Unless thick fog has settled in, there are no bad views from the 30th floor of the U.S. Bancorp Tower in downtown Portland where Christine and Matthew were married on Saturday, March 8, 2004.
 
The intimate ceremony was held just down the hall from the Portland City Grill restaurant and with about 65 guests in attendance, felt like Christine and Matthew were exchanging vows in somebody’s living room… except for the stellar views all around of the city outside.
 


 
Wedding DJ Ceremony Highlights:

• Wedding Processional: O’Neill Brothers – All I Ask of You
• Bride Entrance: John Barry – Somewhere in Time/A Day Together
• Bride/Groom Exit: Vitamin String Quartet – Can’t Help Falling In Love

For the reception, the walls were opened to reveal a classic looking bar and black and white checkered dance floor. Christine requested “upbeat, light-hearted, soft music,” both vocals and instrumentals for background music, including favorites Tony Bennett, Eric Clapton, and Michael Bublé,
 

 
Wedding DJ Reception Highlights:

• Grand Entrance: Heavy D & the Boyz – Now That We Found Love
• Cake Cutting: Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On Me
• First Dance: Tony Bennett – The Way You Look Tonight
• Bride and Father Dance: Frank Sinatra – Young At Heart
• Groom and Mother Dance: Rascal Flatts – My Wish
• Bouquet Toss: Dixie Chicks – You Can’t Hurry Love
• Garter Toss: Corey Hart – Sunglasses At Night

That checkered dance floor filled quickly for the opening slow dance. It was so full, some couples just found a space between the tables nearby so they wouldn’t miss out 🙂
 


 
Guests were enjoying the fast music too… dancing to big hits from Michael Jackson, Maroon 5, Beyonce and more.
 


 
Thank you Christine and Matthew for choosing PRO DJs and best wishes in your new life together.
 

 

 
Vancouver WA Wedding DJ Rich Ellis was the host for Erica and Justin’s wedding and reception held at Royal Oaks Country Club on Saturday, February 22, 2014.
 
Ceremony Highlights:

• Wedding Processional: Jonathan Firey – Canon In D
• Bride Entrance: Train – Marry Me
• Bride/Groom Exit: Ray Lamontagne – You Are The Best Thing

 
A throwback to the ‘Great Gatsby’ era set the tone for the reception early as the newlyweds requested a mix of classics from the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s from Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Billie Holiday and others for the cocktail hour.
 

 
Vancouver WA Wedding DJ Reception Highlights:

• Grand Entrance: Frank Sinatra – Come Fly With Me
• Cake Cutting: Natalie Cole – This Will Be
• First Dance: Etta James – At Last
• Bride and Father Dance: Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World
• Groom and Mother Dance: Fleetwood Mac – Landslide
• Bouquet Toss: Dusty Springfield – Wishin’ & Hopin’
• Garter Toss: Nelly – Hot In Herre
• Last Dance Song: Lumineers – Ho Hey

For his toast, the Father of the Bride created a rap video that was a huge hit and received a thunderous applause from the 150 guests in attendance. The energy in the room was amazing and the packed dance floor that spilled over for many of the songs, reflected that as guests got down to everything from The Beatles ‘Twist & Shout’ to Beyonce’s ‘Single Ladies’.
 

 
Congratulations to Erica and Justin and thank you for choosing PRO DJs.
 

 
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
 
“Rich really made our special day perfect. My wife and I could not have asked for anyone more professional and in tune with his job and reading the atmosphere of the crowd.., Rich had this party going so well that we asked him to stay an hour later and he had no problem with that. Rich was a professional from head to toe and I will be hiring him for my future business events. I would recommend Rich to anyone looking for an amazing event.”  -Justin Johnson

• Event Date: Saturday, February 22, 2014
• Event Type: Wedding & Reception
• Event Location: Royal Oaks Country Club
• 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

 
The Northwest Winter has been a dry one and the snowpack is low, but it made travel to Kathryn and Cesar’s wedding Timberline Lodge a snap for everyone attending.
 

 
It was a beautiful day and guests who arrived from as far away as Peru were treated to a special evening at one of Oregon’s most iconic locales in the Raven’s Nest.
 
Wedding Timberline Lodge Ceremony Highlights:

• Wedding Processional: Seating of the Mothers (Schubert – Ava Maria) Wedding Party (Mozart – Laudate Dominum)
• Bride Entrance: Bach – Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
• Bride/Groom Exit: Handel – Horn Pipe

 
Following the wedding, everyone went downstairs for cocktails near the famous lodge fireplace. During this time, the Raven’s Nest was flipped for the reception and dinner and I moved my sound system to where the ceremony had taken place which also served as the dance floor.
 

 
Wedding Timberline Lodge Reception Highlights:

• First Dance: Aventura – Solo Por Un Beso Letra
• Father/Bride & Mother/Groom Dance: Israel Kamakawiwo’ole – Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Music for dancing featured a wide variety of genres, including Oldies, Top 40, Country and Latin.
 

 
Kathryn let me know early on that her guests liked to dance and they had a great time movin’ to the hits… everything from The Beatles to Earth, Wind & Fire, Marc Anthony to Daddy Yankee. For the guests visiting from Peru, I learned one of the biggest American classic hits in their country is the Pointer Sisters ‘I’m So Excited’.
 

 
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
 
“When I hired Rich, I was looking for a DJ with a great reputation, who would get the job done. I had no idea what type of music I wanted, and gave Rich very little direction. Rich turned out to be the best choice for my wedding, and went beyond expectations to make the wedding a blast. Our guests came from four different continents, with different music preferences, and Rich was able to find the perfect mix of international songs that kept people dancing until the last song. I have never seen a wedding where so many people stayed and danced until the very end. Rich has preternatural ability to read a crowd and keep them dancing. He did an amazing job, and I would recommend him to anyone who wants a great party.”  -Kathryn Leen & Cesar Oviedo

• Event Date: Saturday, January 4, 2014
• Event Type: Wedding & Reception
• Event Location: Timberline Lodge
• 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

 
The luxurious The Nines Hotel in downtown Portland, Oregon was the site of Jaclyn and Haggai’s wedding ceremony and reception on Saturday, November 16, 2013.
 
The formal ballroom on the 6th floor was split temporarily for the traditional Jewish ceremony led by Rabbi Zuckerman.
 

 
Portland Wedding DJ Ceremony Highlights:

• Wedding Party Entrance (Processional): Beatles – Here, There & Everywhere
• Bride Entrance: Eyal Golan – Meleat Ahava
• Bride/Groom Exit: Austin Powers Theme Song

Following the ceremony, guests gathered in the lobby for cockails while the ballroom was resent for dinner. I had a set-up a second sound system in the lobby and put together a setlist in advance to provide music during the cocktail hour. I then moved my main sound system used for the ceremony to the riser near the dance floor to complete my set-up for the reception.
 
Portland Wedding DJ Reception Highlights:

• Grand Entrance: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/Ray Dalton – Can’t Hold Us
• Cake Cutting: MGMT – Electric Feel
• First Dance: Meir Ariel – Lo Yachol Lehorid Mimench Et HaEy
• Bouquet Toss: Beyonce – Single Ladies

During the first dance, I found it comical that most guests were on one side of the dance floor with their phone cameras taking pictures… they looked like the paparazzi. I was a little late taking the photo, but you get the idea 🙂
 

 
After their first dance, we got right to the celebration with ‘The Hora’ and the chair raising that followed. All seats were vacant as all 150+ guests joined in the fun.
 


 
The dance floor never let up the rest of the night and guests got down to the big hits, including ‘Twist & Shout’, ‘Single Ladies’, ‘Sexyback’ and more. The newlyweds also requested some classic 80’s that went over well, including Blondie’s ‘Heart of Glass’ and A-ha ‘Take On Me.’
 

 
Mazel Tov! Jaclyn and Haggai and thank you for choosing PRO DJs.
 
Post Event Satisfaction Survey:
 
“Hi Rich, Haggai and I just wanted to say thank you again for DJing our wedding! You were awesome to work with and everyone had so much fun dancing all night and they loved all of the music. You thought of everything and it went so smoothly! Thank you so much again, we could not have done it without you!”  -Jaclyn Rubinchik & Haggai Dziesietnik
 
“Once again Pro DJ’s came through and provided an excellent entertainment experience.” 
-Richard Hurwitz

• Event Date: Saturday, November 16, 2013
• Event Type: Wedding & Reception
• Event Location: Nines Hotel
• 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