Portland Wedding DJ: Jaclyn & Haggai (11/16/13)

Published November 17, 2013 | By Rich Ellis

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