about being a dj is I get the chance to re-live that memory several times every May of every year. I just get so excited when I see I have a Prom on my schedule. Hundreds of dressed up and excited high school seniors pour into a venue and immediatly hit the dance floor. I mix up all the hottest new songs and everybody just parties non-stop for 3 hours. It's so much fun!
Prom season officially kicked off last night with Walled Lake Western's Prom at the Roostertail (downtown detroit). The Roostertail has an amazing light show built into the room, so Platinum Mix just provided the DJ, sound system and video screen. I did all the DJ and MC work, plus one of the newest Platinum Mix recruits, Josh, was there to help me set
everything up and keep everything running smooth. Instead of just playing the songs, we had the music videos of about 80% of the music we played. I think it adds quite a bit more visual entertainment. Technology has come a long way since I lugged around crates of 12" records!The Roostertail did a fantastic job hosting the prom. The students all had dinner upstairs and then came down to the Marine Room for dancing. The Marine room is quite a sight to see. Windows on 3 sides of the room looking out on the Detroit river....great view! After the crowning of the "prom court", the Roostertail staff set off their very cool lighted waterfall, and even had some Laffy Taffy candy ready to pass out to the students when I played the popular song by D4L.
My only regret is I ran out of time to play all the songs I wanted too!
Thanks to DJ Emmitt for dropping me off, picking me up and helping me set the video screen up while still managing to make it to another Platinum Mix dance happening at the Academy of The Sacred Heart in Bloomfield. Thanks to Josh for all his help last night too (sorry about the 4-hour set-up on your first day!).
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The place was rockin and it was so much fun
Josh
(Trust I didn't mind the 4 hour set up)
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