava on her big day and she spoke as well before I invited everyone out to the dance floor for ‘The Hora’ and chair raising.
 


 
Guests had a great time dancing to hit songs from Michael Jackson, Bruno Mars, Pharrell Williams and more.
 





 
Over the final hour, the kids had a great time doing the limbo and Ava’s request for a hula hoop contest was a big hit. The day ended with a heavy dose of her favorite songs.
 


 
Thank you Snap Pixel Pop Photography for sharing photos from this event..
 
Post Event Feedback:
 
“Hi Rich! We had guests all through the week last week and I am finally getting to my emails and thank you’s! It was such a wonderful party at the Holocene for Ava’s Bat Mitzvah and we thank you so much for DJ-ing and playing great music! Ava, her friends, and all of us had a blast with all the dancing and games. You were wonderful to work with and I will be sure to go online this week and complete the customer survey 🙂 Thank you again!”  -Lolly
 
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
 
“Rich was wonderful to work with and helped make our daughter’s Bat Mitzvah party a fabulous event! He is professional, fun and engaging and experienced with the kind of event we had. We would highly recommend him and ProDJ’s!”  -Lolly Jamerson

• Event Date: Saturday, May 17, 2014
• Event Type: Bat Mitzvah
• Event Location: Holocene
• 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

 

Mazel Tov Hannah! Portland Bat Mitzvah DJ Rich Ellis performed at her celebration on Saturday, May 3, 2014 in Cheatham Hall at the World Forestry Center in Portland.
 
The evening began with a cocktail hour inside the Discovery Museum, where everyone was also able to view the exhibits. At 7pm, all guests walked over to Cheatham Hall for dinner. A welcome toast from Hannah’s parents, Barbra and Adam followed and then a video slideshow, where I played 2 songs live to the scrolling pictures… Five for Fighting ‘100 Years’ and Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.’
 
After the video, I invited everyone to the dance floor for ‘The Hora’ and chair raising, before continuing on with a variety of fun music all could enjoy, including songs from Michael Jackson and One Direction. The ‘Cha Cha Slide’ and Pharrell’s current big hit ‘Happy’ were also well received.
 
Around 9:30, we stopped the music briefly for the cake cutting and to sing ‘Happy Birthday’. I then led the kids through some games, including a scavenger hunt and a limbo contest. The rest of the evening featured music from Hannah’s request list, such as Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and her number one favorite, Avril Lavigne.
 
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
 
“Everything was great.”  -Adam Fisher

• Event Date: Saturday, May 17, 2014
• Event Type: Bat Mitzvah
• Event Location: Holocene
• 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
• Is there anything specific we can improve on? Nope, everything was great.
• Would you recommend this service to others? Yes

 
Mazel Tov Sarah! Portland Bat Mitzvah DJ Rich Ellis performed at her celebration on Saturday, March 15, 2014 at Quartet Restaurant located on the waterfront near downtown Portland.
 
The windows stretching from floor to ceiling provided a perfect view of the Willamette River and I-5 Bridge nearby.
 



 
The heavily-walked river trail outside also provided passersby a great view inside, especially with the open door to the patio exposing the blaring music to draw attention to the fun happening inside.
 
The kids had a great time playing games, including a scavenger hunt and ‘Name That Tune.’ Sarah and her friends also danced together, in one large group most of the afternoon… they were loving the latest hits from Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, Macklemore and more.
 

 
Thank you mom Michelle for choosing PRO DJs.
 

 
On Saturday, October 5, 2013, Bat Mitzvah DJs performed at two events happening 85 miles apart with Portland DJ Rich Ellis at Taliana’s Bat Mitzvah held at the Treasury Historic Ballroom in the basement of the U.S. Bank Building in downtown Portland and Corvallis DJ Steve Marker at Lara’s Bat Mitzvah held at Oregon State University in the Ch2m Hill Alumni Center.
 
About 30 minutes after guests arrived at Taliana’s Bat Mitzvah, Rich began entertaining the kids with games, including ‘Name That Tune’ and a Scavenger Hunt.
 
There was a lot on the event itineary for this one, beginning with Rabbi Zuckerman leading everyone through Havdalah. Taliana then talked about and introduced family and friends during her Candle Lighting Ceremony. Next, the cake was brought out and while the kids surrounded the cake for a photo, they all began to sing along to ‘The Climb’ from Miley Cyrus (requested by mom).
 
A video montage followed and then about 10 people who were in the know, surprised everyone with a Flash Mob dance to ‘Footloose’.
 

 
This fired up the crowd and was the perfect lead-in to ‘Hava Nagilia’ and the chair raising.
 

 
The dance floor was hoppin’ from then on with a heavy dose of current hits and some fun group dances.
 

 
A late-night limbo also broke out with many of the adults joining in and doing quite well 🙂

Mazel Tov Taliana!
 
“My daughter was very excited to have Rich as her DJ, because she had been to other parties where he had DJ’d and really liked him. He was great for her party! He kept the kids going and having fun. There was never a dull moment. I never had to worry about anything, because he took care of it. He played all the music selections requested and had it all down perfectly. I’m so glad we were able to get him. As soon as we secure a date (in five years) for the next Bat Mitzvah – We want Rich!” -Shoshana Gordon
 
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:

• Event Date: Saturday, October 5, 2013
• Event Type: Bat Mitzvah
• Event Location: Treasury Ballroom
• 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