Huston Motors and Fields Huston have been loyal clients for many years… this year they added our Game Show system complete with questions about both companies.

Hosted at the Lake Wales Country Club, they wanted an all our party… and thanks to many familiar faces (MIKE!) that’s exactly what we got!

Check out the pics and video below… now to convince them to get a lighting upgrade for next year!

ArrMaz Chemicals had a fun group! Their theme, of course, was centered around Christmas as we were creeping up on the most awesome holiday ever! Hosted at the Lakeland Center, Adam and I set up my normal sound system and added some requested lighting to really light up the dance floor!

Check out the pics and video below… we had a great time! A big thanks goes to Michele for sending us this referral. (We did her wedding back in February)

Immediately after the Bubble Party, Adam and I rushed straight to Eaglebrooke for BRMC’s Christmas dinner.

Originally, there WAS dancing planned, but due to an overwhelming amount of RSVPS, there was no room for a dance floor. They made the best of it by doing a fun dinner and present giveaway. Adam and I had fun with some of the gag gifts they gave away as we got invited to eat DELICIOUS Eaglebrooke food. Yum!

I got to test drive my new HK system. Sounds amazing, too!

Pics below!

Many of you know that I believe one of the BEST perks of my job is when I get invited to eat from the food available…. so when I was asked to DJ the corporate Halloween party for Terrie Lobb Catering, you can imagine how thrilled I was, (I love their punch oh-so-much, too).

The party was held at Terrie’s backyard, which was the perfect size for the event. There was a corner set for a piñata contest (only three casualties, myself included, haha), a corner for our Snap Yourself Silly Photobooth, another for the bar (food was in the house), and of course the dance area which also hosted our game show.

Working solo, I had to set up my iPad to control the game show system. This was the first time I ran the game show and MC’d at the same time.. it was a cinch!

Check out the pics and video below! I had a blast and I know they did, too!

Eaglebrooke held it’s third annual “Celebrity Night” to raise money for the American Cancer Society. With silent auctions, live auction, and a delicious meal served by the members, this was the best way to raise money for such a great cause! Check out some photos and video— video is shot with my new Canon… IN HD!

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Check out some great photos from the Electro-Lux Reception room for a homebuilder’s conference. No dancing, so no video to catch, this was a cocktail style event where everyone enjoyed good conversation. This was hosted at the Peabody Hotel– a fantastic location!!

What an amazing year… check out 65 events crammed into one year. I actually had 66, but one of them was not documented.

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It’s no secret that I love <a href=”http://www.arnoldooffermann.com/?s=eaglebrooke”>Eaglebrooke Golf and Country Club</a> in <a href=”http://www.arnoldooffermann.com/?s=lakeland”>Lakeland</a>, so when they asked me to DJ their Christmas party again this year, I was more than excited.

There was a twist: it would be hosted at one of the bosses homes. This house was BEAUTIFUL… it was made for house parties! The cold weather didn’t bring out the dancers in everyone, but it didn’t stop those that really came to party.

Oh, did I mention the amazing food? So many big cuts of steak… so delicious! Mmm… check out the awesome photos and videos below!

(On a side note, this was the same night as the Lunar Eclipse. I posted some photos here. HERE, lol.)

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After Monica and I got done with the event at McDonald’s, we rushed to the Lake Region Country Club.
Another fun group, but this one had a much larger dance crowd than my previous parties. A unique thing about this group: they danced to everything, but often had line dances for many of the songs.

Their guests chatted with Monica and I all night, especially Nelson. He and I shared a good conversation about how people shouldn’t be so shy at company functions. Many of them came up to check out my system.. it was pretty cool answering their many questions on how the system works.

Check out the video and some AWESOME photos, mostly shot by my wife.

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Monica hosted the grand re-opening of the Plant City McDonald’s! It was a fun event, as we worked with the same team from last week’s party. I tagged along to help out with music and to just hang out and have a good time with the Mickey D’s crew. A special phone shout out was arranged from Cupid. Here’s his McDonald’s commercial:

So click below to see some fun photos and a quick video that shows everything they offered!

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Oh yes, put together a group that’s responsible for selling tickets and such for the amazing Blue Man Group (Universal Studios Orlando), and give them two microphones, a HUGE karaoke library, and tell them to GO WILD… and we have zaniness.

The room (multipurpose, blackbox-style room) was already equipped with lighting, so all I needed to do was roll in my system and add karaoke; ’twas an instant party-in-a-box! We had some great singers and also a few fun ones (with one of my best friends who works there, Amanda, getting her G on, and speaking of G, we had Gino and Derek also get crunk on the mic).

No dancing, just karaoke… it was an odd change of pace from my typical parties, but it was by far the best Karaoke group ever! The best part is I got to relax and socialize with the group and even had a great conversation with Zacharia on the overall acceptance of low standards in today’s society. Hmmm.. haha Photos and videos below (Of the event, not the low standards)!

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Another great group! I was warned ahead of time that I shouldn’t expect a big dancing crowd, but amongst the 45 guests, 30+ danced a good bit of the night. I love working at any of the Embassy Suites in Orlando, this one being near the airport; their service is top-notch, but what else do you expect from a Hilton property hotel?

Check out the fun photos and video below!

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Another small dance group, but they were a lot of fun; as you can tell, they danced non-stop! The location was the Omni Resort in Championsgate, Florida. This hotel ALWAYS does a great job making every vendor feel important and doing ANYTHING possible to help out with the event. Combine that with an amazing front of house service and some of the BEST food in Orlando and you have a top-notch venue for events.

The group requested all kinds of music, but responded the most to southern crunk, snap, and booty music.

Simply put, I had a blast! Check out the photos and video below. You’ll see a rotating projected logo, basic lighting, and karaoke!

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In the third year working for Dundee Elementary; it was once again held at the Admiral’s Inn and as usual the food and service was fantastic.

They’re not a big dancing group, but they danced quite a bit this year. As usual, they requested a large array of songs that crossed many genres and generations. Check out the photos and video below!

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Julie was not only the client, but she was the coordinator. She owns a styling company called Chick & Fabulous Designs & Events;  she put together an amazing display at the A La Carte Pavillion. While A La Carte handled uplighting, she chose to go to us for the snowflake projections. The low ceilings presented a challenge, as the bright lights could blind someone, but we managed to get the look she wanted without compromising safety.

Not a lot of video footage since I worked solo… but you’ll see that the kids loved dancing NON-STOP!

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The ARC foundation caters to adults with mental disabilities.

I love doing parties for these kinds of organizations.. they’re the nicest people and dance to EVERYTHING you play. Lots of high-energy songs were played, and about 1-2 minutes of each to keep their interest piqued. Along with an amazing sound system, we also brought uplights to complement their fall theme, projected their logo onto the wall (We use REAL Source-4 projectors and not LEDs), and also provided a Snap Yourself Silly Photobooth.

Check out the amazing photos and video below! Christina and I had such a blast!

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We are all about partying and having a great time, but sometimes, we provide serious sound for serious application. Adam Putnam won a landslide victory for Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture. We provided crystal-clear sound, that was also hidden to keep the view clean for the many news network crews. We also lit up the stage area while paying attention to avoiding hot spots and shadows.

Oh yeah, and it was raining, so we set this all up within minutes!

They’re always a fun crowd who love to chill, and dance, after a long day of conferences.

I can’t believe it’s been 5 years already. Check out the photos and video below!

And video!

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I got the opportunity to entertain at another charity auction at Eaglebrooke. This was for St. Joseph’s and their theme was Havana Nights. Ohmygoodness, let me tell you how AMAZING the food was: arros con pollo (which the Tico in me made into Gallo Pinto thanks to ample amounts of onion and butter), pork, plantains del orno, and a superb tres leches to top it off.

Sure, Tres Leches is from Nicaragua (not according to Nestle, haha)… but every Hispanic country serves it nowadays.

It was a small dancing crowd of about 15-20, but they danced all night!

Check out some photos and video below!

Facebook is still possessed, let’s go YouTube!

Just in case you forgot– we have an entire sector of our company that handles all A/V Productions: Rentals, set-up, engineering, etc.

AT&T Hired us to help pull together their high-energy basketball theme for their presentation to Best Buy Mobile’s managers from around the nation. AT&T’s upbeat presentation was a huge change of pace from the other carrier’s “stuffy business” presentations.

…and I got to hang out with triple NBA championship winner  John Salley.

Eaglebrooke’s 2nd Annual Celebrity Night to raise funds for the American Cancer Society went off without a hitch!

Amazing food, a “drag” show put on by members, tons of dancing, auctions, and lots of alcohol were the perfect ingredients for a great night!! Members donated their time to become the staff at Eaglebrooke. Together, they raised $6,200!!! CONGRATS!

By the way, these members dance NON-STOP!!!

Check out the photos and video below!

My setup is to the left… on the right is the setup of another performer.

As I was leaving my house, I worried about this party, not because of the crowd, but because I had NO VOICE and a sinus infection that lasted over 2 months. Luckily three things came into play: 1) My wife came with me 2) Don from Alan Jay Auto was the guest MC (we always play off each other, haha) and 3) These people dance non-stop!

This was my second year performing for the Heartland Realtors and they are such an amazing group! Don and I cracked jokes on each other on and off the mic and he left them hyped up enough that they were ready to dance.

Last year was all about 80s and rock… this year they loved 90s dance and Top40. It got so intense they everyone popped the balloons to pull out the flashing LEDs. As soon as that happened, all the lights were shut off and a rave came into play!

Check out the photos and video below!

80% of my 2009 events are summarized here…. unfortunately a couple videos didn’t make it because 1) dumb hard drive deleted them 2) I didn’t film for privacy reasons.

Videos were done in CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.

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WOW! Corporate Christmas parties just don’t get any better, not wilder, than this!!! After a great dinner hosted by 4 Point Sheraton’s Chateau Elán, these people were READY to party! What made this party so great? A packed dance floor the entire night— to every kind of song you could think of! I was able to go from 60s and beatmix straight to Lil Wayne and the crowd kept lovin’ it! A great mix of Italians, Hispanics, a great bunch from Miami, New York, Chicago and of course locally made this party as unique as they were! Requests were flying everywhere and they loved every bunch of it– especially the line dances!

Check out the photos and video in the link below!

I love the staff at Admiral’s Inn in Winter Haven, and since this is the third year in a row that I’ve done their party.. I guess they love me, too!

They’re such a fun bunch, requesting everything from disco, rock, Top40, down to Old School music. We also did every slide you could think of, Cha CHa, Cupid, Love Slide, and of course Mississippi Stomp. Check out the video below to see the fun time we all had!

Florida Housing Coalition is one of my favorite corporate clients– I still remember the first party I did with Rue. It was an all-night celebration! This year was no different. Hosted at the Rosen Shingle Creek, I enjoyed seeing many familiar faces as well as being invited to enjoy Rosen’s A-grade food! Check out some amazing pics and video below!

A Premier Entertainment has officially become the newest Haines City Chamber of Commerce Member! We provided sound reinforcement services for their annual Pig Roast… a very large fundraiser.

The elegant BOSE sound system disappeared in plain sight while offering ample sound for a crowd of over 400!  Many speeches were done b y Florida politicians, including Adam Putnam.

The event was held at Haines City’s Lake Eva community center… this building is GORGEOUS!!!

I look forward to a productive membership with the HCCoC!!!

Immediately following Rich & Melissa’s reception, Pete and I set up sound and video for Safe Harbor’s summit in the hotel room right next door.

Through a scheduling hiccup (no fault of us or the Hilton), the cocktail hour for Safe Harbor was bumped up an hour early. This means that as soon as Rich & Melissa’s reception was over, the next event began! No problem– we made it work. The Hilton’s phenomenal staff rotated rooms at lightning speeds while our cocktail hour sound system was wirelessly linked to my laptop. This means music played while the equipment was moved over.

Partnered with KC Photography, our A/V division (APE – Pro! @ FLProDJ.com) provided crystal clear sound through our BOSE sound system, as well as a 7 foot wide video screen that was visible with ALL the lights on, thanks to a super-bright REAR-PROJECTION monitor.

As guests had dinner, they enjoyed photos from their golf tournament shot earlier that day. Once the photos played twice, the newest table and group shots done by KC Photography appeared on the big screen.

Our videographer, Tim Hicklin, documented comments from every investor and took some great footage of the keynote speech by author G. Edward Griffin (Creature from Jekyll Island). The line-array nature of the BOSE sound system ensured no feedback or audio dropouts would embarrass Mr. Griffin while the room was filled evenly with sound.

Click below for some photos from the event!

Our sound tech, Pete, stands by as guest begin to pour in.

A clean, elegant presentation projects your company’s professional image to its guests. Pictured is the pristine-sound quality BOSE system and large 7′ wide screen. The podium is provided courtesy of the Hilton Gardenn Inn.

Jenny, the photographer takes a quick break while Tim (the videographer) shoots the next testimonial.

This is APE – Pro!’s second year doing a turnkey solution for JW Mitchell High’s awards ceremony titled Night of Excellence. This time we brought out the 14′ screen instead of the 20′ screen for space reasons.

Check out some sweet photos and a quick video clip below!

Package Chosen: Keynote System – Medium

• 14′ Screen
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• MC
• Teleprompter System
• Heat-less floods
• Custom Slideshow Presentation
• DJ

Room presentation.

Getting last minute details ready. One computer is to control the entire system, one for the presentation itself, one for music, and the last one controls the camera feeds and video board.

…teachers are getting ready.

Yorkville speakers fill the room with a comfortable volume.

What a fun group! I made the following video nice and short because I got to play music I may never play again.. at least in this market!

This was the Realtor’s Ball at the Chateau Elán in Sebring, Fl. 

I love working there– the staff is amazing and they helped me take this party to a new level. They had an MC who hosted the awards night– he and I had fun ragging on each other… he with his witty banter and myself with music and movie drops. The crowd had a blast! I really wish I shot a video of that part.

Check out the video and leave some comments if you want more info!

McKesson chose Tigertown (Detroit Tiger’s training stadium) in Lakeland, FL…. the only problem is that it’s an empty, metal hangar. How the heck can you beautify this place?

With the right vendors. That’s how.  

Enter Joette of Party People (http://partypeople.homestead.com) with her AMAZING balloon sculptures. Instead of boring you with text, I have supplied plenty of photos and video!

Our next step in transforming the hangar was lighting. They didn’t opt for uplighting, except in the Balloon Tunnel and entrance room. 

We used a two-column setup with LEDs that flooded the room with blue (it was a Winter Wonderland theme) with moving head lights that projected snowflakes on the dance floor.

The balloon arch surrounding the floor absorbed the lights and was bursting with color!

Enjoy some great pics and video below!

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Here’s Joette next to her giant balloon arch!

White trussing. While most DJs may use metallic trussing, we prefer white as it is more elegant. 

The left wall of the balloon tunnel.

Here’s the arch! No flash used, this is our LEDs at work!

You can see our dual-totem setup!

Here’s the arch, glowing in color!

The entrance room. Joette provided LED Christmas lights and rope light around the room while we supplied blue uplights.

SNOWFLAKES!

More white trussing.

Karen and Neville Williams. When they chose a DJ for this party, we were the obvious choice… after all, we did their wedding three years ago!!!

Here’s me. I’m blurry, lol.

This is my light tech, Derek, doing my job while I’m taking photos.

This little guy here is the life of the party. He was dancing and clapping to every song!

McKesson gave away some awesome gifts… but people had to run up to get them! This guaranteed hilarity! 

Paula, Edyta, Derek, Myself, Karen, and Neville. The three ladies in the photo are responsible for making the party happen!

We pulled the van RIGHT UP TO THE STAGE! It was a flush fit, too! How awesome is that. We loaded up in a matter of minutes!

Enjoy some great video footage below!

In case I haven’t told you: I LOVE Eaglebrooke. Their food is FANTASTIC! I was excited to hear that Trans-Phos chose this location.

The evening started with guests mingling. It was a small crowd of 40+ people, but you could tell they were here to party. Neil (the gentleman who helped put this all together) was going to use Eaglebrooke’s beautiful screen to hook his laptop up to in order to show a special slideshow. Unfortunately, his laptop did not have the proper hookups. Luckily, he had a Blu-Ray player which played photo CDs… unfortunately, the CD was not a photo CD as it was created into a VCD (Video CD).

I offered to step in. Using my Mac laptop (usually my backup), I played their slideshow on LOOP for the entire evening.

*whew* that’s glitch was avoided easily.

Other than that it was a fun party. They LOVED disco and slow songs. I think I played more slow songs this evening than I’ve ever done in 4 hours. At the end of the night, I played the Clash’s “Should I Stay or Should I Go” for everyone to exit out to. THEY KEPT DANCING!

Delores, a big dancer of the evening, asked me if I could sneak in Shake Rattle and Roll. I told her I couldn’t as I was already shut down. She was disappointed, but took the time to compliment me on my music selections and wished me in for next year. What can I say? I’m a sucker for flattery. I unhooked my Mac (my main rig was powered off) from the TV and played her request. Her eyes lit up and she ran to the floor to dance.

EVERYONE CAME RIGHT BACK IN! WOW! I decided to do one more song and did “Nothing But a Hound Dog”… the place erupted.

I left it at that and got a round of applause.. Sweet!!

This was a real appreciative group. Neil gave me a very nice set of thank you bills… always appreciated!

Enjoy photos and video below!

Eaglebrooke adorned my DJ setup with leftover centerpieces. It made my area smell Pine-fresh. I love the smell of Pine!

The staff at Eaglebrooke is serving the food. They are top-notch every time!

Surprise for me! Filet Mignon and Lobster… so good! I had to take a photo and IMMEDIATELY e-mail it to my wife and fellow DJs. Jealousy, arise!

Here are some of the real party animals!

And now a video below!

E-Stone chose to have their party at one of the prettiest locations in Sebring, FL: 4 Points Sheraton – Chateau Elan. Alyse, the coordinator, did a beautiful job setting up the room to create a festive ambience while leaving enough room for almost 200 guests.

Located next to the Race Track, I am always greeted by the sight of what real machinery looks like.

The crowd consisted of Hispanics, Italians, rock n rollers, 80s-babies, x-genners, a wild crowd from Miami, and Santa. Yes, Santa. Yes, this was one of those real “play a little bit of everything” kind of gigs.

Check out the photos below for some photos and video.

This is the longest time I’ve spent on a parking lot. Granted, I’ve seen exotics at many car shows, but these were just parked there… no show at all. It’s like catching an actress shopping without a camera crew or anyone drooling behind.

Sorry for the grainy pic. This is Mr. Claus and yours truly.

Check out the load-in. It’s right next to where I set up! I was in and out in 15 minutes.

And a video below!

Happy Birthday to me!

Not much to say here… I’ve done Progress Energy before last year and the highlight of the evening wasn’t the dancing– it was the gift exchange. Let’s just say the humor was everywhere. I had to crop some stuff out of the video.  Enjoy some pics and a new video!

I DJed their party at the Cleveland Heights Golf & Country Club in Lakeland. I ate the grouper and it was DELICIOUS!!!

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Sometimes it’s the small crowds that are the most fun. Dundee Elementary’s teachers are a blast to work with! One of the things that makes their group unique is that they dance in sets and have “skits” for various songs. For example, we had a request for a swing song because two of the guests are professional dancers. Everyone sat and clapped along as these two tore it up to Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s King of Swing.

I shot some video using the new Flip camera added to my arsenal of goodies.

Now I only need a better camera instead of the iPhone.

This was at the Admiral’s Inn in Winter Haven. I love working there… the staff and I get along famously and they’re an awesome team of vendors. The best part is that the Admiral’s Inn is 2 minutes from my house! Talk about an easy ride home!

Enjoy some photos below and video! Off to another gig I go….

And now.. video!

The last gig for this weekend was across the street from my house. The Admiral’s Inn staff has always made me feel welcome there…. and tonight was no exception, they even served my favorite, Chicken Cordon Bleu! It was a small crowd of 80 people but those who danced, danced HARD! I didn’t take a lot of pics, but enjoy what I shot.

The theme colors were white and red, so naturally I wore my white suit with a red tie. 

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State Farm has done theme parties every year. Last year they did a 70s bash and this year it was a hoedown. My wife, Monica, taught line dances and really got everyone involved.

Instead of a traditional light show we opted to use our 5′ totems. Our worry was that the LEDs would hit people in the eyes, so we aimed them at the white, ALUMINUM roof! YES, the lights bounced off!

The location was a ranch in Fort Meade, FL. This was pretty close to Sebring, where I’ll be tomorrow.
The Starfield looked GORGEOUS!!!! Everyone thought they were fireflies!!

Check out pics below, it was awesome!!!

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Florida Housing Coalition has been our clients for years… and there’s a good reason: we rock the house every time! This year, they chose the beautiful Butler room at the Rosen. You may remember this room as this was one of the rooms used for the wedding for Douglas Gordon, producer of upcoming National Lampoon movie RoboDoc.

I love this crowd… they don’t all dance at the same time as they have varied tastes (it almost feels like a night club), but they don’t complain about the music at all and will try to dance to everything.

Reggae, Salsa/Merengue, Rap, and soul really hit the spot for them!

I cannot express what a BLAST I had! This really is one of my favorite annual events!

Click below for some GREAT pics!

Check out the Butler room at the ROSEN Hotel in Orlando, FL. It was a two-story room with a wraparound balcony. At night, the Starfield effect made the balcony feel like a planetarium!

So many guests! They were inside the room, upstairs, outside, and in the lobby!

The setup, of course. This lightshow flooded the room with color and REALLY set the tone!

It’s hard to appreciate the starfield in a photo.. the guests were starstruck (no pun intended) at how beautiful it looked!

They danced from the very beginning.

So much lighting, even the back of my setup was lit up! The best part– all of it ran on ONE CIRCUIT!

Lots of dancing.. a packed dance floor ALL NIGHT!

More starfield shots!

Playing with a SLOOOW ISO.

I didn’t shoot a video this time.. I was too busy mixing music. I worked this event solo, no roadie.

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