Toby’s Bar Mitzvah

 
The Mittleman Jewish Community Center main ballroom was decorated in a retro theme complete with a 60’s psychedelic lounge for the kids, who arrived to find all kinds of fun toys to keep their interest immediately. Most were boys and they enjoyed firing the pull-string helicopters across the room and beating each other with the glow light jellyfish. I was thinking ‘oh, boy’ and I had to put on my dad voice with a few of them 🙂
 
In preparing for this event, the plan was for me to play background music for the first hour until the video presentation. That would be followed by games and dancing for the kids. Well, having been a mobile DJ for 25 years, adjusting on the fly comes with the territory and it was decided to move things up a bit, so I distracted the kids with their favorite current hit music and they rocked the dance floor until the video.
 
Next, I led the kids through a fun set of games that included, ‘Name That Tune’ and a crazy ‘Scavenger Hunt’ that we played twice with about 25 boys and girls participating in each round. The parents ended up being the provider of many of the items needed, but the kids had a great time. I then played some more current hits, plus many of Toby’s favorite songs from Soulja Boy, Black Eyed Peas, Katy Perry and more.
 
One thing that was different about this event is all the kids left the room for the final hour to go swimming. A great idea as many got carried away with the chocolate fountain and were covered in the stuff… they were even creating tattoos on each other’s arms with chocolate. A trip to the pool for the kids also allowed the adults to have the dance floor to themselves and I spun for them many classic dance hits that included Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra and plenty of Motown.
 
Mazel Tov Toby and thank you mom Wendy for choosing PRO DJs. -Rich