Events
Riley Family Celebration At Corvallis Wedding
Corvallis Wedding DJ Rich Ellis had the opportunity to perform at Kate and Mark’s wedding and reception on Saturday, July 16, 2016 at the bride’s family home in Corvallis, Oregon.
After returning from his new home in Lincoln, Nebraska, former Oregon State University head football coach Mike Riley appreciated the mild weather for his daughter’s wedding.
The ceremony was held in an open grass area to the West of the main residence. I was able to provide music and sound for the microphones from my main set-up just over a row of bushes next to the house and the audio filled that area perfectly.
Corvallis Wedding Ceremony Highlights:
- Wedding Party Entrance: Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends
- Bride Entrance: Josh Garrels – Heaven’s Knife
- Communion: Acoustic Live Song by Family Friend
- Bride/Groom Exit: Stevie Wonder – Signed Sealed Delivered
The reception was primarily held in the backyard. However, I was setup closer to the front yard, which turned out to be the ideal spot for dancing later on. For background music, I setup an extra speaker in the backyard and per the request of Kate and Mark played a mix of Motown, Beatles, Beach Boys, and Blues, that included selections from the Temptations, Van Morrison and other similar artists.
Corvallis Wedding Reception Highlights:
- First Dance: Keb Mo – Life is Beautiful
- Bouquet Toss: Beyonce – Love on Top
- Garter Toss: DJ Khaled – All I Do Is Win
It was a beautiful, comfortable evening and the backyard looked like the place to be, but many guests were ready to expend some energy and took off dancing right away when the dance floor opened to everyone following the first dance.
As the sun set, the younger guests had a wild time movin’ and shakin’ to a setlist that featured mostly recent hits, such as ‘Uptown Funk,’ ‘Can’t Hold Us,’ ‘Shut Up and Dance’ and more.
As I was getting ready to leave at the end of the night, I appreciated the immediate feedback from Coach Riley, who told me “you’re a good DJ!” This was a fun group and I am glad everyone had a great time.
Congratulations Kate and Mark and thank you for choosing PRO DJs.
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
“Rich was referred to us by a good friend and he was just awesome. Thanks for everything.”
-Kate Riley & Mark Dillon
- Event Date: Saturday, July 16, 2016
- Event Type: Wedding & Reception
- Event Location: Corvallis, 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: 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
DJ Revs Up Bat Mitzvah At The Circus Project
Zoe and her friends had a great time at her Bat Mitzvah celebration held at The Circus Project in Northwest Portland on Saturday, July 23, 2016.
The Circus Project is Portland’s training center for contemporary circus arts and this was the first private party ever to take place there. With that in mind, there were several contortionists performing on tables throughout the venue, showcasing their skills of extreme physical flexibility.
While the parents engaged in conversation and dined downstairs, the kids had the entire upstairs to themselves and they had a great time playing games, such as the scavenger hunt, dancing to their favorite hit songs and doing the limbo.
Mazel Tov Zoe and thank you Susan and David for choosing PRO DJs.
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
“Rich was great!” -Susan Greenberg (Zoe’s Bat Mitzvah)
- Event Date: Saturday, July 23, 2016
- Event Type: Bat Mitzvah
- Event Location: The Circus Project
- 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: Good
- 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: Good
- Overall Customer Service: Good
- Planning Assistance: Excellent
- Entertainer’s Cooperation with Other Vendors: Good
- Overall Performance Rating: Excellent
- Would you recommend this service to others? Yes
Zoe’s Rocking Bat Mitzvah Party At Beth Israel
Zoe’s rocking Bat Mitzvah party took place at Congregation Beth Israel in Northwest Portland, Oregon on Saturday, May 28, 2016.
Zoe was loaded with energy and had no fear of public speaking as she asked for my microphone to announce dinner. She also worked the room by making the rounds to reveal the table raffle winners of some her favorite books. If she ever decides to be a DJ, I told her “she’s hired” 🙂
Following dinner, the guest of honor’s parents toasted their daughter. I then led the kids in a rousing two rounds of the scavenger hunt before opening the dance floor to everyone with ‘The Hora’ and chair-raising.
After spinning a few older songs for the adults, the dance floor became jam packed for ‘Uptown Funk,’ ‘Party Rock Anthem’ and more.
Zoe and her friends really love pop rock songs from the last decade such as tracks from Fall Out Boy, Green Day and Panic at the Disco. I was playing the music loud for the dance floor, but the kids were singing so loud, it wasn’t loud enough. They sounded great and had a lot of fun belting out their favorites.
As we neared the end, they brought nearly every balloon bouquet in the room to the dance floor that made this wild night look even more festive.
Mazel Tov Zoe and thank you mom Jaime for choosing PRO DJs.
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
“Rich did a wonderful job–so pleasant, easy to work with, nice. He was very accommodating letting my daughter have the microphone! The kids loved the scavenger hunt game. Kids were on the dance floor until the event ended. Great music choices.” -Jaime Kean (Zoe’s Bat Mitzvah)
- Event Date: Saturday, May 28, 2016
- 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
Portland DJ Rocks Union High School Prom
Portland DJ PRO DJs had the opportunity to perform at the Union High School Prom held at McMenamins Crystal Ballroom in Downtown Portland, Oregon on Saturday, April 16, 2016.
Guests began entering the room right at 8pm, but it didn’t take long for the crowd of over 500 students to crank up the energy. About 25 minutes in, the dance floor was packed for the ‘Cupid Shuffle.’
Everyone appeared to enjoy the current hot hits and recent favorites, such as ‘Cake By The Ocean,’ ‘My House,’ ‘NO,’ and more.
The theme was ‘Moonlight Rendevous’ and after the King and Queen were crowned around 10pm, the court then danced to ‘Fly Me To The Moon’ by Frank Sinatra. More fun dance music then kept most everyone there until the very end… ‘Watch Me’, ‘Turn Down For What’, ‘Me, Myself & I’ and more.
Big Time Bat Mitzvah Party At The Chart House
Portland Disc Jockey Rich Ellis had the opportunity to perform at Ella’s Bat Mitzvah Party on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at The Chart House Restaurant in Portland, Oregon.
The celebration took place on the lower level and filled quickly with nearly 100 guests. As they arrived, I played a mix of vocal jazz, such as Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra, as requested by the family.
About 40 minutes later, the kids started to get a little restless, so I switched to some contemporary hits, including ‘Cake By The Ocean’ and the new Meghan Trainor smash, ‘No’. Over the next 15 minutes, we also played several rounds of ‘Name That Tune’ and managed to get in a limbo before dinner.
Following dinner was a slide show and toast from Ella’s parents. I then invited everyone out to dance to ‘The Hora’ and celebrate the bat mitzvah girl and her family with the traditional chair raising. The ceiling was very low, especially with the even lower beams, but fortunately nobody bumped their head 🙂 Most everyone joined hands and circled the small space to create a raging Saturday night dance party from the opening number.
The floor was packed for nearly every song from start to finish and friends and family brought the energy for the big hit songs, ‘Happy,’ ‘Uptown Funk,’ ‘Watch Me (Whip Nae Nae)’ and more.
Mazel Tov Ella and thank you Fred and Sharon for choosing PRO DJs.
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
- Event Date: Saturday, April 9, 2016
- Event Type: Bat Mitzvah
- Event Location: Chart House
- Event Staff: Rich Ellis
- Quality of Customer Service via Telephone: Excellent
- Quality of Customer Service via Internet: Good
- 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
