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The kids at Becker Middle School had a blast and danced all evening at their end-of-year school dance. These kids loved the games and interactions that I did with them, and kept the song requests coming all night.
I don’t do many school dances, in comparison to the amount of weddings that I DJ, but I enjoy them very much. It helps me hone my skills mixing as the kids prefer more of a “club” feel, as opposed to the wide gamut of music genres that weddings demand.
I had mentioned in an earlier post that I DJ’ed the webster high school dance last fall, and that they requested for me personally to DJ their winter ball. Well here we are! I had fellow DJ Tobin with me and we rocked it! The kids had fun dancing, and the coronation of the King/Queen went off very well. I look forward to doing more school dances for Webster High School in the future!
I was a little nervous going into this school dance, knowing that there were going to be 600+ students at this dance, and Superior HS has a bit of a reputation for being a rough crowd. Several songs into the dance, I played a request from some of the girls on the student council (Swing the Mood, a big-band/swing song) and a bunch of kids gave me grief for the song choice, even though half the room was having a grand old time swing dancing away. This small group sat down, and soon over half of the room was sitting in a sign of protest. I killed the music, and got on the microphone and said “What?! I’m playing a song that YOU GUYS requested! Stop requesting CRAP then!” and immediately came in HARD into Gangnam Style.
After that, the small group of kids towards the front that started the sit-in were giving me thumbs up, and telling me how awesome I was for playing “good stuff” for them.
The school was a bit nervous about making sure there wasn’t any bump-n-grind going on, so I kept it to a good “clean clubbing” mix. Building that relationship with the crowd is always tenuous, but once I broke the ice and the kids saw I was actually playing their requests, it was a great night. The faculty coordinator came up to me afterwards and thanked me for such a successful dance.
Webster WI is a small town about an hour south of Superior, WI. This school knows how to have a good time, and the kids had a blast! The school liaison was so impressed that they requested me personally to come back and do their winter ball!
I can’t wait to come back and DJ for this school again!
Willow River is a small town about 30 minutes south of Duluth. This was a really fun school dance, it was after a football game, and the kids were definitely exhausted by the end of the night. The gym’s dance floor was hopping all night long, and the group dances (cupid shuffle, cha cha slide, etc) were a big hit as always.
DJ Lucas & I DJ’ed the Challenge Center Prom. These folks knew how to party and have a great time!
DJ Lucas
Me! DJ Aaron Abramson