Visitation School Dance at the Bloomington Hilton
04/05/08 11:43 Filed in: Events
Hi Y'all,
Karl and I worked at the Bloomington Hilton a few Saturdays ago. This was a winter dance for Visitation Convent School. We have worked for Catholic schools before and we know to be careful with the playlist, however, this time the students made the playlist for us and it was approved by the school and ourselves. At first I thought this would not work so well. I should backtrack a little and tell you that the students found us, met with us and decided to hire us. Might have been for a class project but we have had this experience with other schools and organizations like Girl Scouts before. It is a good experience for the students to hire a DJ. So far, these types of events have always been very successful. I think the students really like having a say in who performs and in choosing the music.
So I received this very long list. Obviously more than the 3 hours we were needed. I was told I could arrange the music anyway I saw fit. That was fabulous. They had picked many great songs and few questionable that I thought were a little risky, I stuck to the great ones that were not risky. The adults involved, that I met the evening of the dance, expressed concern about lyrics and dancing. I was sensitive to this. I tried to make both sides happy. That can be a little tricky.
From the second the guests arrived they were on the dance floor. Within a half an hour there was no space left on the dance floor and people were dancing everywhere. It was a huge turnout. Here is the amazing thing. I only had about 3 individuals come up and make a request. One of the songs was on the playlist so that was fine but the others were too risky and I couldn't play them. Out of about 500 guests only 3 came up to make a request. That is highly unusual for us. Most students love requesting songs. I am aware that they told them about the list and got their help in making it, but there were young men from St. Thomas there I thought they might make a lot of requests. They just kept dancing. They were having so much fun and getting closer and closer to our equipment with every song. We often find that the dance floor has moved closer to us after shows like this.
The King and Queen were crowned and then we played a slow song, Everything I do by Brian Adams (off the list). Then danced the rest of the night. The grownups were pleased. They saw the kids had a great time and no bad lyrics were played. I got a call a few days ago from Visitation and they want us to do another dance. Rene said the students are still talking about that dance and how much fun they all had. What a wonderful thing to hear. I love feedback especially feedback like that. Every event is important to me. A 3 hour dance or an all day wedding, I am going to give my all.
I am looking forward to working with Visitation again.
Carol Morgan
www.collsound.com
Karl and I worked at the Bloomington Hilton a few Saturdays ago. This was a winter dance for Visitation Convent School. We have worked for Catholic schools before and we know to be careful with the playlist, however, this time the students made the playlist for us and it was approved by the school and ourselves. At first I thought this would not work so well. I should backtrack a little and tell you that the students found us, met with us and decided to hire us. Might have been for a class project but we have had this experience with other schools and organizations like Girl Scouts before. It is a good experience for the students to hire a DJ. So far, these types of events have always been very successful. I think the students really like having a say in who performs and in choosing the music.
So I received this very long list. Obviously more than the 3 hours we were needed. I was told I could arrange the music anyway I saw fit. That was fabulous. They had picked many great songs and few questionable that I thought were a little risky, I stuck to the great ones that were not risky. The adults involved, that I met the evening of the dance, expressed concern about lyrics and dancing. I was sensitive to this. I tried to make both sides happy. That can be a little tricky.
From the second the guests arrived they were on the dance floor. Within a half an hour there was no space left on the dance floor and people were dancing everywhere. It was a huge turnout. Here is the amazing thing. I only had about 3 individuals come up and make a request. One of the songs was on the playlist so that was fine but the others were too risky and I couldn't play them. Out of about 500 guests only 3 came up to make a request. That is highly unusual for us. Most students love requesting songs. I am aware that they told them about the list and got their help in making it, but there were young men from St. Thomas there I thought they might make a lot of requests. They just kept dancing. They were having so much fun and getting closer and closer to our equipment with every song. We often find that the dance floor has moved closer to us after shows like this.
The King and Queen were crowned and then we played a slow song, Everything I do by Brian Adams (off the list). Then danced the rest of the night. The grownups were pleased. They saw the kids had a great time and no bad lyrics were played. I got a call a few days ago from Visitation and they want us to do another dance. Rene said the students are still talking about that dance and how much fun they all had. What a wonderful thing to hear. I love feedback especially feedback like that. Every event is important to me. A 3 hour dance or an all day wedding, I am going to give my all.
I am looking forward to working with Visitation again.
Carol Morgan
www.collsound.com
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