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Sweet 16 Party

June 30, 2008 in Event log, Event log video by Dustin Yuengling | Comments closed

Last night I headed out to a gig right past the border of Durham. It was a sweet 16 party for my good friend’s sister.

Setup

Unfortunately Nick was away on vacation so I had no van to bring all my gear to the event. My friend (the one throwing the party) came to the rescue and drove his truck all the way out to my house to pick up the equipment. We loaded up quite well started driving to his house.

About half way through the drive it started to rain. Now, this truck didn’t have one of those cool cover things. Luckily I did bring a tarp, so we went ahead and covered everything up. Thinking that all was going to be OK from that point forward we got back on the road and continued our trek to his house.

About 10 minutes after we covered the equipment the tarp started to flap everywhere and equipment started to get wet so we had to tie the tarp down. That worked for about 10 minutes, and then we had to get out of the truck again and re-adjust.

This same thing kept recurring over an over again. Eventually we did arrive at his house and I was able to start setting up. They wanted me to set up on top of the bar in the basement which was perfect. Once I got everything set-up I started jammin. I was actually encouraged to play the music at a pretty decent volume which was very nice because the room was quite small.

Guests arrive

After some appetizers, the guests started to make their way downstairs. Most of them were very surprised that there was a DJ there. This got the crowd excited, which in turn got me very excited. All through the night everyone danced and danced it was awesome.

At about 8:30 PM everyone went back up stairs for the cake cutting. The cake was actually very good! After cake they all once again came back down to party. They all were really getting into the music by this point.

After about 5 tracks I started to lose people to the couches like crazy. I got kind of worried for a little bit. Then I found out it was just a matter of everyone really tired from eating cake and dancing so much. So from that point on I just was taking a whole bunch of requests.

Conclusion

At 10:00 PM the music finished up but most of the kids rides weren’t here yet and everyone was getting quite bored because the music did stop. So I had the brilliant idea of getting on top of my subwoofer and doing a little bit of funny stuff. This little addition was greatly welcomed the kids absolutely loved it. This was an awesome event and I had loads of fun!

Below is a little footage I took of the event. You may also view this video on YouTube.

Video: Senior center prom

April 12, 2008 in Event log video by Dustin Yuengling | Comments closed

Just a quick update and video from one of the events we DJed recently. On Friday we DJed a “senior prom” at a local senior center. Students from my school came to help out and interact with the guests.

We used our standard setup, but with no effect lights as the event was during the day with the room’s lights on. Our Behringer Eurolive powered speakers continued to perform well.

My favorite part was when the guests requested that we play Crank That by Soulja Boy. I think the event went well and everyone enjoyed themselves. Watch the video to see for yourself!

You can view the event log video on YouTube or view other YouTube videos by Dustin.

STM Dance 3.7.08

March 10, 2008 in Event log by Dustin Yuengling | Comments closed

On Friday the Dynamic DJ crew headed out to STM to DJ the third dance of the year, the St. Patrick’s Day dance. We arrived and were greeted by a slew of enthusiastic students and staff. We arrived around 6:30PM and were all set up ready to go at 7:00 which was the time the dance started. The event was mostly populated by 6th & 7th graders. There was a very low turn out of 8th graders at this event. We were told that the 8th graders currently think they’re “too cool for school” because they are graduating this year.

The dance really got started at around 7:30 when mostly everyone who was coming was there. This was when we really started to play the jams.

New equipment

This is actually the first event that we used our new equipment which included 2 new full range PA cabinets (Behringer Eurolive B215A) and a new whopping 18″ subwoofer cabinet (Behringer Eurolive B1800X Pro). They worked absolutely great! We love them! They filled the gym with crystal clear sound which was absolutely amazing. The students seemed to enjoy the new equipment as well. We used our standard lighting tree which consists of two dance effect lights and two DMX intelligent lights.

Requests

We got many requests for a whole array of different songs. Most requests were for the Top 40 hits that are out now. We enjoy receiving requests as they give us a chance us to play what the audience wants to hear. At the same time, we use our best judgment as to whether each song is appropriate for the event.

Conclusion

Overall, we believe that everyone had a great time at the event including the students, staff, and parent chaperones. This is the last dance we will be doing at STM this year. Next year we will probably be asked back which is a great honor for us and especially for me because this is the middle school that I graduated from.