Whoo hoo! The dances were AMAZING!

They couldn't have gone better.

Mmm... I know I'm adding this entry a little late *cough2weekscough*, but bear with me, I've been catching up on stuff. And I went to a Con last weekend.

The principal at the middle school told me after the dance that I'm the best DJ they've ever hired (and they've hired some expensive DJs (think KUBE93, people)! So I'm booked for their Winter Semi-Formal, and possibly all dances after that.

Oh man... the middle school dance was actually a bit difficult; the ASB hadn't given me their request list, so they were a bit PO'd when I didn't have some of the stuff they asked for. And they don't really dance... they just kinda huddle in little groups. So I'd play stuff they loved, but they'd only dance for about 30 seconds of the song... -__-; I don't get it. Heh heh... they were pretty impressed by my 21 light setup, though. If only I could've used the fog machine...

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Zombifest 09 went so well, I want to cry tears of happiness! T_T First off: thanks to everyone who volunteered their time to help setup, decorate, and takedown; it was such a big help- you don't even know. <3

I'll post some videos soon, but the lighting effects were AMAZING. The fog gave everything a totally different dimension. Oh- we had blacklights, too, so the bats, spider webs, skeletons, and guests GLOWED. I had 21 lights running on a DMX light board, and I could control a 750 watt strobe independently (which allowed dramatic build ups and such). I could also backout with the touch of a button.

Total attendance (not counting adults) was 50. Which was my minimum, but with our rediculous advertising campaign, I thought fer sure we'd get more people. At least a more varied group. On the upside, picking music was really easy 'cause I figured out right off what people wanted. I held them in the Electronica genre for a long time, and since that's my specialty, I had a lot of room to move.

The costume contest was cool... contestants were judged by everyone else- how loud people cheered for you. XD My friend Ramona was the winner- she was dressed as Sarah Palin! XDD

Phew... We were breaking down 'till about 1:30 AM. X_X My energy drink had worn off by then, so I crashed hardcore when we got home.

AND WE ARE SO DOING THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR. My goal is to double attendance to 100 peeps. Fer sure.

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Pics: (Pardon the quality... Dad took the pictures, and one of the cameras was in Portrait mode the whole time. )

ZOMBIFEST 09

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MIDDLE SCHOOL HALLOWEEN DANCE

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[link] (View from behind my table, 15 mins in.)