Events
Hood River Oregon Wedding Crag Rat Hut
A venue offering one of the best views of Mt. Hood is Crag Rat Hut in Hood River and I had the opportunity to return there to be the DJ at Kim and Keenan’s wedding on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Under a bright blue sky, the ceremony began at 3pm.
Hood River Oregon Wedding Ceremony Highlights:
- Wedding Party & Bride Entrance: Danny Wright – Canon In D
- Bride/Groom Exit: Saint Motel – My Type
A cocktail hour outside followed the ceremony before guests made their way upstairs for dinner inside on the main floor. This area has a small built-in sound system with a cordless microphone and receiver. For background music, I connected my iPad and played a variety of “Instrumental love songs” and personal favorites as suggested by the bride and groom. The same playlist also played via my main sound system outside during this time.
Hood River Oregon Wedding Reception Highlights:
- Grand Entrance: Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
- Cake Cutting: James Taylor – How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
- First Dance: The Head and the Heart – Rivers and Roads (performed live by friends of the newlyweds)
- Bride and Father Dance: Leonard Cohen – Dance Me To The End Of Love
- Groom and Mother Dance: Il Divo – Mama
- Bouquet Toss: Beyonce – Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
- Last Dance: Jack Johnson – Better Together
The dance floor opened to everyone just after 7pm. There was still quite a bit of daylight until around 9pm, but as twilight set in, the energy really picked up and guests had a great time dancing to a variety of songs that focused on recent hit selections until 11pm.
Congratulations Kim and Keenan and thank you for choosing PRO DJs.
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
“We hired Rich for our July 2024 wedding and were very happy with his services. Any time we talked to Rich on the phone and in person, we knew that he would do a great job, which he did! On the day of the event he worked with our planner to cooorinate all announcements to keep things flowing and later kept the dancefloor going.” -Kim Stanley & Keenan Williamson
- Event Date: Wednesday, July 3, 2024
- Event Type: Wedding
- Event Location: Crag Rat Hut
- Event Staff: Rich Ellis
- Customer Service: Excellent
- Quality of Service: Excellent
- Responsiveness: Excellent
- Professionalism: Excellent
- Appearance: Excellent
- Flexibility: Excellent
- Would you recommend this service to others? Yes
Crag Rat Hut Wedding Hood River Oregon
Overlooking the surrounding valley with an incredible view of Mt. Hood, Laura and Sean’s wedding was held at Crag Rat Hut in Hood River, Oregon on Saturday, June 22, 2024.
The 5:30pm ceremony and dancing later were held outside on the large wraparound deck.
Crag Rat Hut Wedding Ceremony Highlights:
- Wedding Party Entrance: Radwimps – Katawaredoki (from “Your name” soundtrack)
- Bride Entrance: Joe Hisaishi – Reprise (from “Spirited Away” soundtrack)
- Bride/Groom Exit: Hoku – Perfect Day
Guests gathered for dinner inside the large event room on the main floor. This area has a small built-in sound system with a cordless microphone and receiver. For background music, I connected my iPad and played a variety of “romantic and fun, upbeat songs” as suggested by the bride and groom. The same playlist also played via my main sound system outside during this time.
Crag Rat Hut Wedding Reception Highlights:
- Grand Entrance: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing
- Cake Cutting: The Four Tops – I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
- First Dance: Rebelution – Settle Down Easy
- Bride and Father Dance: The Temptations – My Girl
- Groom and Mother Dance: Tim McGraw – Humble And Kind
- Bridal Party Dance: Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun
- Last Dance: Sixpence None The Richer – Kiss Me
- Exit Song: Semisonic – Closing Time
The temperature cooled down to the mid 70’s when the dance floor opened around 9pm and the guests did not waste any time enjoying their time outside as I played a little bit of everything… From classics like “Twist & Shout” and “Dancing Queen”, to more recent hits such as “Happy” and “Shut Up And Dance”.
The twilight with the mountain in the background made for a magical evening.
Congratulations Laura and Sean and thank you for choosing PRO DJs.
Summer Kickoff At Oregon Zoo Brew
PRO DJs once again had the priviledge of spinning the hits at the Oregon Zoo “Zoo Brew” with three DJs on Friday, June 7th and Saturday, June 8th, 2024.
DJ Rich Ellis worked the entry plaza while DJ Steve Marker performed in Polar Plaza. A third DJ was added at the last minute to Discovery Plaza when another entertainer fell ill. Thank you Gavin (The Aussie DJ) for helping out.
It was a fun weekend with great weather.
Jewish Wedding Reception Portland Oregon
Originally scheduled with PRO DJs for October 2023, then rescheduled for January 2024 before being rescheduled again, Ilene and Gergo were finally able to celebrate their wedding reception on Sunday, June 2, 2024 at Congregation Beth Israel in Portland, Oregon.
Following the ceremony in the main sanctuary, guests walked across the street to Goodman Hall for the reception where they arrived to a variety of background music selections that included artists Adele, Lauryn Hill, Motown hits and more.
Jewish Wedding Reception Highlights:
- Grand Entrance: Ruelle – I Get To Love You
- Cake Cutting: James Taylor – How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
- First Dance: Rousseau – All Of Me (John Legend Piano Cover)
- Garter Toss: Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
- Last Dance: Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes – (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life
After the couple’s First Dance, I invited everyone to join in for the opening slow dance before picking up the pace with “The Hora”. A mix of classic and recent songs followed, plus the newlyweds requests for 90’s hits from Ace of Base, Snap! and more.
Congratulations Ilene and Gergo and thank you for choosing PRO DJs.
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
“Rich was excellent! Very flexible and accommodating to our need to reschedule our wedding multiple times due to circumstances outside of our control. Friendly and professional services. Honored our requests and provided a fun atmosphere for our celebration!” -Ilene Schechter & Gergo Rezso
- Event Date: Sunday, June 2, 2024
- Event Type: Wedding
- Event Location: Portland, OR
- Event Staff: Rich Ellis
- Customer Service: Excellent
- Event Planning Process: Excellent
- Quality of Service: Excellent
- Responsiveness: Excellent
- Professionalism: Excellent
- Appearance: Excellent
- Flexibility: Excellent
- Value: Excellent
- Would you recommend this service to others? Yes
May The 4th Be With You At Star Wars Wedding In Portland
Star Wars fans Kenzie and Adam arrived for their wedding reception at Central Christian Church in Portland on May 4, 2024 through a tunnel of light sabers held by friends and family members before proceeding to dance their first dance, that concluded with the newlyweds engaging in a light saber duel.
Star Wars Wedding Reception Highlights:
- Grand Entrance: Ke$ha – Tik Tok
- First Dance: Bradley Marshall – Perfect For Me
- Cake Cutting: James Taylor – How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
- Father/Daughter Dance: Bob Carlisle – Butterfly Kisses
- Mother/Groom Dance: Mark Harris – Find Your Wings
- Mother/Bride Dance: JJ Heller – A Mother Like You
- Anniversary Dance: Joshua Kadison – Beautiful In My Eyes
- Last Dance: Tyler Shaw – Love You Still
There were many married couples in attendance, including me and my wife, who was also there since May 4th was our 28th wedding anniversary. We lasted several rounds of the Anniversary Dance, but were no match for the groom’s aunt and uncle, who were married the longest at 43 years.
For the dance floor, the bride and groom requested songs from Ed Sheeran and several from ABBA.
May the 4th be with you Kenzie and Adam and thank you for choosing PRO DJs.
Post Event Feedback:
“Thank you so much for taking the time out of your special day to make our day extra special! We won’t ever forget you… especially since we share the same anniversary now!” -Adam & Kenzie Wise
