Bat Mitzvah
The Breathe Building Portland Bat Mitzvah
Charlotte’s Bat Mitzvah celebration was held on Saturday, July 30, 2022 at The Breathe Building in Southeast Portland. It was a hot one outside with the temperature near 100 degrees, but fortunately the party was mostly inside the air conditioned room.
I played about 30 minutes of background music before entertaining the kids with games, including a scavenger hunt, musical chairs, Coke and Pepsi and a limbo competiton.
The dining tables were setup outside, but that area was starting to receive some shade by dinner time. Afterwards, everyone came back inside for a toast from the guest of honor’s parents before I opened the dance floor with “Hava Nagila”. The traditional chair raising of Charlotte and her parents followed.
From there, parents and kids had a great time dancing to hit songs such as “Uptown Funk” and “Dynamite”, plus the family’s requests for classics “YMCA” and “Dancing Queen”.
Mazel Tov Charlotte and thank you mom, Deborah for choosing PRO DJs.
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
“Rich kept the party going and read the crowd well–he facilitated an amazing time!”
-Deborah Wise (Charlotte’s Bat Mitzvah)
- Event Date: Saturday, July 30, 2022
- Event Type: Bat Mitzvah
- Event Location: Breathe Building
- 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
Bat Mitzvah The Eleanor Downtown Portland
Audrey’s Bat Mitzvah celebration was held on Saturday, June 18, 2022 at The Eleanor Downtown Portland, Oregon.
The synagogue was only three blocks away and most guests walked to the venue following the service. Upon arrival, background music was playing from a variety of artists including Adele, Glass Animals and Elton John.
Audrey chose not to have any games, so it was just one big dance party that launched with everyone participating for “Hava Nagila” and the traditional chair raising.
Many adults were dancing early in the evening, but at some point the kids took over and never stopped as they enjoyed mostly recent hit songs along with Audrey’s requests for Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Ke$ha, Taylor Swift and more.
Mazel Tov Audrey and thank you mom Amy for choosing PRO DJs.
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
“Rich, Thank you for being so great to work with and for doing such a great job at our daughter’s event. It all went really great!” -Amy Rosenberg (Audrey’s Bat Mitzvah)
- Event Date: Saturday, June 18, 2022
- Event Type: Bat Mitzvah
- Event Location: The Eleanor
- 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
Bat Mitzvah DJ Lake Oswego Lake Theater & Cafe
Bat Mitzvah DJ Steve Marker performed at Gabi’s Bat Mitzvah celebration on June 4, 2022, at the Lake Theater & Cafe in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
“It was an awesome event, (Steve) did a fantastic job. Thank you!!” -Amy Kaplan (Gabi’s Bat Mitzvah) – Lake Oswego, OR
- Event Date: June 4, 2022
- Event Type: Bat Mitzvah
- Event Location: Lake Theater & Cafe
- 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: 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
Talia’s Urban Studio Portland Bat Mitzvah
Along with her friends, Talia was really excited for her Urban Studio Portland Bat Mitzvah celebration held on Saturday, May 28, 2022.
As guests gathered in the bar area above the main room or sat at their tables, I played about 45 minutes of background music before entertaining the kids with games, including “Name That Tune”, a scavenger hunt and one of the best limbo competitions. I was told ahead of time that Talia was really good at the limbo, but the finalists also included her mom and one other adult.
Dinner followed in the main room and then a speech from the guest of honor’s parents. Next, I opened the dance floor with the vocal version of “Hava Nagila” which led to the chair raising of Talia and her parents.
The theme was “Hawaiian” and cool accent lighting projected palm trees in each corner of the main room. At some point, the large garage door was opened to reveal a shaved ice truck which understandably drew many away from the dance floor, but only temporarily. Adults and kids danced the night away to the big hits, such as “Happy”, “Hey Ya” and “Cupid Shuffle,” plus the family’s requests for classics “Dancing Queen” and “Celebration”.
Mazel Tov Talia and thank you mom and dad, Jill and Mike for choosing PRO DJs.
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
“Rich was so easy to work with-very friendly and accommodating of all of our requests. He did a wonderful job keeping everyone entertained with fun games and great music!” -Jill Andreyuk (Talia’s Bat Mitzvah)
- Event Date: Saturday, May 28, 2022
- Event Type: Bat Mitzvah
- Event Location: Urban Studio
- 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: Good
- 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
Bat Mitzvah Party Laurelhurst Club Portland
DJ Rich Ellis had the opportunity to perform at Anya’s Bat Mitzvah Party at the Laurelhurst Club in Portland, Oregon on Saturday, May 14, 2022.
The ceremony was also held in the same venue from 4:30pm to just after 6:00pm. Since I was setting up in the same area where most of the guests were seated for the ceremony, I waited outside with the caterer so we could quickly come inside and setup as the room was being turned for the reception.
I had background music playing by 6:40pm. After about 30 minutes of that, many guests had already started dancing.
We then took a 20 minute break for toasts before restarting the dance floor with “The Hora” that got everyone else out of their chairs to begin a great night of dancing.
The floor was busy for nearly every song from start to finish and the 60+ guests in attendance brought the energy for big hit songs “Happy”, “Uptown Funk” and “Party In The USA”, plus the family’s requests for “Dancing Queen”, “Burning Down The House” and “Hey Ya”.
Mazel Tov Anya and thank you mom Shelley for choosing PRO DJs.
