Portland DJ Performs At Daytime Bar Mitzvah

Published September 28, 2013 | By Rich Ellis

Mazel Tov Sam! Portland DJ Rich Ellis performed at his Bar Mitzvah celebration on Saturday, September 28, 2013.

This may be the wettest September in recent memory and it was another soaker on this day, but fortunately we were inside the Gym at McMenamins Kennedy School in Portland, Oregon.

One positive thing about a cloudy, rainy day is the gloom outside can make it feel like a Saturday night inside. The guests at Sam’s Bar Mitzvah certainly partied like it was a Saturday night.

After a round of ‘Name That Tune’, I invited everyone out for an opening swing dance, followed by several other fun hit songs, including the ‘Cha Cha Slide’ that got everyone fired up for the dance floor.

The Bar Mitzvah boy and his family all took a chair-raising ride.

If you didn’t know what time it was, you would have never guessed it was about 3pm. Judging by the activity on the dance floor, it felt much later and everyone got down to a little bit of everything, including current hits ‘Can’t Hold Us’ and ‘Safe and Sound’, along with classics like ‘Stayin’ Alive’ and ‘Billie Jean’. Sam also got Rickrolled at his own Bar Mitzvah when his parents dedicated Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ to their son.

Thank you mom Asha for choosing PRO DJs.

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